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But Beautiful Geoff Dyer Softcover; 240 pages ISBN 9780312429478 Picador 2009 (1991) There is nothing beautiful about the stories in Geoff Dyer's But Beautiful. Dyer has fashioned portraits of several key jazz players, all of whose stories show how pursuing the jazz muse can isolate and alienate. Many of the musicians have trouble finding kindred spirits who can understand their passion and ...
Knitting Factory (2010) Amiri Baraka put it best in his poem "In the Funk World": "If Elvis Presley is King/Who is James Brown, God?" So, by that logic, is Fela Anikulapo Kuti higher than or equal to God?
Gear4music.com, the popular music equipment manufacturer, has revealed a new series of keyboards in the AK series. Based on classic home keyboard design, the AK-2177, AK-2188 and AK-818 have been devised to provide a wealth of professional level features, whilst still focussing on affordability.
Through the years, Mozart's Requiem in D Minor has been one of Music of the Baroque's most frequently requested signature works. It's nice to know its popularity has not waned. Sold-out houses greeted music director Jane Glover during the weekend when she conducted her orchestra and chorus in two performances of this unfinished masterpiece.
Baltimore Opera Chorus reunites for 'Carmen' production at the Lyric The Baltimore Opera Company 's chorus has reunited this month to perform in an Opera New Jersey production of "Carmen" that will be presented at the Lyric on Feb. 14.
MUSIC: Barbara Bonney in Recital. Piano: Sharolyn Kimmorley. Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House. February 7.
Armed with an arsenal of acoustic guitars and a house band, unofficial feminist hero and indie-folk darling Ani DiFranco took over the Westcott Theatre Friday. A legion of 700 fans swarmed the jam-packed venue for several hours before the show began. Each had the same passionately independent attitude DiFranco has cultivated and perfected over the course of her 20-year career.
Christine Ebersole materialized like a goddess formed out of the ectoplasm in screwball heaven at her new show at the Café Carlyle.
I don’t know if you’ve seen the BBC TV programme “So you think you can dance” – I can’t claim to be an aficionado as I’ve only seen it once – but the premise isn’t exactly hard to grasp.
A top story from this week. The Art Of Shooting debut full-length Traveling Show will be out April 27, 2010.
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