Senza pedale ma con tanti colori
WITHOUT THE PEDAL BUT WITH PLENTY OF COLORS: in his self-penned essay the towering classical pianist András Schiff…
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Charles Dickens And Music: Some Noted Singers (Chapter VII)
Continuing our bicentennial salute to Charles Dickens, this month's installment of James. T. Lightwood's 1912 treatise Charles Dickens…
Waterloo & Trafalgar: A Thought Provoking Story of War and Peace
An advance look at Olivier Tallec's new book, Waterloo & Trafalgar, 'a story told in only blue, orange…
Cause and Effect
CAUSE AND EFFECT: When the sun spit out a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) on Oct. 5, a brilliant…
Take That, Mr. Ed
Duncan Strauss, host of NPR's Talking Animals, visits with Dr. Edie Dopking, founder of Quantum Leap Farm, a…
Always Sweethearts In Song
As The Canadian Sweethearts, Bob Regan and Lucille Starr never had big hits during their prime years of…
Fifty Shades Stokes Interest in Early Music–But for How Long?
In we attempt to answer the penetrating question: Will the current revival of interest in early music via…
Oldest Recorded Supernova: Last Remnants of Chinese ‘Guest Star’ of 185 A.D.
A truly cool image, combined from data from four different space telescopes, shows all that remains of the…
‘Everything is Worth Writing About’: John McCutcheon Honors Woody Guthrie
It’s only fitting that a folk veteran of John McCutcheon’s stature should honor Woody Guthrie’s 100th birthday with…
‘I Try To Write a Terrific Song’<br />Hal David: In His Own Words
Saluting the magnificent artistry of the late HAL DAVID, who, with and apart from Burt Bacharach, spoke volumes…