music
‘Accused’: Finnish composer tackles political interrogations from France, GDR and USA
November 18, 2020Living in a firmly established social democracy, Finnish composer Magnus Lindberg probably doesn’t hear very often about political interrogations in his own country, but the subject obviously interests him.
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George Mann’s new CD, ‘The Coronavirus Sessions,’ pure joy in the struggle
November 2, 2020There’s something quite special about his latest CD, made under grueling conditions between March and August of 2020, one of our country’s roughest patches, and there have been a few.
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‘Coming Together’ concert raising awareness for voters rights available to watch now
October 23, 2020Music by radical U.S. composer Frederic Rzewski, African-American composer Florence Price, and Johann Sebastian Bach is featured in an online concert.
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Video tribute to radical composer Marc Blitzstein by University of Wisconsin Opera
October 19, 2020This is one event to mark on your calendar now for a very rare treat.
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Book review: Folk singers, the Communist Party, and the FBI, 1939-1956
September 18, 2020They were partisan. They chose sides. And their politics were well known, including to the FBI.
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