Before the luxury of pushing a button or selecting a setting to fabricate a sound or sound effect, musicians had to create the sounds they wanted themselves. Portland’s indie folk quartet Horse Feathers maintains these older standards, bringing a household hand saw to the instrumental line up and introducing violin bows and drum sticks to… Continue reading Horse Feathers Bring Fuel, Forget the Spark
New York City’s Merkin Concert Hall, in association with New Amsterdam Records, presents the 2011 Ecstatic Music Festival, a showcase of collaborative evenings between more than 150 genre-pushing composers, songwriters and performers who represent a new generation of artists combining diverse influences and techniques to explore the crossover of classical and pop music. All concerts… Continue reading Announcing The Ecstatic Music Fest in NYC
After driving around downtown Boulder for about 20 minutes and finally finding a parking spot eight blocks away, I hurried through the crowds toward the Boulder Theater. The John McLaughlin concert on Saturday just happened to coincide with the city’s annual Christmas parade. At first the commotion was frustrating, although there was something to be… Continue reading John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension | 12/4/2010 | Review
