New Haven Some Painted,Some Panted Music and visual art both went live Wednesday night at Cafe Nine when Color in Sound, an event organized and curated by local artist Andres Madariaga, brought together three musical Karen Ponzio 7 Dec 2023 · 1 min read
NYC Paul Truly Springs Paul Spring Always Almost Home Record Release Show Bar Sundown Ridgewood, NYC Dec. 2, 2023 An artist friend of mine once relayed a piece of life-changing advice. The advice was K Hank Jost 5 Dec 2023 · 3 min read
New Haven Tyshawn Sorey Trio Casts Spell On Firehouse 12 Did you hear thunder Friday night or see lightning? Probably not, unless you were one of the lucky few to attend the sold-out Tyshawn Sorey Trio show at Firehouse 12. Karen Ponzio 4 Dec 2023 · 1 min read
Tulsa Soup’s On: Dane Arnold’s Sunday Night Residency Is A Must-See Soup Mercury Lounge Tulsa Nov. 26, 2023 Is it too on the nose to liken Soup (as it’s billed on social media) — the erstwhile Dane Arnold and the Soup, Becky Carman 30 Nov 2023 · 2 min read
New Haven Pizza Pairs With Jazz Wednesday night’s luminous lunar display recalled the opening line of “That’s Amore”: “When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie…” so it seemed apropos that Karen Ponzio 30 Nov 2023 · 1 min read
New Haven Tall Juan On Stilts Brings Elevated Guitar-Playing To Cafe 9 Sweeping music from cello and electronics that sounded as huge as the tide. A man on stilts, playing guitar, his hair nearly touching the ceiling. Another man singlehandedly turning the Brian Slattery 30 Nov 2023 · 1 min read
Tulsa Brahms Got Heavy Past My Bedtime Tulsa Chorale: Brahms’ “A German Requiem” First Baptist Tulsa Nov. 18, 2023 On a blustery Saturday night, a crowd of about a hundred settled into the First Baptist Church at Z.B. Reeves 29 Nov 2023 · 2 min read
LA Accursed Lover Returns From Dead EL ÙLTIMO SUEÑO DE FRIDA Y DIEGO Los Angeles Opera Los Angeles Through Dec. 9, 2023 “Ah, a night at the opera! El último sueño de Frida y Diego! How Emily Ann Zisko 29 Nov 2023 · 3 min read
NYC Invisible Guy Must Be Seen Ben Goldberg’s Invisible Guy Big Bar East Village, NYC Nov. 26, 2023 On a rainy Sunday night after a holiday weekend, shoulders up and head tucked against the drizzle, K Hank Jost 28 Nov 2023 · 3 min read
LA 40 Years Later, Violent Femmes Lean Into The Experimental VIOLENT FEMMES The Novo Los Angeles Nov. 16, 2023 This wasn’t just any old Violent Femmes show. It was the 40th anniversary celebration of their self-titled first album — the Brittany Menjivar 27 Nov 2023 · 2 min read
Hartford Music Smothers A Musical Moulin Rouge: The Musical Bushnell Center for Performing Arts Hartford Nov. 25, 2023 Beautiful people parading around half-dressed. A score of certified hits. Eye-popping sets and world class performers. What Jamil Ragland 27 Nov 2023 · 4 min read
New Haven FiFac’s House Makes A Home On the day after Thanksgiving, many scattered through stores to find the best prices on holiday presents. Others settled into couches to catch college football. A select few found themselves Karen Ponzio 27 Nov 2023 · 1 min read
Raleigh/ Durham/ Chapel Hill Kicking Off Tour, 6lack Connects With Crowd 6lack, QUIN, Jordan Ward “Since I Have A Lover” World Tour The Ritz Raleigh, N.C. Nov. 18, 2023 The beat dropped, the live band began to play, and the Synclaire Cruel 21 Nov 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford A Blues Gale Wind Blows Through Infinity Music Hall Eric Gales Infinity Music Hall Hartford Nov. 19th, 2023 I’ve been surprised by the lack of pandemic-inspired media over the last couple of years. I expected several television shows, Jamil Ragland 20 Nov 2023 · 3 min read
NW Arkansas The Art of Natural Intelligence – And Why AI Wants Your Job N.I. (Natural Intelligence) by Amos Cochran The Momentary Bentonville Closed Nov. 12 Composer and video artist Amos Cochran’s multimedia installation at the Momentary in Bentonville rebels against the Mickey Mercier 20 Nov 2023 · 4 min read
New Haven 4 Bands Converge On 9 Brooklyn’s Silver Liz and Connecticut’s Private Liz, Audio Jane, and Cabins! East poured into a packed Cafe 9 Saturday night — and poured on the energy. Brian Slattery 20 Nov 2023 · 1 min read
NYC Big Girls Don’t Shy Big Girl Baby’s All Right 146 Broadway Williamsburg, Brooklyn Nov. 17, 2023 There’s nothing bare bones about Big Girl. Kaitlin Pelky’s femme-maximalist rock outfit commanded Baby’s K Hank Jost 19 Nov 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford The Trombone Sings at Black Eyed Sally’s Dr. Emmett Goods Black Eyed Sally’s Hartford Nov. 15, 2023 The trombone is not the first instrument I associate with jazz music. I’d seen trombones as part of Jamil Ragland 16 Nov 2023 · 2 min read
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