Category Archives: Music
Bill Withers on His Own Terms
From Rolling Stone: [In Bill Withers’ home] on the mantel in a hallway, there is a Best R&B Song award for 1980’s “Just the Two of Us,” from the last time he attended [the Grammy Awards show], three decades ago; … Continue reading
Navajo Hoop Dancer and Healer Jones Benally
From IndianCountryTodayMedia.com: Age is only a concept to Dine hoop dancer Jones Benally, born in an octagonal home on the Navajo reservation in the dirt floor/no water/no electricity days before birth certificates, and still going strong today. Two years ago, … Continue reading
Musician Philip Glass Has Written a Memoir
Controversial avant-garde/experimental musician Philip Glass, 78, has written a new book, Words Without Music: A Memoir, that’s filled with insights into his work. Glass is considered one of the most influential music makers of the late 20th century. He … Continue reading
Ringo Starr Sends Postcards from Paradise
“Postcards From Paradise,” is Ringo Starr’s new album that features many of his rock star pals, including Joe Walsh, Todd Rundgren, Peter Frampton, Benmont Tench (keyboardist for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) and producer-songwriter Glen Ballard. At 74, Ringo has … Continue reading
Ethan Hawke Reintroduces 86-Year-Old Pianist Seymour Bernstein
“Ethan Hawke might strike you as an unlikely guide to classical music. But in directing his first documentary, Seymour: An Introduction, he created an intriguing and ultimately profoundly moving tribute to a largely unknown artist, 86-year-old pianist Seymour Bernstein. . … Continue reading
Changing Times: New York City’s Last Classical Sheet Music Store Closes after 78 Years
We’ve noticed, as you surely have, that so many familiar parts of the past are gone, or almost gone, because of changing times: everything from buildings we thought of as landmarks, to styles of popular music, to businesses made obsolete by … Continue reading
Crosby, Stills, Nash & (sometimes) Young
Crosby, Stills, & Nash, all in their 70s, are taking to the high seas in September for a series of concerts aboard the Queen Mary 2 as she crosses from New York to London. They’ll also be touring (on land) … Continue reading
