"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Interzone – Live at Mix Box – March 12, 2013 To call this concert by Interzone Rock Without Borders is something of a misnomer. It is a Summit meeting between two musical…
Over to Paris again this week for a performance of the Piano Concerto di Maggio op. 50 by Marcel Delannoy, with pianist Helène Pignari and Orchestre Maurice Hewitt, conducted by Maurice Hewitt. Delannoy’s music has fallen into some neglect since…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Part 1: Orchestre National de France – Estrada – Helmchen – Part 1 Click on the link here for Audio Player – Part 2: Orchestre National de France – Estrada –…
Taking a break this week from our perusal of French Radio transcriptions for another dose of Americana, this time by way of Roy Harris, a composer whose work and recognition have been pretty much limited down to one symphony of…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Part 1 – Frankfurt Radio Symphony – Part 1. Click on the link here for Audio Player – Part 2 – Frankfurt Radio Symphony – Part 2 Over to Paris this…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Asaf Avidan – in Session at Le Mouv – Jan. 28, 2013 Over to Paris tonight for a studio session/concert by Israeli singer-songwriter Asaf Avidan and his band The Mojos, recorded this…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: CharlesLloydQuartet1966JuanLesPinsJazzFestivalAntibesFrance One of the pivotal voices in the Free Jazz movement, The Charles Lloyd Quartet (featuring Keith Jarrett), live at the Juan Les Pins Jazz Festival in Antibes on July 1966. Here’s…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Revolver – Le Mov’ Concert – Oct. 22, 2012 A side trip to Paris this weekend for a concert featuring Parisian Alternative/Indie band Revolver. Another European band that sings almost exclusively in…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Team Ghost – LIve at Trans Musicales Rennes – December 19, 2012 Over to Brittany tonight for a dose of Cold-Gaze by French electronic mavens Team Ghost at the Trans Musicales Rennes…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Ravel- Sheherazade – 1951 A few weeks ago I ran a performance of Barraud’s Offrande, featuring the French National Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Bigot. After receiving a wonderful note from Bigot’s son,…