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What Music Pairs Well With Your Favorite Tea? A Few Harmonic Suggestions
If it’s time for you to put on the kettle, ask this: What music do you choose to match your tea? We once matched composers and cocktails, but let’s face it – not everyone wants an adult beverage at 9 a.m. So here we go: Let’s match some music to tea varieties! Continue Reading What Music Pairs Well With Your Favorite Tea? A Few Harmonic Suggestions
The Bernstein Centennial Year: Every Score Has Its Story
Leonard Bernstein loved the stories behind the music he conducted, and insisted that every story has a moral. As a young man, Bernstein discovered many specific sources of inspiration. Continue Reading The Bernstein Centennial Year: Every Score Has Its Story
‘Talking About Heaven’: John Prine Proves That Old Trees Grow Stronger
The venerated songwriter discusses learning to love his voice and how years of scribbled lyrics on yellow legal pads became The Tree of Forgiveness, his first album of new material in over a decade. Continue Reading ‘Talking About Heaven’: John Prine Proves That Old Trees Grow Stronger
The Schlichtings: A Legacy With The Olympia Symphony
Austin Schlichting, a Bellingham native, moved to Olympia as a composer and music teacher. CREDIT: MATT MILTON Listen The Olympia Symphony celebrates 65 years in… Continue Reading The Schlichtings: A Legacy With The Olympia Symphony
NPR Tiny Desk Concert: Jenny And The Mexicats
Sometimes frenetic, sometimes slow and luxurious, the grooves the band creates are the perfect cushion for Jenny Ball’s impassioned singing and engaging stage presence. Continue Reading NPR Tiny Desk Concert: Jenny And The Mexicats
How The ‘Magic Of The Tiny Desk Contest’ From NPR Inspired Portland Musician Haley Heynderickx
Heynderickx — a Portland, Ore. songwriter and NPR Slingshot artist — entered the Contest three years in a row. She says the Contest has helped her musical career in ways she never expected. Continue Reading How The ‘Magic Of The Tiny Desk Contest’ From NPR Inspired Portland Musician Haley Heynderickx
