I wanted to post this video last week for timing, but decided to wait and see the whole thing first (it’s LONG). Last Monday (02.13.12), Antsmarching.org tweeted this gem to commemorate its twentieth anniversary. It is the earliest circulating (mostly) full-length video of Dave Matthews Band in concert. Watching it over the last week has been [...]

Gotta love the nineties. I know I do… This last weekend I listened to quite a bit of Alanis Morissette‘s MTV Unplugged. I bought the album in I think 2004 and listened to it repeatedly, quickly making it a perennial favorite, especially while driving to and from gigs. MTV Unplugged didn’t always work out so [...]

It’s about time I feature a rendition of perhaps my favorite jazz standard: “Stella By Starlight.” This particular version is by the one and only Stan Getz, featuring his collaborator pianist Kenny Barron, as well as Alex Blake and the untouchable Terri Lyne Carrington. Filmed at the 1990 Umbria Jazz Festival, this performance is similar in [...]

This week’s video serves as a prelude to a longer post I’ll publish later this week about new music in general, specifically that of Harry Partch (1901-1974). Last summer I had the immense pleasure of attending the Austrian premiere of Partch’s landmark cycle The Wayward by Belgian contemporary music ensemble ICTUS in Bregenz, Austria. Partch is a perfect [...]

Although I’d like for my Einstein reflection to remain from and center on the main site (as it is in my mind), Tuesday is here and therefore another video post is due. The timing definitely works out, however, as it’s quite complementary to the concert-going about face I’m engaging in. Although I have yet to successfully [...]