Joseph Keckler, a bass-baritone with a three-and-a-half-octave vocal range, stretches boundaries like a psychedelic dream.
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Concert Review: Classical Guitarist Pablo Villegas (NYC, 6/2/2016)
The celebrated young guitarist brought humor and drama as well as exquisite musicality and dazzling technique to a trendy new venue in Williamsburg.
Read More »Concert Review: VÉRITÉ at Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco, CA 5/31/16
VÉRITÉ performed many of her synthpop hits at San Francisco's Rickshaw Stop on the second-to-last stop of her 2016 Underdressed Tour.
Read More »Concert Review: Pianist Eric Zuber (NYC, 4/18/16)
Familiar preludes by Chopin and Debussy joined new ones by modern composers including the pianist himself in this stirring GetClassical at Yamaha Piano Salon concert.
Read More »Concert Review: The Kinnara Ensemble (NYC, April 10 2016)
The impressive (and overdue) New York City debut of a wonderfully accomplished professional ensemble took place in the amenable space of Christ Church United Methodist and featured works for double chorus by Brahms, Gabrieli, and Randall Thompson.
Read More »Concert Review (NYC): ‘Songs for Eternity’ with Ute Lemper – Music from Ghetto and Concentration Camp
For three decades, Italian musician Francesco Lotoro has traveled the world collecting manuscripts of music written in concentration camps and the Jewish ghettoes during World War II by victims and survivors of the Holocaust.
Read More »Concert Review: Le Poème Harmonique – “Airs de Cour” (NYC April 3, 2016)
The French Early Music ensemble's easy virtuosity frees it to inject plenty of fun into its concerts, enlivening the music with dramatic flair.
Read More »Concert Review: Moon Taxi at the Empire Theatre (San Antonio, March 23, 2016)
The Nashville rockers delivered an explosive set in San Antonio last Wednesday night.
Read More »Opera Review (Off-Broadway NYC): ‘L’Amant Anonyme’ by Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Glorious music and wonderful singing more than compensate for a weak story in this comic opera by the first classical composer of African ancestry.
Read More »Concert Review and Interview: Lev ‘Ljova’ Zhurbin at Brooklyn’s National Sawdust
Artists like violist Zhurbin, belonging to a generation of New York musicians who are grown up and have families of their own, look to develop the musician’s ideal of the hip nightlife performance venue into one that allows their friends and fans to bring their kids.
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