Tuesday, December 13, 2016

A seasonal Digression: “Experimental” Christmas Music

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This is an expanded version of something I posted (on my previous music blog) in 2010. First: Messiaen's “20 Aspects of the Baby Jesus...
Wednesday, December 7, 2016

The Worst Music, Revisited

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I thought I’d revisit an old meme (now gone) that’s been annoying me for years. Though I’m glad that it’s gone, my question is really how i...
Sunday, October 18, 2015

Album Reviews, Old and New: ELP, Seawind, Steven Michael Miller, and Yoko Kanno

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These four reviews were originally published on Sit Down Listen Up.com , in slightly different versions. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer: Do th...
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Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Just for Fun: Renamed Instruments

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A friend sent me some of these, and I made up some more. My apologies to anyone who plays any of these instruments; actually I like all of ...
Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Concert Review: Steve Peters’ “Canções Profundas (Deep Songs)” at Good Shepherd Center 9/25/15

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“Canções Profundas (Deep Songs)” is a new evening-length work by Seattle composer Steve Peters. Inspired by research into his family history...
Monday, September 21, 2015

Concert Review: John Luther Adams’ “Inuksuit” in the Park, Seattle, 9/19/2015

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“Inuksuit” is an Inuit word for the roughly anthropomorphic piles of stones formerly left to direct travelers in that northern part of the w...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015

A Disaster? (Maybe Not...)

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Last Friday night (8/28/15), Keith Eisenbrey (composer, pianist, percussionist) and I (ditto) played a concert consisting of two relatively ...
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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...