Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Us and Ussers at Jack Straw, 2/22/2025

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On a rainy afternoon last Saturday, five musicians including me gathered for a quiet protest against the noise which has been coming from th...
Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Ten More Albums: Loops, Strangers, and a Voyage to Middle-Earth

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Mini-revies of ten more albums, mostly classical this time. Maybe next month I'll be able to return to at least one live concert. John...
Saturday, December 10, 2022

Seven More Albums: Seattle Music Including One for Christmas

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Some music I've listened to recently that has something to do with Seattle, including two by the Seattle Symphony and one Christmas albu...
Saturday, November 26, 2022

...And ten more albums (that I've listened to recently)

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Again, I originally posted these reviews on the local public library's website. Brian Eno: Apollo It’s nice to hear the old recordings...
Saturday, November 19, 2022

Five (or Six) Books about Music

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Short reviews of books about music; I posted these on the local public library's website. Before I start, though: a self-promo. My nov...
Saturday, November 12, 2022

Five More Albums: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Music

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I posted these reviews on the local public library website: CD’s (albums) of Pulitzer Prize-winning music, whether or not the artist/compose...
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Saturday, October 29, 2022

Ten More Albums: Silk Road Journeys and Social Music

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These are reviews I posted on the website of the local public library. Hans Abrahamsen: Let Me Tell You (Barbara Hannigan, soprano; Symph...
Saturday, October 22, 2022

Stockhausen's Piano Pieces Seen from Within, but First: A Little Discussion on Serialism

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There was a discussion about serialism on Facebook last week; I found it interesting and asked the participants if I could post it on this b...
Sunday, October 16, 2022

Ten more albums: Wind, Beauty, and Blues in a Kaleidoscope Superior

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Well, it’s been a couple of years since I’ve posted anything here, and circumstances are still such that I can’t really go out an hear live ...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Reviews of Two Books on Music: "Music After the Fall" by Tim Rutherford-Johnson, and "From a Broken Bottle Traces of Perfume Still Emanate" by Nathaniel Mackey

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I found these two books in the public library and had a lot of time to read them during the coronavirus pandemic. They are both on the topi...
Monday, August 24, 2020

Review of the Album "Air Drop" by Darryl Blood

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This dropped into my inbox on day, and I decided to give it a listen. The title “Air Drop” conjures images of supplies descending by parachu...
Tuesday, July 28, 2020

CD Review: Ball of Wax volume 60 (60 x 60 = 60)

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I received this CD compilation in the mail after contributing a song (the way music has to be heard now, during the covid pandemic). I popp...
Monday, May 18, 2020

Ten More Albums (Jazz; Also Beatles, Battles, and Two Guys Named Chris)

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Continuing the mini-reviews of ten albums from my collections of CDs, cassettes and vinyl albums during the corona virus lockdown. There wa...
Monday, May 11, 2020

Ten More Albums

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Continuing the mini-reviews of ten albums from my collections of CDs, cassettes and vinyl albums. One needs something to do during the oron...