Ecstatic Summer

Ecstatic Summer 2013 in pics

Indie/classical concert Ecstatic Summer 2013 went down last month over the course of two evenings (6/29-30) as part of the free River to River Festival…

today's free Ecstatic Summer concert moved indoors due to weather forecast

Mother Nature is making it hard on outdoor NYC concerts this year. But they’re making do. This weekend is River to River Festival‘s two-day Ecstatic Summer 2013 held at Brookfield Place Plaza…

Roomful of Teeth & Holly Herndon playing LPR; Oneohtrix Point Never released a new song; Ecstatic Summer this weekend

Holly Herndon at MoMA PS1 in 2012 (more by Robert Altman) On November 4, Le Poisson Rouge is teaming up with Wordless Music to present a pretty cool bill that should appeal to fans of indie/classical crossover…

2013 River to River Festival lineup announced (Laurie Anderson, Ecstatic Summer, Leon Russell ++ more)

Apparently it’s NYC Outdoor Free Show Announce Day. Following Hudson River Rocks, Seaport Music Festival and 4Knots updates comes the 2013 River to River Festival line-up…

Escort and Darcy James Argue's Secret Society closed out 2012 Ecstatic Summer Festival (pics)

This year’s Ecstatic Summer Festival, which paired more traditional bands with composers and avant-garde musicians, came to a close on Saturday (8/25) at World Financial Center Plaza with a performance from NY’s disco-loving Escort and Canadian jazz ensemble Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society…

Oneohtrix Point Never & David Lang played an Ecstatic Summer show w/ A Far Cry Orchestra (pics)

Oneohtrix Point Never (aka Daniel Lopatin), who also played Pitchfork fest over the weekend, and Bang on a Can composer David Lang played the second installment of the Ecstatic Summer concert series at the World Financial Center on Saturday (7/14)…

Merrill Garbus & friends played an Ecstatic Summer show (pics); tUnE-yArDs bassist releasing solo LP as Naytronix (video)

tUnE-yArDs mastermind Merrill Garbus teamed up with Roomful of Teeth, William Britelle and Judd Greenstein & The Yehudim on June 30 to kick off the indie/classical Ecstatic Summer concert series, which is part of the River to River festival and happens this summer at the World Financial Cen…