John Schaefer
WNYC is cancelling New Sounds & Soundcheck
Radio host and author John Schaefer has hosted and produced New Sounds on WNYC since 1982, but his time with the station is drawing to a close.
free two-day Steve Reich event happening in NYC
As part of the annual New Sounds Live, Steve Reich will be speaking at day one, and both days will feature the legendary composer’s work performed by Ensemble Signal.
NY Guitar Festival: Memphis Minnie tributes w/DJ Spooky, Nicole Atkins & more
New York Guitar Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2019, and for this year’s edition its paying tribute to pioneering blues guitarist Memphis Minnie.
Lincoln Center's White Light Festival: 2016 lineup, schedule, tickets
Lincoln Center’s seventh annual White Light Festival will run from October 16 through November 16, 2016 and features 41 performances, including world and U.S. premieres, by artists and companies from nine countries, and will unfold in 10 venues on and off the Lincoln Center’s campus…
2015 RadioLoveFest @ BAM: Terry Gross, Radiolab Live, "Mexrrissey," Molly Ringwald & more
RadioLoveFest returns for a second year at BAM from May 5 – 10, reimagining some of your favorite radio programs as a live show. This year’s highlights include science show Radiolab Live (5/5), “An Evening with Terry Gross” (5/6), “Don’t Look Back: Stories from the Teenage Years” (5/6) which is hosted, quiz show “Wait Wait…
Dan Deacon played Merkin w/ NOW Ensemble & Calder Quartet (pics, setlist, streams), playing Carnegie Hall (Monday)
When not inciting mass hysteria in children, Dan Deacon keeps it fancy, and that was the vibe last night at Merkin Concert Hall, his first of two fancy NYC shows this week…
Brian Eno was performed @ Joe's Pub -- pics & setlist (w/ JG Thirlwell, Phantom Family Halo, Travis Morrison & more)
DOWNLOAD: Phantom Family Halo – “White Hot Gun” (MP3)
The tribute to Brian Eno‘s Here Come the Warm Jets went down at Joe’s Pub on January 8 to a sold out audience (that included Bradford Cox)…
Amor de Días, not Popfest, BNLX, Cymbals Eat Guitars, album & book tribute shows, Cheeseburger, Beige & more in This Week in Indie
DOWNLOAD: Amor de Días – Bunhill Fields (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Damon & Naomi – “Walking Backwards” (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Damon & Naomi – “Shadow Boxing” (M4A)
DOWNLOAD: BNLX – Burn the Boats (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: BNLX – Garbage Strike (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Beige – Folds (MP3)
This weekend is dominated, for me at least are here this weekend, playing Knitting Factory on Sunday (5/22) opening for Damon & Naomi. We’ve got…
Mountain Goats & Suzanne Vega played a few songs @ Greene Space (pics & WNYC stream)
The Mountain Goats stopped by NYC’s Greene Space on Wednesday (earlier in the day than his third in a row Bowery Ballroom show) for a live WNYC “Soundcheck” radio appearance along with Suzanne Vega…
Bang on a Can All-Stars performed Nick Brooke, Karsh Kale, Bryce Dessner & more @ Merkin Concert Hall (pics)
More pictures from Thursday night’s Ecstatic Music Festival show, with the full setlist and list of musicians, below…
