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Tone Poem Tuesday
I’ve featured the music of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) before, and with good reason: he was a fine composer whose work deserves to be better known. Coleridge-Taylor was a British composer of mixed race (a white mother and a Creole father). … Continue reading
Maestro Morricone
Ennio Morricone, one of the greatest of all film composers, has died. He was 91. His music was often expansive and melodic, evocative and emotional. I often find his work hard to characterize, to be honest, but his finest work … Continue reading
4 July 2020
Of all Independence Days, this one is something else, isn’t it? I personally find it hard to celebrate this year, for oh so many reasons. About the most positive feeling I can muster this year is a grim resolve, the … Continue reading
Something for Thursday (Friday edition)
Yesterday was a pretty busy day in my world, as I was getting ready for a nice long weekend. Ahhhhhh!!! It’s Independence Day Weekend, when we’re supposed to be celebrating America. In 2020 that’s…well, frankly, it’s a pretty tall order. … Continue reading
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Tone Poem Tuesday
David Baker (1931-2016) was a Black composer who was a deeply skilled jazz musician and teacher whose career spanned decades, first as a jazz musician playing the trombone. An automobile accident left him unable to play the trombone, so he … Continue reading
You say tomato, I say….
Tastes change as we get older, don’t they? There are many foods I loved as a kid that I find myself kind of grossed-out by when I sample them as I get older (most of it mass-produced sweet shit, so … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
Here is a contender for First Song I Remember Ever Hearing In My Life. I love this song, and Mr. Diamond, to this day.
Tone Poem Tuesday
Last week I featured a work by Florence Price, and this week I’m going to do it again, because Price was a fascinating composer whose work is increasingly captivating me. This is a three-movement orchestral transcription of an earlier piano … Continue reading
A convert to earbuds
Behold my new Bluetooth earbuds! These are Soundcore Spirit x2 earbuds, made by Anker. I’ve never been a fan of earbuds…until now. My preference for personal music listening has always been “over-the-ear” headphones, and I have several pairs of them, … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
Dame Vera Lynn has died at the age of 103. Lynn was a singer, songwriter, and entertainer whose stardom was brightest during World War II, when she was a big part of maintaining morale within the British forces. After the … Continue reading