Steve Koenig

Incredible Risks

This installment takes us from the depths of Carnegie Hall to the heights of the gutter.

Incredible Risks

This installment takes us from the depths of Carnegie Hall to the heights of the gutter.

Happy Little Fat Man

Interview with Kevin Coyne

Happy Little Fat Man

Interview with Kevin Coyne

Incredible Risks: Improvised and New Music

Two of my favorite just-starting-to-be-heralded musicians came to New York to perform at Tonic on April 16.

Incredible Risks: Improvised and New Music

Two of my favorite just-starting-to-be-heralded musicians came to New York to perform at Tonic on April 16.

Label Report: No More Records

Producer Alan Schneider started his ironically-named label, No More Records, with an intelligent idea. Record known improvising artists in settings different from their usual recordings.

Label Report: No More Records

Producer Alan Schneider started his ironically-named label, No More Records, with an intelligent idea. Record known improvising artists in settings different from their usual recordings.

The Fourth Annual Vision Festival

The Vision Festival program states that it “is poised to take the disparate strands of the world’s improvising communities and weave them together…”

The Fourth Annual Vision Festival

The Vision Festival program states that it “is poised to take the disparate strands of the world’s improvising communities and weave them together…”

Records That Changed My Life

We’ve all done the desert-island list and probably, like me, tried to find ways to cheat.

Records That Changed My Life

We’ve all done the desert-island list and probably, like me, tried to find ways to cheat.

Label Report: Slask Records

Bo Stefan Lundquist started Slask a decade ago, in Styrsö, Sweden, originally calling it Varm Snö.

Label Report: Slask Records

Bo Stefan Lundquist started Slask a decade ago, in Styrsö, Sweden, originally calling it Varm Snö.

Incredible Risks: Improvised and New Music, Part II

At a gig at the AlterKnit, Nagai’s trio played very different music, but to equal effect.

Incredible Risks: Improvised and New Music, Part II

At a gig at the AlterKnit, Nagai’s trio played very different music, but to equal effect.

Incredible Risks: Improvised and New Music, Part I

The new and improvised music scene is incredibly alive because artists, performer, promoters, multimedia collaborators and audiences take risks.

Incredible Risks: Improvised and New Music, Part I

The new and improvised music scene is incredibly alive because artists, performer, promoters, multimedia collaborators and audiences take risks.