Tim Fain

watch the Bang on a Can Marathon livestream with over 40 artists

Meredith Monk, Vijay Iyer, Moor Mother, Mary Halvorson, the music of Philip Glass, Steve Reich & much more.

Justin Vernon played with Dead & Co; PEOPLE Festival lineup revealed

Justin Vernon and The Dessners’ PEOPLE Festival will include Leslie Feist, Kurt Wagner, Shara Nova, Fionn Regan, members of Arcade Fire, and much more.

Philip Glass playing concert w/ Tim Fain inside Richard Serra art exhibition; 'Einstein on the Beach' doc seeks funding

Artistic and composer Philip Glass has had a busy year, between curating the star-studded lineup for the 25th Annual Tibet House benefit and publishing his memoir, Words Without Music…

National Sawdust is a new Brooklyn venue opening in October (Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, Billy Jones & more curating)

at the corner of Wythe Ave and North 6th Street in Williamsburg… The non-profit National Sawdust, formerly known as Original Music Workshop, is pleased to announce that its highly anticipated, state-of-the-art, Williamsburg, Brooklyn venue will open this fall…

Sondre Lerche played Bowery Ballroom with TEEN (pics)

Sondre Lerche celebrated the release of his very good new album, Please, last night (9/23) at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom. Unlike most North American tours where he’s gone out solo, Sondre’s got a rhythm section with him this time (jokingly referred to them as the merch table guys), and Teeny and Lizzy of tourmates TEEN provided backing vocals and keyboards on a few tracks…

Patti Smith, New Order, The National, Iggy Pop, more played the Tibet House US 24th Annual Benefit (pics, videos, setlist)

The 24th Annual Tibet House US Benefit Concert took place at Carnegie Hall last night (3/11) with Patti Smith, New Order, Iggy Pop, The National, Sufjan Stevens, Robert Randolph, Philip Glass, Nico Muhly, and many more…

Van Dyke Parks cancels MHOW appearance; Philip Glass still playing, w/ Sondre Lerche, Bryce Dessner & more added to bill

Sondre Lerche @ MHOW, 2011 (more by Dana Yavin) Bad news: due to a hand injury, Van Dyke Parks will not be performing at the Henry Miller Library / Big Sur Brooklyn Bridge concert this Sunday (5/19) at Music Hall of Williamsburg…

2012 Tibet House benefit pics (Philip Glass, Das Racist, James Blake, Antony, Lou Reed, Stephin Merritt, Rahzel & more)

“Not even kidding. lou reed watched @dasracist perform tonight & flipped the fuck out. at carnegie hall. how was your night?” – El-P “The night wrapped up with Lenny Kaye leading the Patti Smith band through a brief tribute to the garage-rock compilation Nuggets, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, and Lou Reed, who performed three songs…