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Vinfonies Festival Invites Ben Houge of NewMusicBox to Write Music to Pair With Wine

Although synesthesia is an extreme case of experiencing one sense through another that most of us will never experience, most of us do have each sense influenced by our other senses to some degree. Taste, for instance, is a sense just as prone to interacting with our hearing as it does with our sense of smell, or with our sense of touch, or frankly, any combination thereof. The Vinifonies wine and music festival takes this a step further by inviting musicians, such as Ben Houge, to write music to be paired with wine for blind tasting events.
By Steve Nagel

  • Prepare To Be Scared by the Aaron Irwin Quartet's Self-Released 'A Room Forever' [REVIEW]

    This one's scary. It's dark. It puts the listener in a state of unease. It's uncomfortable listening. You don't so much "like" a recording like this but instead respect it. I had to turn off the opening title track and recompose myself because it got inside my head. Once I knew what I was in for, I kept at it and, eventually, the alt-charm and twisted beauty of the Aaron Irwin Quartet's 'A Room Forever' came to the fore. But it didn't come easy, then again, the best things in life are never easy.
    By Mike Greenblatt

  • Watch Sung Jin Hong and One World Symphony Premiere 'Hannibal' Trailer

    The local fare of classical music in New York City is a breeding ground for new material. Of this pool is Sung Jin Hong and One World Symphony--an organization boasting heartfelt and original material, from a Breaking Bad opera to their most recent Hannibal, a blend of Stravinsky, Bach and Sung Jin.
    By Ian Holubiak