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American Anthem: How Buffalo Springfield’s ‘For What It’s Worth’ Captured Youth In Revolt In 1967
Though often associated with the Vietnam War, Buffalo Springfield’s signature song was inspired by a confrontation back home, which erupted on a few famous blocks in Los Angeles. Continue Reading American Anthem: How Buffalo Springfield’s ‘For What It’s Worth’ Captured Youth In Revolt In 1967
An Italian Town Fell Silent So The Sounds Of A Stradivarius Could Be Preserved
The mayor of Cremona, Italy, blocked traffic during five weeks of recording and asked residents to please keep quiet so master musicians could play four instruments — note by note — for posterity. Continue Reading An Italian Town Fell Silent So The Sounds Of A Stradivarius Could Be Preserved
American Anthem: The Curious Journey Of The ‘Adagio For Strings,’ From Funerals To Festivals
How did Samuel Barber’s stirring, lush work for strings — music that has become America’s semi-official music of mourning — morph into a beloved and endlessly remixed dance floor anthem? Continue Reading American Anthem: The Curious Journey Of The ‘Adagio For Strings,’ From Funerals To Festivals
Sunday Baroque On The Palouse: Two Events In March
Buy Concert Ticket Suzanne Bona, host and executive producer of public radio’s Sunday Baroque, will be the headliner at events in Moscow March 18 –… Continue Reading Sunday Baroque On The Palouse: Two Events In March
Izzy Young, Center To The Folk Music Revival, Dies At 90
Bob Dylan has called Izzy Young’s Folklore Center “the citadel of Americana folk music.” It was at the center of the folk music revival in New York City in the 1950s and ’60s. Young died Feb. 4 at 90. Continue Reading Izzy Young, Center To The Folk Music Revival, Dies At 90
A Year After The #MeToo Grammys, Women Are Still Missing In Music
After last year’s Grammys, the president of the Recording Academy said that women needed to “step up” in the business. Women and men in the business pushed back, but what’s actually changed? Continue Reading A Year After The #MeToo Grammys, Women Are Still Missing In Music
