Nitin Sawhney at the Proms
The Prom concert on Saturday night, August 11, featured the music of Nitin Sawhney exclusively. I have to confess that I did not know who Sawhney was, which is an big…
Sliocht sleachta ar shliocht bhur sleachta
Two of S21’s favorite people are getting married…to each other. One of them is Brian Sacawa. The other member of the wedding is playing it coy but feel free to…
Glass Rules
With at least 135 recordings (by my quick count) now in circulation, one would think there wasn’t much Philip Glass music that hasn’t already been submitted for the judgment of…
Nancarrow: Ten Years After
Conlon Nancarrow died 10 years ago today in Mexico City. Pliable has a nice writeup, and quotes György Ligeti praising Nancarrow as the most important composer of the second half of the twentieth…
Mr. Shoegaze. Meet Mr. Tambourine Man
“I had always heard by reputation of the high regard accorded the folk-ballad singer/songwriter Bob Dylan. But I was so engaged in developing my orchestral technique during the years when…
Forget It, Jake. It’s Chinatown.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Fallto: New Release from Drifting In Silence Chicago,IL – August 7, 2007 – Labile Records announces its latest release from recording artist Drifting In Silence. The latest…
August in New York
I don’t ski. Asthma. And fear. Mostly fear. I used to party a bit though and because many of my companions were ski buffs, I have socialized, but not…
English Ecstasy via Myspace (Steve’s click picks #33)
Our regular listen to and look at living, breathing composers and performers that you may not know yet, but I know you should… And can, right here and now, with…
Dogday Thursday
Some interesting fodder for conversation in this month’s Gramophone. Item #1, there are more than 4,000 one-handed piano pieces for the left hand but no more than 75 for the right. …