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- What’s New for the 10th of November: a grab bag of books from our favorite authors; Richard Thompson and Stephane Grappelli on film; music from all over; and comfort food
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- A Kinrowan Estate story: Autumn is Here (A Letter to Anna)
- What’s New for the 29th of September: Louisiana’s Lost Bayou Ramblers, live music by Kathryn Tickell, Ottawa based urban fantasies by Charles de Lint, Norwegian saxophonist Karl Seglem, Gus on the Estate Kitchen garden and other Autumnal matters
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Tag Archives: classical music
Various artists’ Sleeping With Schubert
This collection is a companion piece to a book of the same title. It’s a lightweight book about a young woman who suddenly finds the ghost of Schubert somehow sharing her body. This CD, which touches on a smattering of … Continue reading
Bonnie Marson’s Sleeping with Schubert
A young professional woman who doesn’t realize just how discontented she is with her routine life is suddenly possessed by the spirit of a well-known classical composer. It’s a good premise for a story. Liza Durbin, who lives in Brooklyn … Continue reading
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Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer’s Music For Two and Obstinato
Banjo vertuoso Béla Fleck, having already pioneered and deeply explored the intersections of bluegrass, jazz and pop in a 20-year recording career, in 2001 recorded a double Grammy winning disc of “classical” music, Perpetual Motion. It leaned heavily to Baroque … Continue reading
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Dromedary’s Live From the Make Believe
Dromedary is an acoustic duo from Athens, Georgia, that mixes music from all over the world to create its own unique blend. Rob McMaken plays dulcimer, mandolin and guitar, and Andrew Reissiger plays charango (the Andean mandolin-like instrument) and guitar. … Continue reading
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S. Frederick Starr’s Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Louis Moreau Gottschalk was a pioneer of American music, one of our first truly national celebrities and a beloved citizen of the Western Hemisphere. Frederick Starr’s 1995 biography is a work of sweeping scholarship, all the more impressive for its … Continue reading
Gideon Freudmann’s Hologram Crackers
Hologram Crackers is an album of solo cello music. But I guarantee you it’s like no other cello music you’ve ever heard, unless you’re one of the growing cadre of Gideon Freudmann fans. To say that Freudmann plays the cello … Continue reading
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