| Nov 20, 2023 8:50 am | Sunday night is not typically known for being festive, unless you are part of the local music scene. This Sunday at Best Video, three bands — New Haven’s own Big Iron and Them Airs, along with Bruiser and Bicycle from Albany — jammed out and turned the night into something reviving. ‘Three Bands Jam At Best Video ..read more

| Nov 20, 2023 8:57 am | Four bands rocked the corner of State and Crown to a full house at Cafe Nine this Saturday night. ‘Cafe Nine Rocked Around The Clock ..read more

| Nov 21, 2023 8:58 am | The New Haven Symphony Orchestra, one of a few American orchestras working to address injustices in the past and present of professional classical music, made two important — and increasingly common — choices at their Sunday afternoon concert at ‘New Haven Symphony Expands The Canon ..read more

| Nov 21, 2023 11:01 am | Fair Haven school kids filed into the Atwater Senior Center to keep their senior counterparts company in advance of Thanksgiving — and to dance cumbia with New Haveners like 73-year-old Yvonne Sheppard, who said the celebration was less a loneliness intervention than it was a special occasion among a vibrant city full of friends. ‘Atwater Thanksgiving Brings Fair Haven Together ..read more

| Nov 27, 2023 8:19 am | On the day after Thanksgiving, many scattered through stores to find the best prices on holiday presents. Others settled into couches to catch college football. A select few found themselves making their way to FiFac’s House, a monthly music series held on the last Friday of each month over the past year at Never Ending Books. Not unlike the multitude of series held at the State Street gathering space — both before and after its reimagination under the Volume Two collective — the night offered an array of performers that established a symbiotic relations ..read more

| Nov 7, 2023 9:29 am | Seven precise strokes from a rhythm guitar don’t prepare the listener for the way The Dream Broker” — the first song from the latest release from New Haven-based progressive rock band Head with Wings — takes a sudden turn, into thick drums and bass, soaring guitars, and straight through the middle of it, strong yet plaintive vocals. It’s not funny when you feel this way / You’re champing at the bit to make money then you feel ashamed / Yet you’re coming back for more and more and more,” the singer belts out. Nobody wants to relive the beginning / Or walk away ..read more

| Nov 8, 2023 12:23 pm | Dr. Jonathan Q. Berryman isn’t lamenting how technology has changed our world. Instead he’s harnessing it to help young people find their voices in the choir ..read more

| Oct 31, 2023 8:09 am | In introducing Thursday Night’s New Haven Symphony Orchestra program in Woolsey Hall, Music Director Alisdair Neale cut to the chase. Both these works feature a lot of art — without artifice,” he said, referencing their emotional immediacy. The program, featuring Grammy-winning trio as something along the lines of a group of concerto-grosso soloists, featured two works by American composers, both of which presented a more romantic vision of orchestral music ..read more

| Oct 31, 2023 11:06 am | Musician Laura Klein started working on the video for Faux Départ” while recovering from surgery. She happened upon unreleased tracks from her band Western Estates, deciding this song deserves more than just an internet blast.” After working on the video for over two years, she gave it its premiere in front of an enthusiastic crowd, some dressed in apropos Halloween attire, and all surrounded in the appropriate art of the most recent Volume Two art exhibition, titled ‘"Faux Départ" Gets A True Start ..read more

show — starring New Haven-area rock n’ roll favorites Chaser Eight, pop-punk Gen X‑ers , and Maryland-based newcomers Kings of The Wild Things — brought a much-needed serotonin boost to the week’s end. Concertgoers drove hours, from places as far away as Syracuse, N.Y. and parts of Wisconsin, to join New Haveners in packing the nightclub, leaving little room between the front door and the stage ..read more