Music
Ultimately, on some level, the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra’s performance of Bruckner Ninth functioned as a study in approaching the unknown (and unknowable) with humility.
Other readers may be more sympathetic to this informative book’s broader conclusions about the rise of LP’s and the “erasure of black bodies and black aesthetics.
“Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots” was the only record of the Flaming Lips that I knew in any real depth; it turns out that the band’s live show was heartwarming, a buoyant and visually exuberant experience.
I admire Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s wit and daring, her singularly effective guitar playing, and the subtlety of her singing.
Which is the best fest? It’s up for grabs.
Some at times sentimental observations of New Orleans’s “other” massive music confab, the French Quarter Festival.
These four sets are among five new collections of previously-unreleased music that provide crisp snapshots of renowned jazz performers in the second half of the twentieth century and precious documents of great originals in their prime.
The music of Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir embraces the elemental, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra skillfully waded into its searching mystery.
The music works. The session is among old friends. The rhythm section cooks and every solo holds one’s attention.
Jazz Perspective: Zev Feldman – A Sherlock of a Producer with an Impressive Portfolio
Zev Feldman is becoming one of the great sleuth-producers of our time, and his name is becoming a marker of quality.
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