The Cradle
It may only be a four-hour bus ride from Nashville, but the music of Memphis could hardly be more different than its country-and-bluegrass neighbor. Memphis is the cradle of the […]
Music City
Greetings from Nashville – or, as it's more commonly referred to down here, "Music City." I arrived here last night just as the Titans were wrapping up their loss
Delta Holiday
(photo: Elvis' and Col. Parker's 1977 holiday card) Merry Christmas to all! As with last year's trip to Ireland, I'll be taking advantage of the time off between Christmas and
Ronnie’s Party
There are some voices which simply cannot be imitated. In the world of rock and roll, one of those voices clearly belongs to Ronnie Spector, who was back at B.B.
Flying Carpets
I braved the snow on Saturday to make my way up to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where the NY Philharmonic was holding the second of its' two debut performances as CONTACT!, the Phil's new,
Back to the New
I took a break from the litany of holiday music last weekend with a pair of concerts that offered two very different visions of where classical music is at the end
Rebirth
After work yesterday, I walked across Fulton Street to St. Paul's Chapel for a holiday concert by the Trinity Youth Chorus: a choir program for boys and girls between 5 and 18
Holiday Brass
Holiday music and brass go together like Christmas and snow: you don't need one to have the other, but the two combined are just so much better. Fortunately for me, Trinity
A Worthy Companion
'Tis the season for holiday music in New York, with all the major arts institutions around town putting their usual offerings on the shelf in favor of the same old