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I was browsing around the Columbus Circle Borders last night when an announcement came over the PA that there was an event. Singer Chrisette...

I walked into Spectrum as Israeli-French pianist Yoron Herman, framed in an often angelic lighting scheme, was in the middle of an explorati...

Antibalas ’ set was drawn mostly from their album Security , though they did end with a Fela Kuti cover that I couldn’t place. They’ve grown...

A far better example of integrating a guitarist into a pre-existing trio is the addition of John Scofield into Medeski Martin & Wood . T...

I made my way inside for the first concert of the Invitation series: guitarist Mike Stern temporarily joining the ranks of the Yellowjacket...

It's a brilliant time artistically to be a musician, but not only are venues closing, the organizations that are supposed to protect our...

Well, it seems no city is safe. In addition to the pending closure of Spectrum to make way for a Best Buy, it seems that Main Hall (Mile End...

Dave Douglas has responded to Ethan Iverson's astute jazz in the '90s essay. While I earlier wrote that my perspective on jazz in ...

My apologies for the backlog of blogging - I arrived back from New York on the eve of Jazz Fest , which I am as usual covering for both CKUT...

So sayest Lewis “Flip” Barnes, the trumpeter/MC for the opening night of Vision Festival XII. That statement was realized to varying degrees...

On Sunday night, I finally made it out to a screening of What is Indie? , a documentary searching for the real meaning of "indie" ...

The Suoni Per il Popolo (Sounds for the People) festival is in its seventh year, though it's only the first time I'll have attende...

For concert blogging, please direct your browser to PanPot where I will be one of their many correspondents for the 7th annual Suoni Per Il...

As has been noted pretty much everywhere, D:O is repping the 90s this week, with admirable assistance. Like Dan , I'm at the young end ...

While the space to stretch out en route is welcome, sold-out trains always wind up being more eventful. I wound up sitting beside two rauco...

In another crushing blow to the independent proliferation of creative arts, Pandora.com has been banned from streaming to various countries...

Professor Gann has an intriguing article on the vagaries of teaching and studying composition . He has described my sort of undisciplined na...

A quick link - Carl (Zoilus) Wilson has a rather thorough five part recap of the Experience Music Project Pop Conference, and raises ma...

Apologies for the protracted absence again, dear readers; between rehearsals, gigs, technical glitches, and life, I've been away from th...

World Skip the Beat - FUNDING DRIVE edition Hosts: Shawn Kennedy & David Ryshpan Milton Trio Banana - "Alegria, Alegria" (...