I covered 88 International’s founder, Juilliard master pianist Kimball Gallagher, in a different role: the musical artist himself, commanding the stage in a masterful program at Zankel Hall on April 13. In the past, my reporting has focused on Gallagher’s humanitarian work through his NGO, 88 International — a non-profit organization that has created meaningful ..Read More
June 10, 2024
What an amazing night of jazz it was at Zinc Bar in Greenwich Village at the closing of Charles Carlini’s inaugural Guitar Masters Festival! Zinc Bar had just celebrated its 30th anniversary. The owner, Alex, recalled those early days when the fledgling club was only large enough to house guitar acts. That’s when the club
June 10, 2024
Charles Carlini, a well-known music impresario and avid guitar enthusiast brought together an International Who’s Who of guitar virtuosic talent spanning multiple genres of world music with the inaugural Guitar Masters Festival. The event was held at the Baha’i Center in Greenwich Village from April 25-29. Carlini is also the concert promoter and curator of
May 6, 2024
I was asked to check out the screening of a new indie film comedy-drama called Katie’s Mom. The narrative of this film is essentially The Graduate from a woman’s perspective. It’s about a recently divorced middle-aged mom who has an affair with her daughter’s boyfriend when she returns home during holiday break. Katie’s Mom was enjoyable to watch and
May 6, 2024
Tali wins the Eurovision Song Contest for Luxembourg! Back in August 2023, I wrote an article about Tali Golergant, this wonderful young female singer/songwriter from Luxembourg living in NYC who really impressed me. My fascination would compel me to cover Tali’s now memorable performance with her eponymous band at Bowery Electric in the East Village last
April 9, 2024
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“Peoples’ Movements” is a special art exhibition running through April 15th at the Tenri Cultural Institute located at 43A West 13th Street in the heart of Greenwich Village. Luchia Meihua Lee is the founding Executive Director of the Taiwanese American Arts Council (TAAC) and the Chief Curator of the exhibition. Since 2014, TAAC has aimed
April 9, 2024
What occurs when an immovable object meets an irresistible force? Or when the kinetic alchemy of some random meeting between a 3x Grammy Award-nominated jazz pianist and a 6x Downbeat Magazine Award-winning tenor saxophonist happens on stage? That’s what I dreamt would happen when The Axel Tosca Trio, led by its brilliant pianist Axel Tosca
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