Richard Barrett (Swansea, 1959) is internationally active as composer and performer, and also teaches at the Institute of Sonology in Den Haag and at the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts at Leiden University. His work encompasses a range from free improvisation to intricately-notated scores, and from acoustic chamber music to innovative uses of digital … Continue reading Richard Barrett : creating meaningful alternatives to what we hear around us
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Chaz Underriner : landscape and portraiture in the context of experimental music
Chaz Underriner (b. 1987 in Texas, USA) is a composer, intermedia artist and performer based in DeLand, Florida. Chaz’s work explores the notions of landscape and portraiture through the juxtaposition of video projections, audio recordings and live performers. Chaz has collaborated with numerous choreographers, experimental filmmakers, animators, and writers. As a composer, Chaz has created … Continue reading Chaz Underriner : landscape and portraiture in the context of experimental music
Duke Ellington’s First Sacred Concert : September 16, 1965
In the last decade of his life, Duke Ellington wrote three Sacred Concerts: 1965 - A Concert of Sacred Music 1968 - Second Sacred Concert 1973 - Third Sacred Concert Ellington called these concerts "the most important thing I have ever done". In the Sacred Concerts, Ellington took ecumenical ideals seriously. He didn't write a mass; … Continue reading Duke Ellington’s First Sacred Concert : September 16, 1965
Irene Galindo Quero : working along the threshold of music and language
Irene Galindo Quero is a Spanish composer, born in Granada in 1985. Linguistics, literature and theories of perception have, from the beginning, played an important role in her work. She enjoys working along the threshold of music and language. Close observation of their common spaces often reveal the actual distances between these worlds. She studied … Continue reading Irene Galindo Quero : working along the threshold of music and language
Louis Goldford : Composer
Louis Goldford is a composer hailing from St. Louis. Recent performances include those by the JACK Quartet, Ensemble Dal Niente, Ensemble Modelo62, the Meitar Ensemble, the NOMOS Group, and Rage Thormbones. Louis was recently named the winner of the 2017 Suzhou (Chou’s) Composition Commission, and this spring will see the premiere of a new piece … Continue reading Louis Goldford : Composer
Dieter Ammann : A synthesis of spontaneity and meticulous diligence
Dieter Ammann was born in Aarau (Aagau, Switzerland) in 1962 into a musical family. After graduating from high school he started his studies at the Academy for Music Education and Church Music in Lucerne. In addition, he spent several semesters at the Swiss Jazz School in Berne. Following that, he began to perform in the … Continue reading Dieter Ammann : A synthesis of spontaneity and meticulous diligence
Mark Fosson : “best demo tape I’ve heard since Kottke” ~ John Fahey
Mark Fosson is an American singer-songwriter and American Primitive guitarist who grew up in Kentucky, where he began writing songs while he was still in his early teens. In the late 1970s he sent a demo tape to John Fahey's West Coast-based Takoma Records. Fahey, impressed with what he heard, offered Fosson a recording deal. … Continue reading Mark Fosson : “best demo tape I’ve heard since Kottke” ~ John Fahey
Benjamin Frankel : British composer of string quartets, symphonies and concertos
Benjamin Frankel (31 January 1906 – 12 February 1973) was a British composer. His best known pieces include a cycle of five string quartets, eight symphonies, and concertos for violin and viola. Born in London to parents of Polish-Jewish origin. His apprenticeship to a watchmaker at the age of 14 lasted for only about a year when … Continue reading Benjamin Frankel : British composer of string quartets, symphonies and concertos
“Loving Vincent” : Beautifully animated film describes last weeks of Van Gogh’s life through his art
Last evening my wife and I saw the new movie Loving Vincent and thoroughly enjoyed it. The film is unique in that it is animated in the style of Van Gogh. Since all the characters were the subjects of paintings, watching as Van Gogh's art comes alive is a majestic viewing experience. Lest you think it … Continue reading “Loving Vincent” : Beautifully animated film describes last weeks of Van Gogh’s life through his art
Two Portraits of Bob Dylan
For most, if not all, Bob Dylan fans his tenth studio album, Self Portrait, released on June 8, 1970, was infuriating and a disappointment. Over the years the response has softened somewhat, but the recording stubbornly remains one of his least popular. "What is this shit?" – kicked off Griel Marcus' infamous review of Self Portrait in Rolling … Continue reading Two Portraits of Bob Dylan
Musica Kaleidoskopea 