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The ten best performances I had the good fortune to attend in 2010, in chronological order. Symphony in C with cellist Susan Babini, Aaron...

This month has been one of my busiest ever, I think. Late June and early July had me bartending at a furious pace during World Cup soccer ma...

In today's Courier-Post , I had the pleasure of breaking the news that Camden's Symphony in C has appointed a new president . Krishn...

The twin passions of my adult life -- new music and beer -- have cropped up in my writing once again. Though it's late in coming to this...

A first: a short piece in Washington City Paper , made possible by a colleague and former editor who landed there after a paper here in Phi...

Yesterday, I took in a concert by the NYC-based new-music group counter)induction. They appear several times yearly in Philadelphia, but thi...

My apologies for the months of absence. It's been an unusually busy and fruitful period, highlighted by my engagement, in late January, ...

The Best Music of 2009 rundown hit Phawker on New Year's Day. It contains my write-ups of albums by Dirty Projectors and John Vandersli...

A little info on the most recent item to land on my Top 10 for 2009, Kyle Bartlett's "The Lost Child." I wasn't familiar w...

The Crossing, David Shapiro's "It is time," Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, January 4. Bang on a Can All-Stars, Michael ...