This month marks the beginning of the Year of the Dragon, the only mythical creature of the 12 animals represented in the Chinese zodiac. Despite its reputation in Western literature as a brutal and ferocious creature, China’s legendary dragon is much more altruistic. “There’s an ancient story about how all the animals were chosen,” says […]
Outside Tracks
Long ago, the New Haven Colony had outposts down the coast, as far away as what we now call Philadelphia. Today, New Haven’s diaspora goes in all directions, including (more…)
Sound Proof
“I remember making a Ports of Spain album in a closet in your house,” Sam Carlson says to Patrick Dalton on the fourth floor of 770 Chapel Street. While some tenants at 770 Chapel still refer to them as “the studio guys,” New Haven’s music scene knows them more precisely, as the principals of Sans […]
Hallowed Sounds
Halloween spans the silly, the vile, the chilling, the unknown. So does this list of suggestions for your holiday soundtrack. (more…)
World Music
Talking about the environmental crisis of our time is “a conversation that we can’t avoid,” says New Haven musician Ionne, pronounced ee-oh-NAY. “Eventually, we have to face the reality that the spaceship is breaking apart.” His new electronica album, For Those Who Remain, synthesizes elements of pop, jazz and classical music into one version of […]
Vocal Locals
These are the tales of two crooners. One hailed from Hoboken, New Jersey, and picked up a close pal in New Haven along the way to becoming one of the most famous singers of the 20th century. The other is a star of later vintage, New Haven-born and -bred, who found fame on the West […]
Music Theory
The traditional vocabulary of music doesn’t always work for trumpeter, composer and New Havener Wadada Leo Smith. (more…)