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NBA & MLB games postponed as teams protest Jacob Blake shooting; musicians react
Halsey and members of Bon Iver, PUP, Pavement, and more have applauded NBA teams as they take a stand against police brutality.
Bang on a Can hosting second Marathon livestream with over 40 artists
Including sets from Terry Riley, Rhiannon Giddens, Shara Nova, Nico Muhly, Nadia Sirota, and many more.
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.
yMusic touring, playing Sufjan Stevens, Chris Thile & more at Carnegie Hall
The December NYC show also includes songs by Son Lux, Missy Mazzoli and Caroline Shaw. In April, they play Hamburg with Anohni.
Bang on a Can Marathon returning in 2014 w/ Jherek Bischoff, So Percussion, Roomful of Teeth, DJ /Rupture and more
Bang on a Can Marathon 2011 (more by Andrew Frisicano)
As part of this year’s River to River Festival, the free annual Bang on a Can Marathon will return to Brookfield Place, Winter Garden on June 22 from 2-10 PM:Bang on a Can returns with its annual super-mix of boundary-busting music from around the corner and around the wo…
BAM 2013 Next Wave Festival announced: Anna Nicole Smith opera, Questlove, mems. Fugazi, Godspeed ++ more
BAM has announced the 2013 Next Wave Festival which runs from September 17 – December 22. The line-up features a diverse range of programming including opera, theater, music and dance…
Red Hook walloped by Sandy; Fairway & New Amsterdam Records among its victims; benefit @ Union Hall tonight
Brooklyn non-profit “post-classical” label New Amsterdam Records released the new album by accapella group Roomfull of Teeth on Tuesday, which should have been the biggest news of the week for them…
Roomful of Teeth releasing an album (download a track written by Merrill Garbus), playing Lincoln Center
DOWNLOAD: Roomful of Teeth – “Quizassa” (written by Merrill Garbus) (MP3)
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…
Jherek Bischoff, Wordless Orchestra, David Byrne, Mirah & more guests opened the Ecstatic Music Festival (pics, review)
It wasn’t the marathon that opened the inaugural Ecstatic Music Fest in 2011, but this year’s opening show on Saturday (2/4) had some of that same collaborative energy, focusing on the compositions and arrangements of Jherek Bischoff, a musician known for his work primarily with The Dead Science, Parenthetical Girls and The Degenerate Art Ensemble…
