Nico Muhly
Out lists The Gayest Albums & Christmas Songs of all time
What makes an album great? And perhaps even more critical for this list, what makes a great album gay? To create our list of the 100 Greatest, Gayest Albums of All Time, we polled more than 100 actors, comedians, musicians, writers, critics, performance artists, label reps, and DJs, asking each to list the 10 most important albums of their lives…
NY Philharmonic launches Contact! series tonight & ACME performs @ The Tank ++ other dates & videos
Tonight (12/17) at the Tank, American Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME) perform music from Phil Kline and John Cage (two earlier works, String Quartet in Four Parts and Credo In Us)…
Doveman played a show w/ Sean Lennon & Co. (pics), playing some more (Mercury Lounge, Joe's Pub, The Kitchen)
Thomas Bartlett aka Doveman
On November 1st, Doveman opened up at Mercury Lounge for The Ghost of a Sabre Toothed Tiger, a project that features Sean Lenon, his model girlfriend Charlotte Kemp Muhl (who, as announced from the stage, had only learned to play bass a few months prior), Cibo Matto’s Yuka Honda and mi-gu drummer Yuko Araki…
'In C Remixed' - on CD & live @ LPR this Sunday
In 2007, Michigan’s Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble recorded a stellar version of Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians, which they performed that year at the Bang on a Can Marathon (which ran 27 hours)…
Doveman's new album The Conformist w/ The National, Nico Muhly, Sam Amidon, Martha Wainwright & Norah Jones
Speaking of Nico Muhly, he just played a Wordless Music show at Columbia’s Miller Theatre on September 9th. There he performed with ‘802 Tour,’ a round-robin style stage show with frequent collaborators Sam Amidon and Thomas Bartlett…
Archipelago music series to feature Shara Worden, Craig Wedren & more ++ New Amsterdam & Cantaloupe do CMJ
There were (more) strings at September 25th’s inaugural show for the Archipelago music series, which happens at Galapagos one Friday a month through next May…
The Swell Season (and Nico Muhly & Brian Eno's iPhone app) played 92YTribeca - pics, review, setlist & 2009 Tour Dates
The Swell Season‘s new album, Strict Joy, is out October 27th on Anti-. On Monday night, September 14th, the Irish & Czech duo (who are no longer a couple) performed at 92YTribeca in Manhattan…
Wordless events kick off @ the Miller Theatre TONIGHT -- win tix to Doveman, Destroyer & Do Make Say Think
Wordless Music‘s four-night run at Columbia University’s Miller Theatre (2960 Broadway at 116th Street) starts tonight (9/9) with a one-off show from the “802 Tour,” a collaboration between Nico Muhly, Sam Amidon and Doveman (Thomas Bartlett)…
Bon Iver, Marc Ribot & other NY Guitar Fest tickets on sale ++ full upcomng Merkin Hall schedule (New Sounds, etc)
Bon Iver @ Sasquatch Fest (more by Chris Graham)
Tickets are now on sale for all of Merkin Hall’s upcoming 2009/10 concerts. Those shows include the NY Guitar Festival‘s Silent Films/Live Guitars series (previously mentioned here), which features David Bromberg and Marc Ribot playing alongside Charlie Chaplin films on January 14th, Bon Iver‘s Justin Vernon (Charlie Chaplin’s The Gold Rush) with Steve Kimock (Buster Keaton’s Cops) on January 21st, and more…
'Wordless Music' @ Miller Theatre w/ Doveman, Grouper & Destroyer ++ other tour dates
Doveman @ LPR in June (more by Fresh Bread)Miller Theatre joins forces with the Wordless Music series to present a week of specially curated concerts highlighting the best of each organization’s aesthetic and mission…
