March 2012
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Crossing Brooklyn Ferry →
flyingneutrino: The line-up is out! Lots of acts I want to see: Beirut, St. Vincent, My Brightest Diamond (with yMusic, woohoo!), the Antlers, the Walkmen, Atlas Sound, Sharon Van Etten, Twin Shadow, Missy Mazzoli and NOW Ensemble in the BAMcafé, and other awesomeness (DJ set by former LCD Soundsystem members, film by members of TV on the Radio and Wilco). My only quibble: Buke and Gase...
Mar 1st
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February 2012
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Sufjan/Bryce Dessner/Nico Muhly collab - Vivid... →
fuckyeahsufjanstevens: While the full line-up will be announced on March 15, we can now reveal that Vivid LIVE will feature a “special commission” of new works created and performed by Sufjan Stevens, composer Nico Muhly (Björk, Philip Glass) and Bryce Dessner (The National). Linehan describes the trio as “the defining creative minds of New York’s current music scene”. He said the performance...
Feb 29th
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Feb 28th
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Feb 27th
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Feb 26th
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MusicNOW Update
Nadia Sirota will be playing viola on the first evening, accompanying James McVinnie. This concert is free and will take place at Christ Church Cathedral.  Full lineup information can be found on the MusicNOW website.  Tickets/festival passes are still available here for the other concerts at Memorial Hall.
Feb 25th
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Feb 23rd
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Feb 19th
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Feb 18th
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Feb 15th
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Feb 12th
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Upcoming events
Looks like there are still tickets available to this year’s MusicNOW Festival (March 28 - 30, Memorial Hall, Cincinnati, OH). Click links to purchase tickets. Here’s the lineup so far according to the festival website: Wednesday, March 28th (free) FREE organ concert with James McVinnie at Christ Church Cathedral. McVinnie, from Westminster Abbey will be performing new pieces from...
Feb 12th
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Feb 11th
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Richard Reed Parry, Son Lux and yMusic: Live from... →
flyingneutrino: I was going to write something about last night’s Ecstatic Music Festival performance, but no need: the audio from the live webcast is now up on the Q2 Music website for everyone’s enjoyment. I’m listening again to the opening performance of “Beautiful Mechanical” — so good! This is beautiful. Around 45 minutes into the program, Richard Reed Parry has some lovely things to say...
Feb 10th
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Feb 10th
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Feb 10th
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Feb 9th
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Feb 8th
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Feb 6th
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Feb 6th
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Feb 5th
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Feb 4th
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Feb 3rd
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Feb 3rd
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Perfect Pitch: The National Discuss The Long Count... →
slowshowthenational: Da questa sera, a Londra, ‘The Long Count’. Intervista ad Aaron Dessner (@LauraSnapes): An in-depth interview with Aaron discussing “The Long Count” and the twins’ collaborations - “I think we have this instinctive feeling that if we hit a wall at some point, that the other will be able to break through it. We have different tendencies: he’s...
Feb 3rd
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Feb 2nd
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