Do You Know This Man?
If you know this gentleman or his work and have some original thoughts about same, and you want to write (for real, now) a decent sized post about said mystery person…
Montani semper liberi (with a Capital M)
Next to the Mountaineers winning the NIT (okay, so it’s the tournament of losers…we won), the most exciting news in the world today is that our lil’ buddy Ian Moss is…
Into the Counterstream
The nice folks at the American Music Center had a launch party for their latest cool initiative–Counterstream Radio–last night. If you haven’t checked it out yet, click on the toilet…
A Little Light Music
On the Verge Chamber Music by Sebastian Currier Music From Copland House Koch International With last year’s magnificent New World release Quartetset and this equally outstanding recording of four fairly recent…
Great Movies You Probably Never Heard Of
Okay, I started making a list for friends called 13 great movies that you probably never heard of. Here’s what I’ve got so far: 1. Leolo (Canadian) Young French-Canadian kid named Leo…
Live…From New York
Well, okay, so it’s recorded but we now have in-house music for your dining, dancing and surfing pleasure thanks to our friends at the American Music Center and their new Counterstream…
Free CDs
I have the following CDs available for review: Philip Corner – Extreme Positions – The Barton Workshop Stirling Newberry – Xaos and Capricorn -Two string quartets on each. (Steve Hicken…
I Wanna Jam it Wid You
Tired of playing with yourself? Well, you don’t have to anymore. Take a look at e-jamming, a web site that lets you hook up with other musicians online to write,…
Start Spreading the News
Sebastian Currier has won the 2007 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition for “Static,” a six-movement piece for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano. Currier, who teaches at Columbia…
13 Ways to Listen to Post-Ugly Music
Let’s go to the old mailbag and see what’s happening in the exciting world of new music. Ah, here’s something. Our friends at the American Music Center are launching Counterstream…