December 07, 2012
Is Electro the New Rock and Roll?
November 26, 2012
Remembering Eleanor Powell, the Dancer Too Good for Fred Astaire
November 12, 2012
The Masterful Dub Techno of Andy Stott
November 03, 2012
The Valuable Ridiculousness of “Gangnam Style”
October 23, 2012
Where Woody Guthrie's Anti-Commercial Legacy has Lived On
Of all the tributes to Woody Guthrie that I’ve seen or heard about in this year of his centennial—including an exuberant concert at Brooklyn College and an extravagant gala at the Kennedy Center—the only surprising one took place last Wednesday evening at the Cabaret Convention in New York. The event, its mercantile name notwithstanding, is a series of glitzy concerts by (mostly) serious-minded nightclub performers, staged annually under the auspices of the Mabel Mercer Foundation. READ MORE >>
October 08, 2012
What Makes a Mandolinist MacArthur-worthy?
October 01, 2012
A Jazz Composer Turns His Grief into Devotional Music
September 24, 2012
Is Amanda Palmer Worth a Million Dollars?
September 13, 2012
