The Swervewolf Guide to Betting on Muay Thai Fights in Thailand – BlackBook. The Bangla Muay Thai Stadium in Patong is as close to Thunderdome as you’ll find outside a movie set or Burning Man. It’s essentially a three-storied arena…
Poem: Listening to Dvorak Serenade in E
Listening to Dvorak’s Serenade in E by Colette Inez from the collection Mixed Voices, Contemporary Poems about Music, edited by Emilie Buchwald and Ruth Roston. Here is a video of the bucolic third movement. It’s sunny mood is captured sweetly…
Midweek Music Pick: Rap And Classical’s Uneasy Marriage
Midweek Music Pick: Rap And Classical’s Uneasy Marriage – Chicagoist. I’d like to hear this music, at least of curiosity. (The composer Randall Woolf wrote to me and sent a link to his website, where you can hear samples of…
Historic Music Tuning Problem, just intonation, pure harmony
Historic Music Tuning Problem, just intonation, pure harmony. The 2 types of tuning used currently are equal tuning, which means each half tone is equal to the next, or, in the cases of strings, winds and voices who are not…
Crumb work stands apart | Philadelphia Inquirer | 05/18/2010
Crumb work stands apart | Philadelphia Inquirer | 05/18/2010. I am glad to see that Crumb’s music still stands out. I’ve always wanted to do “Eleven Echoes of Autumn”. George Crumb is always good for a theatrical flourish or two.…
The Power of Community | Orchestra Revolution
The Power of Community | Orchestra Revolution. These trends are not surprising. Localizing the impact of orchestras could be said to go along with eating local grown food, local arts community festivals, etc. There are more orchestras in the US…