OSNY performed feats of strength at Carnegie Hall with its first 'Samson' in decades, with soloists including Nola Richardson and Lawrence Jones.
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Music Reviews: The Cryin’ Shames, plus Desmond Dekker, Delroy Wilson, Ken Boothe, Dr. John, and Cris Jacobs
Great music from the under-appreciated Cryin' Shames, plus reviews of reggae CDs, a Dr. John anthology, and more.
Read More »Concert Review: Music by Mozart for Two Pianists, with Michael Stephen Brown and Adam Golka
Concerts like this tribute to classical music's fun side are just what's needed to perpetuate love and support for the tradition.
Read More »Forgotten Sounds: Graeme Steele Johnson on Resurrecting the 1897 Charles Martin Loeffler Octet
'Loeffler was ultimately too American for the European musical establishment and too European for the maverick sound of the New World—a predicament that effectively wrote him out of both musical histories.'
Read More »Music Reviews: Chip Taylor’s ‘Behind the Sky,’ plus Jazz Giants Chet Baker, Sun Ra, and Art Tatum, and More
Reviews of the effusive latest Chip Taylor CD, plus jazz greats Chet Baker, Sun Ra, and Art Tatum, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and Crow and Gazelle.
Read More »Concert Review: Riverside Choral Society – New York Premiere of Scott Ordway’s ‘The End of Rain’
Riverside Choral Society sang music of John Luther Adams and Alberto Grau and the New York premiere of 'The End of Rain' by Scott Ordway, an impassioned response to the California wildfires.
Read More »Music Review: ‘The Concrete Jangle’ from Steve Conte
Steve Conte's 'Concrete Jangle,' with an assist from Andy Partridge, is pure listening pleasure that can't help but bring a smile to your face and a thought to your brain.
Read More »Concert Review: Trio Wanderer Play Schumann, Liszt, Ravel at Bargemusic
The French ensemble played a muscular concert of Piano Trios by Schumann and Ravel, along with Liszt's weird and wily "Tristia – La Vallée d'Obermann" and an invigorating encore by Lili Boulanger.
Read More »Music Reviews: The Doors Live in Sweden in 1968, plus Gene Clark; Richard, Cam & Bert; and the Flying Burrito Brothers
The Doors' 'Live at the Matrix, 1967' captures the then-little-known group as it experimented with early versions of the material that would soon bring it fame.
Read More »Music Review: Pianist Julius Asal – ‘Scriabin – Scarlatti’
What might seem a strange composer pairing proves, in Asal's thoughtful conception, to sound most natural.
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