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Stuart Maconies Freakier Zone 2017-01-22 Martin Green’s Playlist

2658 days ago
Core News“Visionary folk artist Martin Green creates a 60-minute playlist of his favourite brass, synths and folk music including Billy Bragg, Jonnie Common, modular synths from Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith and the Kronos Quartet take on the music of Mexico.” St... more info

The quiet protest, amid bombs bursting, of Kronos Quartet

2658 days ago
L.A. Times - EntertainmentThe symbolic meaning of the string quartet, the most perfect ensemble, is that of harmony raised high. Four string players, like of instrument family and mind, performing daily for years and often decades, were initially meant to voice the essence of... more info

KEXP Live at Iceland Airwaves 2016, Day 2: Kronos Quartet

2738 days ago
KEXP SeattleRounding out a stunning second day of the KEXP Broadcast live from KEX Hostel at Iceland Airwaves Music festival are the incomparable Kronos Quartet. The San Francisco-based string quartet has been around for over 40 years, with a roster of rotati... more info

Ecstatic Music Festival: 2017 lineup & tickets (Sleigh Bells, Kronos Quartet, San Fermin & more)

2740 days ago
Brooklyn VeganThe 2017 Ecstatic Music Festival runs Jan 9 through May 13 at The Kaufman Center in NYC. Continue reading… more info

At Ace Hotel, new live score makes 1922 'Nosferatu' a not-so-silent movie

2742 days ago
L.A. Times - EntertainmentLast Halloween, L.A. Opera presented “Dracula” with Philip Glass’ score at the Theatre at Ace Hotel, with the composer and the Kronos Quartet playing live behind the 1931 film. It was a sold-out holiday hit.  Inevitably, the que... more info

Three of the best… classical concerts this week

2912 days ago
Guardian MusicKronos Quartet | Stravinsky: Myths & Rituals | Become Ocean Though they are regular visitors to London, the Kronos Quartet rarely embark on UK tours as extensive as this. Their programme is a typical mix of pieces specially composed or arranged for t... more info

Kronos Quartet review – sonic Slinkys and exploding bombs

2915 days ago
Guardian MusicBarbican, LondonThe virtuoso ensemble performed no less than six UK premieres, with Mary Kouyoumdjian’s Bombs of Beirut providing an explosive finaleEntirely new in Kronos’s Barbican programme was Seiche by Martin Green (of folk group L... more info

Watch Members Of Wilco, R.E.M., & Yo La Tengo Cover Big Star’s Third In LA

2927 days ago
StereogumAn all-star cast of musicians including Big Star’s Jody Stephens, Jeff Tweedy and Pat Sansone of Wilco, R.E.M.’s Mike Mills, Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan, Jessica Pratt, the Kronos Quartet, Robyn Hitchcock, and late-era Big Star members Ken Stringf... more info

'Dracula' meets Philip Glass and Kronos Quartet, and issues arise

3106 days ago
L.A. Times - EntertainmentWhen something seems too good to be true, that may turn out to be the case. At least that was how it was for me when three things I ordinarily enjoy came together in a way that was more frustrating than fulfilling. I'm talking about Friday night at d... more info

Review: Kronos Quartet debuts powerful 'My Lai'

3127 days ago
Mercury News, CaliforniaStanford composer Jonathan Berger's work about the Vietnam War atrocity and the helicopter pilot who intervened relives an American tragedy with a bracing array of sounds, images. more info

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