Theo Bleckmann
This Week's Livestreams (Mannequin Pussy, JPEGMAFIA, Jlin, Owen, more)
Plus a Dio birthday celebration, Hiss Golden Messenger, Spotlights, Somnuri, and more things to stream this week.
Winter Jazzfest 2020 lineup (Seu Jorge, Makaya McCraven, Kokoroko, more)
The 2020 edition of NYC’s Winter Jazzfest goes down January 9 – 18 at clubs all over Manhattan and Brooklyn…
Winter Jazzfest updates (Chris Dave, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Messthetics, more)
The schedules for the 2019 Winter Jazzfest marathons are out, along with some lineup additions. The marathons also include James Poyser + Bilal, Makaya McCraven, Meshell Ndegeocello, Ezra Collective, Mary Halvorson, Nellie McKay, Kassa Overall, Nubya Garcia, and more.
Big Ears festival: full 2019 lineup (Avey Tare, Mountain Man, Punch Brothers, more)
The 2019 edition of Knoxville, TN’s Big Ears Festival happens March 21-24 and also features Spiritualized, This Is Not This Heat, Béla Fleck, Mercury Rev, serpentwithfeet, Harold Budd, Moor Mother, Sons of Kemet, and lots more.
Big Ears 2019 adds Spiritualized, Mercury Rev, Richard Thompson, Yves Tumor, more
Big Ears also includes Sons of Kemet, Bill Frisell, Jlin, Vijay Iyer, Meredith Monk, Stephen O’Malley, the music of Harold Budd, and more.
Big Ears expands lineup: Wilco members, Jeremy Gara, Matana Roberts, more
Knoxville, TN’s unique Big Ears Festival returns March 23-26, and today the fest is revealing new additions to the lineup. Wilco were already announced, but also frontman Jeff Tweedy will do an improv set with Chikamorachi (aka Chris Corsano and Darin Gray)…
Winter Jazzfest 2017 lineup (Pharoah Sanders, Sam Amidon, Kneebody, more)
NYC’s annual multi-venue Winter Jazzfest happens from January 5-10 at Le Poisson Rouge, The New School, SOB’s…
Big Ears Festival lineup: Wilco, Blonde Redhead, Magnetic Fields, Xiu Xiu, Deerhoof, more
Knoxville, TN’s Big Ears Festival will be back in 2017 with a cool and varied lineup. Expanding to 4 days this time around, it goes down on March 23-26…
Meredith Monk played National Sawdust with Theo Bleckmann & Katie Geissinger (pics)
Avant-garde composer/vocalist Meredith Monk played a relatively intimate show on May 19 at National Sawdust in Williamsburg with help from New Music vocalists Theo Bleckmann and Katie Geissinger. All three of them sang, and Meredith and Theo played keyboards…
Winter Jazzfest NYC expands 2016 lineup, including A Celebration of ECM Records
The annual Winter Jazzfest returns to various NYC venues in 2016 from January 13-17. Since we last spoke, the lineup added a bunch of other artists, including Naytronix, Red Baraat, Sun Ra Arkestra, SK Kakraba (Awesome Tapes from Africa),…