
by K. Ross Hoffman
I started working on writing songs last summer, here in New York, in
the middle of the hottest month. I was in a pretty bad state
emotionally, right in the middle of a breakup. The initial idea around
the album came about in New York, but the good parts, the inspirational
parts, happened later, when I was living in Paris — both cities were
really important to the album.
Music Picks
Sun., Nov. 8, 3 p.m., $23, Kimmel Center, 300 S. Broad St., 215-569-8080,
pcmsconcerts.org.
by Peter Burwasser
That beautiful school is exemplified by the Moscow Quartet, who will
present a wonderful program of Haydn, Beethoven and (late) compatriot
Shostakovich in one of their regular visits to our fair city.
Music Picks
Tue., Nov. 10, 8 p.m., $15 ($20 with CD), all ages, with Sean Price, First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St., 866-468-7619,
r5productions.com.
by Tisha Kline
Raekwon's gritty, obscene rhyming style tips its hat to modern New York street rap while still appealing to the old heads.