Monday, August 3, 2015

Review: Improvised Benefit Concert for Paul Hoskin, 7/31/2015

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“Veteran Seattle improviser, contrabass clarinetist and concert organizer Paul Hoskin is currently in the hospital with very serious ailment...
Thursday, July 23, 2015

K-T-R and other Stringed Instruments

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This is a discussion that occurred on a linguistics page on Facebook. I thought musicians might be interested in it. I’ve changed writers’...
Monday, July 20, 2015

Retro Review: A Different German Music, Maybe Not So Different - Stockhausen's Piano Music on Vinyl

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(This review was originally published, in a slightly shorter version, and as part of a series on "Krautrock"! - on Sit Down Listen...

Multimedia Installation Reivew: Gabriella Denise Frank's "Ugly Me" at Jack Straw, Seattle

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Walk in Distorted selfies greet you with a smile, A guffaw, A bellylaugh Fashion pictures on the other wall spell “UGLY” Perfect plast...
Thursday, July 16, 2015

Word(less) Music

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(Unlike most of my blog posts, this one isn’t a review of a concert or an album.) I'm assuming that other people have experienced the ...
Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Seattle Composers Salon, 7/10/2015

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“ The Seattle Composers’ Salon fosters the development, performance and appreciation of new music by regional composers and performers. At b...
Sunday, May 31, 2015

Waywords and Meansigns: Finnegans Reawakening as Music

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(This review was originally published, in a slightly shorter version, on Sit Down Listen Up: One Album .) Now this is an interesting idea:...
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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Concert Review: Harry Partch at the University of Washington, 5/26/2015

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This was the second concert presented by the UW Harry Partch project (I missed the first). As I walked in, I saw the famous one-of-a-kind i...
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Saturday, May 23, 2015

The 12th Century in the 21st: Medieval Women's Choir perform Hildegard's "Ordo Virtutm" at St. James, Seattle

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Their angelic voices echoed in the vast cathedral, while bells and mysterious instruments sounded, seemingly from everywhere at once. I cou...
Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Seattle Composers Salon, 5/8/2015

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"The Seattle Composers’ Salon fosters the development, performance and appreciation of new music by regional composers and performers. ...
Wednesday, April 29, 2015

CD Reviews: Where (we) Live and As:Is

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These reviews of musical collaborations were originally published by SitDownListenUp on www.sitdownlistenup.com . As:Is, As Is Christine...
Monday, April 20, 2015

Ambient Piano Minimalism: r. andrew lee at the Chapel Performance Space, 4/17/2015

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(Lower case specified by Mr. lee) I’d heard Mr. lee’s rendition of Dennis Johnson’s four-hour “November” in 2013 (in November), and this c...
Thursday, March 19, 2015

Three Very Different Blasts from the Past: Takemitsu, 2001, and Tull

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These three reviews which I wrote about 1970's vinyl records were originally published by SitDownListenUp on www.sitdownlistenup.com . ...