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A Hendrix Experience, via the Turtle Island Quartet

2016-04-082021-03-27

Your faithful Writer can’t help but ask, right off the start, if orchestras, or other musicians the Turtle Island Quartet … Continue ReadingA Hendrix Experience, via the Turtle Island Quartet

Festival

The Music Festivals are Coming: Adventures of a Calgary Wanderer

2014-08-192021-03-26

What an amazing day of festivular expansion. There’s no way to really describe the occurrences without just chronicling them: not … Continue ReadingThe Music Festivals are Coming: Adventures of a Calgary Wanderer

Sound Art

Prokofiev’s back . . . With a turntable!

2013-10-022021-07-19

We never even mention the connection, but how is it possible to completely ignore one’s paternal descent from a figure like Sergei Prokofiev? Sergei’s sons ended up in England, and Gabriel Prokofiev is the British-born grandson, working in music on his own accord, and discovering a … Continue Reading >Prokofiev’s back . . . With a turntable!

What’re You Doing This New Year’s Eve?

2010-12-292021-05-21

Like the song says, I’m wondering . . . . Sorry for the lack of poetic extrapolation, but I’m wanting … Continue ReadingWhat’re You Doing This New Year’s Eve?

An Email About Music: There’s Lots Around

2010-03-182021-05-21

Carey, I would like to take someone somewhere different. Where can we go to see a play/opera, or hear some … Continue ReadingAn Email About Music: There’s Lots Around

Festival

The Music Festivals are Coming: From the CPO and the Kid’s Fest to the Warped Tour

2010-03-052021-05-21

Isn’t it too early to be thinking about festivals? Isn’t the ‘festival’ intimately associated with the summertime, or at least … Continue ReadingThe Music Festivals are Coming: From the CPO and the Kid’s Fest to the Warped Tour