Luminato, Toronto's Festival of Arts + Creativity
LuminaTO, Toronto's Festival of Arts + Creativity, runs from June 5-14, 2009, animating downtown venues and locales with a veritable plethora of events and happenings in visual arts, literature,...
View ArticleAMY SPEACE: The Killer In Me bio
"I kind of spilled blood all over this project," Amy Speace says of her new album The Killer In Me, which marks a quantum creative leap from the artist's 2006 breakthrough effort Songs For Bright...
View Article5 Bands that won't remind you of Gerald Ford
I don't know when it happened, and I'm not going to blame Topher Grace, but at somepoint everyone decided we really wanted to live in the late 70's to early 80's. Possibly some sort of Post 9/11...
View ArticleOnly a few of my beautiful things (part 1)
The number of blogs on the internet is somewhat overwhelming, but I still enjoy sifting through site after site, searching for the perfect ‘beat’, so to speak (with apologies to Gilles Peterson). It...
View ArticleEssentials: Ethnomusicology
The Grove Dictionary of Music describes ethnomusicology as “[t]he study of social and cultural aspects of music and dance in local and global contexts.” This differs somewhat from musicology, which...
View ArticleNYC Musicians You Should Know
Since we're on the music kick, I wanted to share some of the New York musicians I've been listening to most this summer. It's a given that this list already includes Fixer and Sex Slaves who I featured...
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Party All Night Long!
Alright Alreadies with Radio Gagarin, Shtetl Superstars Orchestra and Djanan Turan at the Notting hill Arts Club (21 Notting Hill Gate, London, W11 3JQ).More info on the club can be found here....
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Curator's Corner: 10 for 2010, Part One
In no particular order, here are the first few of ten important literary figures and their related events and publications. These people have not only done their own great work but have fostered...
View ArticleKirsten DeHaan - "1984" (live)
Indie rock singer/songwriter Kirsten DeHaan performing "1984" from her newly released EP 'Thorns On A Crown.' DeHaan played at The Colony Cafe in Woodstock, NY on the closing night (October 4, 2009) of...
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Curator's Corner: Cultural Diary
This week between editing and teaching, I managed to visit a few key exhibitions and concerts featuring compelling rarities. Two of them come thanks to recommendations from Holland Cotter, of the New...
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My Cultural Diary: Weekend Wonders
It's Friday afternoon, and you are watching the clock, waiting for the official beginning to the weekend, when you can leave work behind and get a hearty helping of culture. New York City offers more...
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Ray of Hope
Ray Lamontagne was made for rainy days. He was made for break-ups, and layoffs and lost keys. No matter your bad day scenario, when Lamontagne lets that thick, deep rasp flow from his mouth, you will...
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Media Exhibit: Door Number One
There is no one on this planet that could accuse me of having a single-minded interest in a particular type of music. My uni supervisor constantly despaired over my apparent lack of research focus. Let...
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Media Exhibit: Door Number Two
Who is to say what prize hides behind this door—envelope, please!These are websites I follow on a regular basis (I chose not to hyperlink!):Said the...
View ArticleIn Brief: Listen – Calvin Johnson Covering Little Wings
I've seen Calvin Johnson perform live once; it was a wonderful and fun experience, and one that bolstered the impression – one I'd previously gathered from the uncharacteristically inoffensive, if...
View ArticleWatch and Listen: Joanna Newsom
The site of Joanna Newsom playing harp is truly an awesome one: it calls to my mind someone dragging a beached whale back to water. The synchronousness of her confidently straddled, enormous harp,...
View ArticleTwas a Swell Season
Last nights sold out performance at Radio City Music Hall was a truly magnificent musical event. 'The Swell Season,' an ever growing amalgamation, which last night consisted of front man, the Irish...
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