April 4 Invitation

I want to invite my readers to an exhibition of work by a dear friend and an artist for whom I have the highest regard.

Music, Online and Off

You have read our coverage of Web 3.0 and Online Music. Here is a good article from the Economist, The slow death of digital rights, on the online music industry and the repercussions of removing DRM. Meanwhile, I still am an old fashioned enthusiast for live music, and on Wednesday, we went to Yoshi’s to

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Pellejo Soco

And here is a (rather bad) picture of Pellejo Soco, a Cuban band performing at Biscuits and Blues last night. They draw from Latin pop, Brazilian, Flamenco, Afro-Cuban and Jazz influences, and sang one of my favorite Latin songs, Besame Mucho, which I hadn’t heard in a while.

Merry Christmas

I don’t know about you, but I am in the holiday mood. Music. Dance. Food. Travel. Shopping. So, let me point you to some of my writings on those subjects, in case you are reading: * In What’s after Starbucks? I fantasized about a day when anywhere you are, you can go to a great

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Buenos Aires Trip: Live Music

By far, one of the greatest attractions of Buenos Aires is its vibrant live music scene. It costs literally nothing to access the performances of great, great musicians at various venues. On this trip, I listened to saxophonist Miguel de Caro. For the uninitiated, the saxophone is not a traditional Argentine Tango instrument. It is

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