التصنيف: Artist profiles
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Newer Music 06: Jason Lescalleet
Jason Lescalleet, by Tim Bugbee "Lescalleet fosters community on CD and new concert series"Boston GlobeApril 14, 2015 The sixth episode in the continuing saga of Newer Music focuses on Jason Lescalleet, a performer whose work made an impression on me years ago and still does. I recall vividly instances of Lescalleet's visceral, almost violent approach…
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Newer Music 05: A Winged Victory for the Sullen
"A Winged Victory for the Sullen celebrates serendipity"Boston GlobeMarch 21, 2015 The fifth installment of my monthly Newer Music column is out today, and covers the ambient cum post-classical chamber music duo A Winged Victory for the Sullen: Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie, from Stars of the Lid, and Dustin O'Halloran, of Devics. The duo and their…
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Preview profile: Joanna Wallfisch and Dan Tepfer
Joanna Wallfisch and Dan Tepfer, by Josh Goleman "Wallfisch, Tepfer learn to collaborate on CD and onstage"Boston GlobeMarch 13, 2015 Singer Joanna Wallfisch, who describes herself as having been a "bad student," learns to slow down and pay closer attention to the art she creates. Pianist Dan Tepfer, a self-proclaimed nerd engaged by virtuosity in…
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RIP Steve Backer, June 3, 1937 – April 10, 2014
As America takes stock of itself in this complex time-cycle, it is important to understand that one person can still make a difference. That not everyone has to follow the tried-and-true traditional path—to get tried-and-true traditional results. Steve Backer opened a door for a generation of creative artists to connect to the greater culture (and…
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Days between: New York Times writing, January 10–29, 2014
The New York Times building, by Richard Drew/AP I'd intended to make the previous "Days between" post the last…until such time as I once again fall so badly behind that I can't locate the 10 to 15 minutes it takes to flog a bit of my writing for The New York Times here on my…
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Days between: New York Times writing, March 23–August 11, 2013
The New York Times building, by Richard Perry/The New York Times I've promised myself for quite some time now that I'd finally get around to catching up with posting my writing for the Times here with a couple of omnibus posts, and now I'm finally making the time for it. Here's the first, covering everything…
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Order Up… Burnt CDs for Five.
John Shiurba JazzizMay 1999 Bay Area guitarist and free-improvisor John Shiurba hit upon the idea of his new Limited Sedition record label soon after buying a CD burner last year: "I just wanted to put out CDs of my music, and music that I think is worthy," he explains. "But the idea of shopping tapes…
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Swing shift.
Sometimes the road ahead is simply a matter of being in the right place at the right time…and knowing the right people. Back in the spring of 2000, with my illustrious public-relations career at an impasse after BMG Classics eliminated almost everyone in the department, I got an interesting offer from Larry Blumenfeld, then the…
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Time Out New York interview with Lauren Worsham
Lauren Worsham, by Kristin Hoebermann Interview with Lauren WorshamTime Out New York, Feb. 21–27, 2013 An excruciatingly short snippet from a lengthy, wide-ranging and brilliantly fun conversation with Lauren Worsham (full name: Lauren Worsham Jarrow), who plays Flora in New York City Opera's stylishly spooky production of Benjamin Britten's opera The Turn of the Screw.…