Reviews and other general notes on music.
Ihave been devouring the past few days at night a lecture series on the music of "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/wagner" Wagner It’s a very good, interesting lecture series by Prof. Robert Greenberg. Wagner was an absolute bastard. He wanted so much to be somebody during his lifetime but didn’t get anywhere. He was constantly in debt and often [...]
Hey all-I am officially an internet DJ spinning records for love. My show is on MushroomFM on Friday at 5pm in New Zealand. That’s Thursday 11pm ET in the US. I hope you will tune in and check me out. I have never done a radio show by myself before. I used to make recordings [...]
I have gotten back on YouTube. That’s where the audience is. For my first video I chose a song i have put on SoundCloud and put an image with it using a web-based service, TunestoTube. Big Sur is here. And up next, just maybe, there is somebody famous about which I am rather proud. Have [...]
So i was reading this news story today that was a listing o the top 20 Leonard Cohen songs and people’s reminiscencs about them. Such is the inspiration for writing this post. i have included links to YouTube videos if available. 1 Send in the Clowns by Stephen Sondheim Judy Collins is the singer in [...]
#Review Magpie — Seed On The Prairie https://audioboom.com/boos/3288492-review-magpie-seed-on-the-prairie
Ronnie Gilbert 1926–2015: looking back https://audioboom.com/boos/3262239-ronnie-gilbert-1926-2015-looking-back
#Review Holly Near and Ronnie Gilbert — Lifeline Extended https://audioboom.com/boos/3260461-review-holly-near-and-ronnie-gilbert-lifeline-extended
playing c whistle https://audioboom.com/boos/3212097-playing-c-whistle
Last night I went to a concert at the local sschool. My mother is chair of the school board. The show was very good and the kids sang and danced very nicely. There was a little choir and the mass sung as well. They are very good singers and dancers but they have no music [...]
I see I have a SoundCloud hit. It’s had about 60 plays and is by Eric Bogel. It’s an old song called And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda. It is my pleasure to sing the stuff of generations that has been recorded thousands of times. I am not a songwriter though I do compose occasionally. [...]