Preorder ‘Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus’
‘Curated and sequenced by Sakamoto himself, the twenty of his pieces played in the film wordlessly tell the story of his life and his wide-ranging oeuvre.’
Category: Classical
TwoSetViolin react to a violin prodigy from 2 to 4 years old
I could barely talk at that age!
The racist history of music theory
Screw Heinrich Schenker, Ben Shapiro, and his music theorist dad.
Joseph Bologne, the Black polymath composer
Joseph Bologne may have been a composer, a virtuoso violinist, a conductor, a renowned champion fencer, but he was NOT the Black Mozart!
Black music theorist Philip Ewell calls out racism in music theory
Philip Ewell spoke out against racism in a 2019 paper and found himself on the other end of it when White music theorists responded in a closed publication.
Shrill Evans - MONOLITH
It’s a new moniker for Starchildluke as he releases his fifth #Road2Switch series. No prizes for guessing where the name Shrill Evans comes from. But in case you didn’t know, it’s a lo-fi take on the late piano maestro Bill Evans. And Starchildluke took that inspiration for his new alter-ego on new album, MONOLITH. He …
Claire Courchene - Parallax
Sit back and relax to the unique tones of Claire Courchene and her upcoming EP, Parallax.
Ted Gioia's 100 Best Albums of 2016
Jazz historian Ted Gioia posts a list of his 100 best albums of the year. Here is his list for 2016 (so far).
Review: Fink Meets The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
We reviewed Fink’s Fink Meets The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
Happy 151st Birthiversary, Claude Debussy!
Google have crafted a doodle for the 151st anniversary of Claude Debussy’s birth so we decided to look at some of his best sampled tracks. France had a rich history in late-Romantic and early 20th century (or impressionist) music, with world renowned composers such as Frédéric Chopin (Polish-born but gaining French citizenship in 1835), Maurice …