MIDTOWN, MANHATTAN: Charged up is a good way to describe the onset of Music Unites. A non-profit focused on bringing music education to underprivileged children in underfunded inner city school systems, Music Unites is one of many emerging organizations with an ambitious agenda.
A classically-trained pianist, Michelle Edgar launched Music Read more...
SOHO, MANHATTAN: Iconic NYC artist and sonic adventurer Laurie Anderson released her amazing new album, Homeland, earlier this week. Years in the making, Homeland emerged after a challenging and at-times vexing process in the studio, and very nearly never emerged at all.
“It’s this very, very weird hybrid,” says Read more...
Last weekend at Summer NAMM, Telefunken introduced the new MkII version of its R-F-T AK-47.
Featuring a dual-sided, gold-sputtered capsule and a NOS (New Old Stock) Telefunken EF-732 vacuum tube, the new AK-47 MkII includes a transformer upgrade to the historic BV8 found in the U-47 and U-48 microphone classics Read more...
Summer music festivals season is here, with both the Northside Music Festival and the 6th annual Afro-Punk Festival happening this weekend. Fort Greene’s Commodore Barry Park is the site of the Afro-Punk Festival, going down this Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday’s (June 26) showcase includes “afro-punk godfathers” Bad Brains, supported by Read more...
Yoko Ono recently produced a project with NYC’s Bang On A Can, recording in Avatar Studio‘s legendary Studio A with Scott Hollingsworth engineering. Another NYC legend, Suzanne Vega, recently spent time in Studio A as well, recording with producer/engineer Joe Blaney.
In Studio C, Brooklyn’s Dub Trio recorded for their Read more...
