PRAANG walked on stage around eleven o’clock and gave the audience a solid three hours of improvisatory jamming. I was difficult for me to distinguish one song from the next over the hours of endless dance music, but at some point around every ten to twenty minutes I would notice the main musical theme would… Continue reading PRAANG @ Quixote's | 1/22/2011
On January 24th, NYC witnessed its coldest day in six years with high forecasts for the day in low teens. While the city’s wiser residents spent their night coddled in sweaters and blankets, a select few decided to brave their way into Greenwich Village and attend Zinc Bar for a night of blood-tempering jazz and… Continue reading Beat Kaestli & Elizabeth Lohninger @ The Zinc
Fans of the Broadway version of “The Sound of Music” will notice an old favorite on Brooklyn Rundfunk Orkestrata’s (BRO) ‘The Hills Are Alive’ (Canal Records, 3/8). That’s because BRO has included “No Way To Stop It,” a song that was previously only used in the musical’s Broadway production, on the Brooklyn collaborative’s bold re-imagining… Continue reading Brooklyn Rundfunk Orkestrata Resurrects Lost "Sound of Music"
The second annual Winterfest on the Mountain music festival in Nederland, Colorado showcased an eclectic line-up of some of the hottest Colorado musicians and top-notch out-of-towners alike. There was a basic theme among the musical acts on the bill—transcending genres; alt-country bands playing hip-hop, bluegrass pickers with effects pedals and drums and saxophones, pretty gals… Continue reading Winterfest on the Mountain | Nederland, CO | 2011 | Review
