songwriters
The Seckerson Tapes: Stephen Sondheim 80th birthday tributeMonday, 22 March 2010
Commissioned by Josef Weinberger Ltd on the occasion of Stephen Sondheim’s 80th birthday today, In Good Company is a unique three-part collage of intimate conversations I have had with some of Sondheim’s closest colleagues and collaborators. Michael... Read more... |
Magnetic Fields, Variety music?Thursday, 18 March 2010
If music writers love to place artists in genres, it is a more-than-usually fruitless task with Magnetic Fields, the brainchild of “composer, multi-instrumentalist and bubblegum purist” Stephin Merritt. Many people discovered Magnetic Fields (named... Read more... |
Karine Polwart, Roxy Art House, EdinburghFriday, 12 March 2010
If ever there was a classic case of artist and audience meeting on terribly comfortable ground, Karine Polwart's performance at last night’s fundraiser for the Green Party was it. Held in a beautiful converted church, there was more than a trace of... Read more... |
theartsdesk in Nashville: Writing a Song With Guy ClarkSunday, 17 January 2010
Nashville is much more than the Grand Ol’ Opry, big hairdos and rhinestones, and I was looking for something beyond the occasionally enjoyable kitsch. I was failing to make much sense of the place and fell back on a technique which I’ve often found... Read more... |
Thea Gilmore Rediscovers ChristmasThursday, 03 December 2009
As Bob Dylan has reminded us recently, The Christmas Album is one of those music industry traditions more likely to deserve an ignominious burial rather than praise. Fortunately, Thea Gilmore has galloped to the rescue with Strange Communion, an... Read more... |
Sara Tavares, Jazz CafeTuesday, 20 October 2009
Portuguese singer-songwriter Sara Tavares trades in understatement. She strokes rather than strums guitar chords, her two percussionists are more likely to brush a drum than whack it hard, and her soft close-to-the-mike voice specialises in gentle... Read more... |
Tom Russell's Juarez JournalSaturday, 19 September 2009To mark the release of Tom Russell's superb new album Blood and Candle Smoke this week, the cowboy singer-songwriter reports on his trip earlier this month to the Mexican city of Juarez, one of the most dangerous cities in the world, just over the... Read more... |
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