Jan Swafford and Classical Music
YOUR humble blogger is a longtime fan of the classical music writer Jan Swafford, ever since friend gave me his lucid and wise Vintage guide. Swafford, who’s known for biographies of Beethoven, Brahms, and ... read more
AJBlog: CultureCrashPublished 2017-06-18
Uncle Vanya Meets Porgy and Bess
What did the legendary Russian experimental theater director Yevgeny Vakhtangov (1883-1922) have in common with Porgy and Bess, Oklahoma!, and Carousel? The immigrant director of these landmark Broadway productions, Rouben Mamoulian, was to some ... read more
AJBlog: Unanswered QuestionPublished 2017-06-17
More Looping in World Music: Redi Hasa and Maria Mazzotta
I just got my notification of the line-up for one of my favorite festivals. It takes place 50 kilometers outside Barcelona, in the small city of Manresa. The 20th Fira Mediterrà nia de Manresa will take ... read more
AJBlog: OtherWorldlyPublished 2017-06-17
The Late, Great Kevin Starr
LIKE a lot of people, I was originally baffled when I moved to California, which in my case was 20 years ago, this July. Some of the key to its complex code arrived in ... read more
AJBlog: CultureCrashPublished 2017-06-17
A thing worth doing
When I was a small boy, I worshipped my father. I was bedazzled by his deep voice, which he loved to raise in song on Sunday drives, and even more by his seeming ability to ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2017-06-16
Almanac: Randall Jarrell on great criticism
“Taking the chance of making a complete fool of himself—and, sometimes, doing so—is the first demand that is made upon any real critic: he must stick his neck out just as the artist does, if ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2017-06-16
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