Cover of the Audible audiobook. Photo: Pushkin Industries Malcolm Gladwell on Why Paul Simon is a Consummate Upper West Sider On November 16 the podcast platform Audible releases “Miracle and Wonder,” a new audiobook from the “big idea” writer Malcolm... News 09 Nov 2021 | 02:57
Michele Kennedy of the Open Gates Project. Photo: Joshua South Musical Gems by Women Bring Diversity to the Stage What’s old can be new again, in the right hands. Musicians and musical scholars soprano Michele Kennedy, bass-baritone Joe... City Arts 04 Nov 2021 | 05:45
Album cover for Ben Tiberio’s “Rare Peace.” Photo: Will Metivier A Salve for the City There was a moment about two months back when the New York stalwart stickman, Ari Hoenig, ending a stellar set at Smalls... News 02 Nov 2021 | 02:16
Cover image of Lawrence Brownlee and Michael Spyres for “Amici e Rivali” album. Photo: Shervin Lainez ‘Two Tenors’ Engage in a Duel of the High C’s In the twentieth century, the music world experienced a Rossini Renaissance that broadened our perception of Gioachino Rossini... News 20 Oct 2021 | 10:14
Sad Summer Fest’s headliners All Time Low (from left to right): Zack Merrick, Alex Gaskarth, Jack Barakat and Rian Dawson. Photo: upsetmagazine.com via Wikimedia Commons Pop Punk Powerhouses Coming to South Street Seaport After over a year’s delay, Sad Summer Festival, a one-day rock festival, is coming to South Street Seaport’s Pier 17 on August... News 25 Aug 2021 | 11:51
Bassist Adi Meyerson. Photo: Ronald Stewart Releasing a New Album with a Little Help from the City Adi Meyerson remembers the moment she knew that making music would be her lifelong career. The Israeli native was in high... News 09 Aug 2021 | 11:20
Guitarist Pasquale Grasso. Photo: Stefania Curto The Usher of Spring The guitar of Pasquale Grasso sings. Whether curling or sliding, pinging or dripping, the instrument in the hands of the... City Arts 19 May 2021 | 11:16
The Inspire Project performing pre-pandemic (left to right): Tanya Leah, Lorraine Ferro and Ilene Angel. Photo: Stan Tomczak The Inspire Project The Inspire Project, a folk-rock group made up of Tanya Leah, Ilene Angel and Lorraine Ferro, was born after the trio left... City Arts 21 Apr 2021 | 05:36
Musician Jeremy Pelt. Photo: Kasia Idzkowska The Griot of New York As its title hints, “Griot: This Is Important!” (HighNote, 2021) by New York-based trumpeter Jeremy Pelt, is the vital jazz... City Arts 31 Mar 2021 | 09:55
Photo courtesy of Bob Gruen A Life of Chronicling Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll Bob Gruen says he has been thinking of writing a memoir for 50 years. Now 74, and with the help of journalist Dave Thompson,... News 17 Mar 2021 | 12:38
Leon Botstein, music director and principal conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra. Photo: Ric Kallaher ( Ric Kallaher / photo by Ric Kallaher) ‘United We Play’ On March 12, 2020, the American Symphony Orchestra, along with pianist and composer Marcus Roberts and The Modern Jazz Generation,... City Arts 09 Feb 2021 | 12:36
“Resembling a cross between a choir boy and a beatnik, Mr. Dylan has a cherubic look and a mop of tousled hair he partly covers with a Huck Finn black corduroy cap,” wrote Robert Shelton, music critic for The New York Times. Photo: Jon Friedman When Bob Dylan Came to New York City Sixty years ago, the times were a-changin’. On Jan. 20, 1961, the dashing John F. Kennedy placed his hand on a Bible and duly... Voices 27 Jan 2021 | 03:49
Gail Archer at Vassar College. Photo: Stephanie Berger Cherishing the City as Her Instrument Gail Archer has performed on almost every organ in the city and countless others in the United States and Europe. “It’s not... News 18 Jan 2021 | 11:07
SummerStage in Central Park, now presented as SummerStage Anywhere online series. ( Photo: Noralanning at English Wikipedia, via Wikimedia Commons) The Summer Concert Season on Pause All across the city, from tiny clubs to massive arenas, the summer is a time for concerts. Or at least it usually is. As... News 16 Jul 2020 | 03:03
From Make Music Day in 2016, in Times Square. ( Courtesy of Make Music New York, via flickr) A Virtual Make Music Day In times fraught with tedium and isolation, it’s more important than ever to come together and get creative. It’s that time... News 18 Jun 2020 | 04:05
