The Urge

If you feel the urge to treat yourself to a musician with an impressive pedigree, and an original song portfolio to match, you can't do any better than a Winston Ackland performance. Read More

Steve from New Rochelle, sitting in the corner booth at the Raceway Diner across the street from Yonkers Raceway, overheard some of the conversation at the next table, did quick research on his BlackBerry and then waited for the man with the longish white hair to get up before introducing himself. Read More

Joseph Haydn wrote 104 symphonies in addition to the famed Symphony A and B, dozens of concertos for various instruments, almost 100 string quartets, divertimenti for baritone, viola, and cello, some 400 arrangements of Scottish and Welsh airs, 18 operas of which five are lost, four marionette operas, oratorios and church music including 12 masses, and that is only part of his work. Read More

American party hard merchant of debauchery Andrew WK has revealed plans to release 'lost' merchant. Read More

Observations and musings from the 2009 Meredith Music Festival. Read More

Observations and musings from the 2009 Meredith Music Festival. Read More

I know it's early yet, but the holiday season is all a-buzz around us and I thought I'd go ahead and get the end-of-2009 stuff going with a little listmaking cheer. Read More

The loose performer, with a five o'clock shadow and dressed all in black, keeps the audience laughing between songs with stories about life under Communism — the patience required to place international phone calls in a police state, or the urge to get in a long line without knowing what you are waiting for. Read More

J oseph Haydn died in 1809 and before this year of commemorations slips away, I want to cast my vote for the all-time best recording of his music. Read More

She used to develop and print her own pictures, so I got into it kind of early on. Read More