By Ray McDonald Quincy Jones celebrated his 80th birthday on March 14th. Over the course of his seven-decade career, Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. has done it all: performer, composer, arranger, producer, businessman – if you want an idea of the scope of his career, this is a good place to begin. His achievements are far […]
Hello from Austin and the craziness that is SXSW!
Posted March 13th, 2013 at 4:22 pm (UTC+0)
Greetings from Austin, Texas. I’m here with thousands of my closest friends to attend the annual South By Southwest music conference. This is year 27 for the event and it’s bigger than ever! I’ve learned that the easiest way to manage the city during SXSW is on foot. Forget about driving in downtown Austin during […]
Will They Ever Be Sophomores?
Posted March 11th, 2013 at 2:35 pm (UTC+0)
By Doug Levine The Four Freshmen are back. Actually, the vocal group that began on a small college campus 65 years ago never really went away. It was all the way back in 1948 that brothers Ross and Don Barbour, freshmen at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, started the group with Marvin Pruitt and Hal […]
When Music Meets Politics — Part 3
Posted March 8th, 2013 at 3:29 pm (UTC+0)
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Just the other day Katherine Cole told us about the squabble in Massachusetts over naming an official state rock song. She noted that Massachusetts already has a state song and an official state polka. Now, as the Wall Street Journal reports, the state next door, Connecticut, is scuffling over whether to have an official polka […]
Alvin Lee, 1944 – 2013
Posted March 7th, 2013 at 6:57 pm (UTC+0)
By Ray McDonald Last week, I wrote about “seizing the day” when it came to viewing and appreciating artists, especially those of advancing ages. We never know what tomorrow may bring, and today we mourn the passing of a great musician. On March 6th, guitarist Alvin Lee died from complications following what was reportedly a […]
When music meets politics, part two.
Posted March 6th, 2013 at 5:16 pm (UTC+0)
By Katherine Cole I’ve already written about musicians expressing their political views..now it’s time for the flip side, when politicians start talking music. It’s happening amidst a lot of drama in the northeastern state of Massachusetts. There is a bill in the Commonwealth’s House of Representatives that would name “Roadrunner” by Jonathan Richman and the […]
Christine Fawson, Berklee Brass Chair
Posted March 5th, 2013 at 4:22 pm (UTC+0)
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Fawson is now the first-ever female Brass Chair at Berklee College of Music
Remembering Van Cliburn
Posted March 1st, 2013 at 4:12 pm (UTC+0)
By Katherine Cole On the obituary pages, virtuoso classical pianist Van Cliburn has been described as a ” Cold War Musical Envoy” and “The Texan Who Conquered Russia.” Talent alone was enough to place him among the other giants of the keyboard like Vladimir Horowitz, Rudolf Serkin and Arthur Rubinstein. But at its height, […]
