Playing For The Planet: April 22, 2011
This concert showcased three different violinists and their ensembles: Mimi Rabson (jazz-rock), Tara Bangalore (Carnatic classical music) and Beth Bahia Cohen (middle-Eastern […]
Climatologists Like Live Music, Too!
This message from Nobel Laureate climatologist Steven W. Running was prompted by Climate Messager Sean Frenette, who recently played a concert in […]
Our Failed Corporate Media, Chapter 945,233
If you’re a sports fan, you should probably be getting involved in this: ESPN announcers Brad Nessler and Jimmy Dykes mainstreamed the […]
The Pygmies of Cameroon
Africa is an entire musical universe, and I could show you stuff for hours. But some of the most beautiful and emotionally […]
Music. Music. Music.
Once I was working with a group of high-school students in a classroom that was undergoing minor renovations. I had asked them […]
Every Morning You Greet Me
Edelweiss, edelweiss — Every morning you greet me.
Thinking About Responsibility
Those of us who live in the industrialized countries are reaping the harvest of a century and a half of high-speed energy […]
I don’t know how many people in America and the world get to encounter live music every day…
…but you know, I bet it’s a lot. There’s no shortage of bar bands, rock shows, buskers, chamber recitals, open mics, polka […]
Declarations of Independence
One of the hardest freedoms to declare and to sustain is that which detaches us from the success of our actions. I […]