Recent Listening: Houston Person, Bren Plummer
Your Rifftides host tries to keep up with the relentless inflow of albums. The effort is doomed, of course, but it’s great fun to keep trying. Here are thoughts about two more or less recent… … read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2016-01-09
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2016-01-09
Tangling Tiptoeing Through Mysteries
Donna Uchizono premieres a new work at Gibney Dance’s Agnes Varis Performance Center. Heather Olson (L) and Molly Lieber in Donna Uchizono’s Sticky Majesty. Photo: Scott Shaw “Donna Uchizono: Woman of Mystery.” Does that sound… … read more
AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2016-01-09
Donna Uchizono premieres a new work at Gibney Dance’s Agnes Varis Performance Center. Heather Olson (L) and Molly Lieber in Donna Uchizono’s Sticky Majesty. Photo: Scott Shaw “Donna Uchizono: Woman of Mystery.” Does that sound… … read more
AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2016-01-09
non-linear
Many of the most interesting developments in musical form over the last few decades have featured explorations in non-linear progression. Influenced in part by the implications of Relativity theory, but equally by the ease with… … read more
AJBlog: Infinite CurvesPublished 2016-01-09
Many of the most interesting developments in musical form over the last few decades have featured explorations in non-linear progression. Influenced in part by the implications of Relativity theory, but equally by the ease with… … read more
AJBlog: Infinite CurvesPublished 2016-01-09
His shining hour
I wrote a piece about Harold Arlen for the latest issue of the Weekly Standard: In one sense Arlen’s credits are lackluster. None of his Broadway shows has ever been successfully revived, and except for… … read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2016-01-08
I wrote a piece about Harold Arlen for the latest issue of the Weekly Standard: In one sense Arlen’s credits are lackluster. None of his Broadway shows has ever been successfully revived, and except for… … read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2016-01-08
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