Ole Red, Blake Shelton's new venue on the Las Vegas Strip, became my new favorite hangout and I discovered a great band, Paige and the Overtones.
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Music Reviews: ‘Too Far Out,’ a Joe Meek Anthology, plus Eric Schmitt & Jimmy Jones
Meek's work is arguably less formulaic than Phil Spector’s and even more experimental and diverse.
Read More »Music Review: Zack Clarke and Chris Irvine – ‘Stereotaxi,’ Improvisations for Piano and Cello
When is an improvisation more than an improvisation? When a spontaneous collaboration gels into something that's more the sum of its parts.
Read More »Concert Review: Principal Brothers – James Lee III
A classical-music supergroup? That's the Principal Brothers: four Black principal (first-chair) woodwind players, who joined forces for a chamber concert with music from Bach to new works written for them.
Read More »Concert Review: Rudersdal Chamber Players in NYC Debut
Victoria Bond's Cutting Edge Concerts series presented the Danish ensemble with music of Elena Firsova, Andrew Waggoner, Danish composer Poul Ruders, and Bond herself.
Read More »Music Review: Richard Carrick and Either/Or – ‘The Atlas’
If we don't really have an atlas in the end, we have an idea for one – a set of maps drawn in the shifting sands of sound.
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Pianist Adam Żukiewicz on Saint-Saëns, Chopin, and the Boulder Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall
The pianist spoke with us about his upcoming concert at Carnegie, his Chopin project, and commissioning new music from Colorado to Eastern Europe.
Read More »Book and Music Reviews: ‘Fleetwood Mac: All the Songs,’ plus the Wildwoods, Joe ‘King’ Oliver, Jim Wurster, Mike Delevante, and Freddie Hubbard
Fleetwood Mac's colorful history embraces lots of little-known stories and recordings, 15 lineups, and more than two dozen studio and live albums.
Read More »Music Review: New Thread Quartet – ‘Saxifraga,’ New Music for Saxophones
Even the most familiar of instruments harbors endless possibilities. Mining them is a task that never ends, and never should.
Read More »Concert Review: Mannes Orchestra with Sandbox Percussion, Stefan Jackiw
Throughout the concert the young musicians showed a high level of collective polish and individual skill to go with their infectious enthusiasm.
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