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Northwest Beat: Sleater-Kinney – Little Rope
The cover of Little Rope by Sleater-Kinney. Listen (Runtime 4:54) Read Olympia (now Portland-based) rockers Sleater-Kinney are back with another offering. Unlike their previous two releases, Little Rope gets loud.
An interview with pianist and comedian Sarah Hagen
Classical music can have a reputation of being all too serious. But not in the hands of Sarah Hagen. Part piano recital, part comedy show, “Perk Up Pianist!” pairs anecdotes and stories with pieces by Chopin, Debussy, and Liszt. NWPB’s Steve Reeder spoke with Hagen.
Dedicate Classical Music To A Special Someone This Valentine’s Day
Music can express and inspire so many emotions. That makes it a perfect way–a “heartfelt” way–for you to show your love and appreciation to someone who plays an important role in your life.
Reeder’s Movie Reviews: The Boys in the Boat
Courtesy of MGM Studios/Boys inthe Boat. Read When a group of scrappy have-nots apply an all-out, can-do attitude to a seemingly impossible task, they can sometimes make history. In fact,
Reeder’s Movie Reviews: Maestro
Biopics are notoriously fraught with difficulty. They have to achieve an emotional and intellectual resonance, as well as a period look and feel. The script has to reflect and enhance the inherent drama in the lives of its characters, and the main one really has to matter. In Oppenheimer, the British-American writer-director Christopher Nolan embraces the challenge of telling the story of the “most important person who ever lived,” as he puts it.
Variations on a Theme: Sick of Beethoven? NEIN!
Selections of Beethoven’s more boisterous and playful piano works and British folk songs he composed.
