New York Sounds: Drums Over Manhattan
For a short spell, Martin Longley decided that he would only check out bands with drumming leaders…
New York Sounds: Live From The Bell House
Martin Longley spends a considerable amount of time in one of Brooklyn’s finest haunts…
New York Sounds: Sonic Extremities
Serrated axes, throttling reeds, circular-breathing trumpet tones and yowling or multiphonic vocals: all of these infest the mean streets of Manhattan and Brooklyn,
New York Sounds: Oddroc
Martin Longley finds that oddroc forms are still flourishing in Manhattan and Brooklyn…
RSC in a box to NYC
The Royal Shakespeare Company is set to travel from its traditional home in Stratford-Upon-Avon to the bright lights of New York.
The New Yorker
Pleased to see the end of OBL yet appalled at the behaviour of her compatriots, Jeannie Shapiro brings us an American’s perspective.
More on the Osama/Obama Drama
Osama bin Laden may have left the building, but it will continue to shake from the tremors he unleashed for a good while yet.
New York Sounds: American Roots
Martin Longley pursues hardcore blues, Western swing and pan-global troubadour-ing in Manhattan…
New York Met beams to Wolves
Light House Cinema continues its popular Met Live in HD season this April with Le Comte Ory, Capriccio and Il Trovatore
New York sounds: American roots
Martin Longley pursues six-string troubadour action in Manhattan and Brooklyn…
New York Sounds: Saxophonic Odyssey
Martin Longley journeys beyond with three of jazz music’s innovatory leaders…
New York Sounds: Big Band Jazz
Even during these challenging times, NYC is still awash with enlarged jazz combos, as Martin Longley reports from Manhattan…