• Oct 05, 2023

Onshoring I felt Milton Babbitt's settings of August Stramm were less authentic than his John Hollander settings. He did his onshoring, not without some youthful mimesis early in his career. Exspressionism came naturally …

• Aug 21, 2023

I remembered something I noticed 15 years ago about Bowery Haunt. This comes after some other notes on Bowery Haunt -- https://www.rogershapirofund.org/blog/what-scott-knew/ Sept 14 The Village Trip Bowery Haunt In …

• Aug 20, 2023

America falls into ruts. It's not good for medical care and it's not great for music either.

• Sep 19, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8bSxlH5xWo I did The Farmer in Vilnius last week. The concert was recorded, and I may have had a better flow than I had in Brno (in 2011 or so). I think stuff and then I remember my …

• Mar 07, 2021

Avaley Taan David Clman, composer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghOktaje75w recorded on the album Gradus Nachatona Dhikr Mohamed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNNZukYdDik BRAHMI Bénamar, singer and songwriter

• Jan 18, 2021

Robert Pollock composes the most amazing guitar music. When he writes for instruments he feels the character of the instruments and writes in the mask of the character. This point is made so clear by his banjo & piano …