What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
Thelonious Monk’s Greatest Hits. I found it by chance in the $1.99 bin at F.W. Woolworth’s at the Alameda Shopping Center. I didn’t know...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
Hearing 'Visions Of Johanna' by Bob Dylan, at age 13, diverted my course from wanting to be a mad scientist into being a songwriter. It's...
Economic turmoil may be wreaking havoc with various arts institutions, but the Bach Concert Series is doing just fine. In fact, the group seems to be thriving, and it wraps up this season with a...
The BSO just announced that Marin Alsop has signed a five year extension with the orchestra that will keep her in town at least through 2015. No offense to Ray Lewis, but this qualifies as the most...
Yawn. In a previous post, Phish's Trey Anastasio characterized Time Turns Elastic, the piece he recently performed with the BSO, as "sort of a long Phish song." Now, it's exactly that. Actually, it'...
"It's sort of a long Phish song," is how the band's singer/guitarist Trey Anastasio describes his composition Time Turns Elastic, which he's performing tonight with Marin Alsop and the BSO. "It was...
Baltimore was well represented at last Saturday's Groove City Jazz and Blues Festival in Cambridge. The Junkyard Saints brought the New Orleans-flavored funk with a high energy set that included a...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
The Sounds of the South five album set, compiled by Alan Lomax for
Atlantic Records. It was recorded in the 50's, on a mobile two track...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
The first thing that comes to mind is that when I was 11 or 12 years old, I got hold of a collection of Edgar Allan Poe's work. It was a...
The Washington National Opera will bring Puccini's Turandot, featuring Sabina Cvilak (pictured left), to the Lyric Opera House on June 2. It's the first major opera production in town since the...
