During the pandemic, some houses have continued finding ways to make their spaces and performances more environmentally sustainable. La Scala in Milan is now using LED bulbs and smart [...]
Julia Wolfe talks with SFCV’s Jonathan Leal about her new video performance of Steel Hammer (2009). Read the full article on San Francisco Classical Voice’s website.
Marc Masters outlines the extensive musical history of Mills College in Oakland and links to old and new releases. Read the full article on Bandcamp here.
(read the full article on NY Times here) Is the Music Over at Mills College? A hotbed of experimental sound for nearly a century, this school in Oakland, Calif., is […]
(from the New York Times) Since its inception in 1964, the Grammy for best album notes has been awarded to just three women. Davis, who won in 1993 for an […]
Lou Ottens, who put music lovers around the world on a path toward playlists and mixtapes by leading the invention of the first cassette tape, has died at age 94, […]
(New York Times article by Anthony Tommasini for subscribers to The Times, click here for full article with images) Born into slavery, Thomas Wiggins, who performed as “Blind Tom,” became […]
“Darkness Sounding” Takes Music Outside The Southern California festival stretches from back yards to the desert. By Alex Ross February 22, 2021 On a chilly Los Angeles morning in late […]
From primitive instruments and sacred chants to today’s minimalist electronica and metal, drone music has a long and mystical history. A new book investigates. From the womb – where the rushing [...]
Nathan Bajar for The New York Times The bassist, bandleader and composer’s 10-disc “Migration of Silence Into and Out of the Tone World” invites you to listen, and let the […]