Archive for the 'Live Wire' Category
Live Wire: We take on the best live CDs by local artists
1 Comment Published by Natasha August 2nd, 2008 in Local, Music, Reviews, Live Wire.[Text by Luke Z. Fenchel] If you managed to make it up to Trumansburg earlier this month for the GrassRoots Festival, you might now be suffering from an ailment I’m beginning to associate with overexposure to live local music.
This particular form of performance anxiety appears to combine symptoms of withdrawal, an acute hangover, and a […]
This month in Live Wire: Local faves at GrassRoots Festival
0 Comments Published by Natasha July 10th, 2008 in Local, Music, Live Wire.[Text by Luke Z. Fenchel] There are many ways to approach The GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance, now in its 18th year. The four-day extravaganza, which runs from Thursday, July 17 to Sunday, July 20 in Trumansburg, combines the low-key atmosphere of a family gathering with the slightly ordered chaos of any major summer […]
This month in Live Wire: It’s Saturday Night Live at the Chapter House
1 Comment Published by Natasha April 1st, 2008 in Local, Music, Live Wire.[Text by Luke Z. Fenchel] Ladies and Gentlemen: may I present the case for The Chapter House. In an era of balkanized musical genres and fractured cliques, the good old Chappy stands as an Ithaca institution; a pretty safe bet to go on a Saturday night even if you don’t remember who’s playing the show. […]
This month’s Live Wire: Lyle Lovett, Neko Case, Excepter
0 Comments Published by Natasha February 29th, 2008 in Local, Music, Reviews, Live Wire.[Text by Luke Z. Fenchel; from this week’s Ithaca Times]
Four years ago this November, I attended one of the most exhilarating shows of my life. On tour for their breakthrough album Funeral, Arcade Fire played a sold-out show in a rec room at Cornell University; it was all thanks to the small organization, the Fanclub […]