River to River Festival
Tour news: La Femme, Flying Lotus, Off With Their Heads, Blue Hawaii, more
Plus: Murphy Law’s Jimmy G Boat Bash, the 2022 River to River Fest, Yaya Bey, Gorillaz, Sons of Kemet, Joan Shelley, The Mountain Goats, The Linda Lindas, and more tour and festival news.
Yoko Ono invites you to take a slow walk in Lower Manhattan with The Reflection Project
Yoko Ono has created The Reflection Project that is part walking tour and part art installation. Presented by the River to River Festival, on display at various points in lower Manhattan in non-traditional spaces from June 18 – June 29…
this weekend's Bang on a Can Marathon streaming live online
The 2015 Bang on a Can Marathon (part of River to River) happens on Sunday (6/21) at The Winter Garden at Brookfield Place, with cans and other instruments being banged on from noon to 10 PM…
River to River Festival announces 2015 lineup / schedule
The free River to River Festival returns in 2015 to various outdoor NYC venues from June 18-28 and includes music, dance, theater, visual art, film and more…
2014 River to River Festival lineup (Kaki King, Terry Riley, KiT, People Get Ready, Sergio Mendoza, Susie Ibarra & more)
River to River Festival 2013 (more by Ryan Muir)
The free River to River Festival returns in 2014 to various outdoor NYC venues from June 19-29 and includes music, dance, theater, visual art, film and “unique participatory experiences…
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…
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…
yMusic performing new works by Sufjan Steven, Nico Muhly & others tonight; Big 'new-music' event also coming to BAM
yMusic at Carnegie Hall in January (more by Greg Cristman)
Contemporary classical sextet yMusic, who have worked with The National, Bon Iver, Dirty Projectors, My Brightest Diamond, and more, will be performing on Stage 2 at Rockwood Music Hall tonight (5/22), premiering works written and Marcos Balter, in addition to “less-new-but-still-pretty-new” works and Andrew Norman…
Brooklyn Youth Chorus playing stuff by Arcade Fire/National members w/ Kronos Quartet & in Bang on a Can Marathon
As mentioned, acclaimed ensemble Kronos Quartet are celebrating their ruby anniversary this year with the “Kronos at 40” mini-festival within Lincon Center Out of Doors’ 2013 slate…
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…