Time Travelers, a new percussion ensemble that features Ian David Rosenbaum, Gwen Burgett, Ayano Kataoka and Svet Stoyanov, came together in 2012 to perform and record Paul Lansky’s Threads for Bridge Records. The success of this project led ...
Violinist Miranda Cuckson had a few minutes to talk about her latest CD: a new recording of Luigi Nono’s la lontananza nostalgica utopica futura which is going to be dropping this weekend. Miranda has not one but 2 events launching the ...
This has not been a year where a lot of things jump out at me. I guess it’s safe to say that I am not a great music journalist when not every recording comes out and speaks to me in such a powerful way. Other people seem to find various strong ...
Reblogged from A Little Thinking: (More photos at Flickr .) – Let Earth receive her king For unto us a Child is born Come, adore on bended knee, Christ the Lord, the newborn King Radiant beams from thy holy face With the dawn of redeeming ...
Pianist Jenny Q. Chai, image coutresy of Bob Bruno Both written by Scottie Roche Daniele and Sxip’s Hour of Charm Le Poisson Rouge, NYC Friday, November 30, 2012 (Yes, I know technically this was still November; apologies–ed.) On ...
Pandit Ravi Shankar (1920-2012) Dhun (I: Dadra; II: Fast Teental) Monterey Pop Festival, June 1967 (from the D.A. Pennebaker film Monterey Pop) I can’t say with great certainty when I first heard Ravi Shankar’s music, but I knew about ...
The Rolling Stones (b. 1962) “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” Live in concert at Barclays Center, NYC December 8, 2012 Very excited to feature this, the Stones had some great guests onstage with them for this performance of ...
When I first saw the TwtrSymphony project unfolding on twitter, it was quite an interesting prospect–Even though we’d seen the YouTube Symphony twice now, with 2 completely different rounds of musicians that played two programs of mostly ...
Reblogged from Elissa Milne: Discussions about the small audiences new music attracts have been a constant of my life as a musician since I first entered university as a 16 year old to study composition. I have to confess I’m getting a bit ...
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