A Thanks­giv­ing show alert: Anna RG & I will be playing a combined set at The Owl Music Parlor in Brooklyn this Saturday, November 24^th. It’ll be a variety show of the best kind, that is to say, a bunch of music that might have vague things in common, but I’m not a musi­col­o­gist, so I’m not really sure (Anna is more of one than I am, with her vast first­hand knowl­edge of American folk music tradi­tions). That is to say: Robin Holcomb, Charles Ives, Hobart Smith, François Couperin, Laurie Spiegel, and Samuel Barber will all be represented.

Last week I was happy to be part of a differ­ent variety show, which was Gabe’s iter­a­tion of “Nightcap”, the NY Phil’s new late-night series hosted by Nadia. The entire affair felt convivial and relaxed in a way that “CONTACT!”, the Phil’s previous new-music effort, never did; Gabe’s deft program­ming and Nadia’s low-key erudi­tion surely had some­thing to do with it. I’m looking forward to playing on another edition of Nightcap in March, curated by John Adams.