Doubtful Lake
NATURES TEMPLE: One of the great women of 20th Century American letters chronicles her extraordinary hike in 1918…
Here Comes the Sun
“As fast as we roll, we’re always catching up/as much as we have, it’ll never be enough/as hard/as…
Charles Dickens & Music
The latest installment of James T. Lightwood’s 1912 study, Charles Dickens And Music with Chapter VI: Songs and…
On Saving Mortal Souls
“Having not played in this style in the past is a huge disadvantage, but I am willing to…
Of Lute Duets and East Meets West, From Elizabethan England to Modern Japan
‘…an air of warmth and accessibility…’ Casual pronouncements are made every so often that the lute songs of…
Gerald Scott’s ‘Edgy Sunday Morning’ Testimony in Song
A month before his senior class graduated from high school, Gerald Scott penned a song for the choir…
The Brass Heard ’round the World
Serbia’s Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar Brings Its Dancefloor-Packing Best on Golden Horns Boban Markovic and his son,…
‘Mission’ Accomplished
On her vaunted new album, Mission, CECILIA BARTOLI (this is her--really, it is) fashions the music of Agostino…
Summit Sessions: B.J. Thomas on Scepter
For those of a certain generation, the radio of their youth never seemed to be long without a…
Los Grobo — A Farming Model of the Future?
The second largest grain producer in Latin America generates revenue of about $550 million USD per year, produces…