Dec 13, 2010 By Lauren Barbato

New York City’s Merkin Concert Hall has teamed up with New Amsterdam Records for the 2011 Ecstatic Music Festival, a three-month-long series of concerts showcasing more than 150 composers, songwriters and performers. More

Mar 01, 2010 By Jim Scott

If one wants to understand the difference between merely writing a song and composing a song, listen to 99.9% of contemporary music, and then turn on Clogs. Composed by Padma Newsome during a residency in 2005, The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton features some stirring compositions that walk the line between classical and something else entirely. More