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Jazz Listings for May 17-23

New York Times - Thu, 5/16/2013 - 5:02pm
A selected guide to jazz performances in the New York area.    

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Pop and Rock Listings for May 17-23

New York Times - Thu, 5/16/2013 - 4:59pm
A selected guide to indie rock, pop, R&B, hip-hop and rock performances in the New York area.    

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Music Review: Jaimeo Brown at Drom

New York Times - Thu, 5/16/2013 - 4:48pm
The drummer Jaimeo Brown drew on inspiration from the Gee’s Bend quilters for his show at Drom in the East Village.    

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Music Review: Ghalia Benali at French Institute Alliance Française

New York Times - Thu, 5/16/2013 - 4:42pm
Two very different kinds of current music from Tunisia were part of the French Institute Alliance Française’s monthlong World Nomads Tunisia festival.    

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ArtsBeat: Boston Symphony Orchestra Appoints Andris Nelsons as New Music Director

New York Times - Thu, 5/16/2013 - 4:02pm
Mr. Nelsons, 34, has been music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in Britain since 2008.    

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Music Review: ‘Tribute to Bobby Short’ at Lincoln Center

New York Times - Thu, 5/16/2013 - 2:53pm
James Naughton hosted a Bobby Short tribute, with performances by Barbara Carroll, Paula West, Billy Stritch and the rising cabaret star T. Oliver Reid.    

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ArtsBeat: New Jersey Performing Arts Center Announces New Season

New York Times - Thu, 5/16/2013 - 11:42am
A symphonic concert devoted to the music of Led Zeppelin and performances by Motown greats are among the highlights.    

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Minnesota Orchestra Contract Talks Unlikely

Arts Journal - Thu, 5/16/2013 - 11:09am
MPR 05/15/13
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Boston Symphony Appoints New Music Director

Arts Journal - Thu, 5/16/2013 - 10:56am
The New York Times 05/16/13
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ArtsBeat: Hot 97 Summer Jam Lineup Announced

New York Times - Thu, 5/16/2013 - 10:37am
The June 2 concert will feature Kendrick Lamar, Wale, French Montana and others.    

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ArtsBeat: The Day Diddy Did Do ‘Downton Abbey’

New York Times - Thu, 5/16/2013 - 7:44am
A Twitter post from Diddy saying that he’d joined the cast of “Downton Abbey” brought messages of congratulations from fans and amused denials from PBS. And in the end, everyone was telling the truth.    

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New York Philharmonic Plays The Dresden Volkswagen Factory

Arts Journal - Thu, 5/16/2013 - 3:48am
Reuters 05/15/13
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Music Review: The Killers at Madison Square Garden

New York Times - Wed, 5/15/2013 - 4:27pm
The Killers performed at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night, making up for a concert postponed in December.    

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Kaizers Orchestra at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York Times - Wed, 5/15/2013 - 4:11pm
Kaizers Orchestra, an idiosyncratic band popular in Europe but hardly known in the United States, will make its American debut in what is also its farewell concert.    

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Music Review: Gil Evans Project at the Jazz Standard

New York Times - Wed, 5/15/2013 - 4:10pm
The Gil Evans Project featured “Gypsy Jump,” a song not played since 1942, in its set at the Jazz Standard.    

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Music Review: Metropolitan Opera Brass at St. John the Divine

New York Times - Wed, 5/15/2013 - 3:31pm
The Metropolitan Opera Brass performed works by Gabrieli, Mozart and Lehar in a cathedral on Tuesday evening.    

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Music Review: Nico Muhly Previews His ‘Two Boys’ at Le Poisson Rouge

New York Times - Wed, 5/15/2013 - 3:05pm
The Metropolitan Opera’s Peter Gelb introduced Nico Muhly, who performed a preview of his opera, among other pieces, at Le Poisson Rouge.    

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ArtsBeat: Lady Antebellum Bests ‘Great Gatsby’ on Album Chart

New York Times - Wed, 5/15/2013 - 2:45pm
Lady Antebellum’s “Golden” outsold the soundtrack to “The Great Gatsby,” which had strong digital sales.    

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Daft Punk Gets Human With a New Album

New York Times - Wed, 5/15/2013 - 2:38pm
The French dance-music duo known for its synthetic dazzle has made its new album a flashback to the era of live musicianship.    
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ArtsBeat: For His Latest Transformation, Shia LaBeouf Discusses His Short Film ‘Haunted Love’

New York Times - Wed, 5/15/2013 - 12:47pm
Mr. LaBeouf, a star of “Transformers,” “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” and “The Company You Keep,” explains his film inspired by the Future Unlimited song “Haunted Love,” which came about while he worked on the Lars von Trier film “Nymphomaniac.”    

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