Before the ear candy
Rufus Wainwright songster magic circles back to the Landmark Before the concert came a weekend lengthened by a day. This meant additional time to work on a reinvention of back yard landscaping, hopefully aided by time spent with some gnarly 3D … Read More»
“Piano Battle” Pits Paul Cibis & Andreas Kern vs. the Paradoxes of Classical Music: A DarkViolin Review It was a two-ring circus. It was an exhibition of top flight musicianship of the highest order. It was an entertaining mashup of both. And … Read More»
DarkViolin reviews Karla Bonoff in a 2017 Landmark double bill with Livingston Taylor. Bonoff was again accompanied by gifted guitarist Nina Gerber. Sylvia Plath probably had no particular song in mind when she wrote from a nightgown’s vantage … Read More»
Sarah Jarosz and Ten String Symphony Bring Folk and Fiddles to Landmark With songs like the Poe-inspired “Annabelle Lee“ (2011), Sarah Jarosz has been busy alternately absorbing and lighting up the folk and bluegrass circuits. In venues like Prairie … Read More»
Was he a Michael Feinstein on guitar? Way more fun. DarkViolin reviews the John Pizzarelli Quartet debut at the Landmark. The path from the storied Carlyle Hotel to the Jeanne Rimsky Theater is only eight leagues (or, if you prefer, less than an … Read More»
