music
Today in labor history: Beethoven’s music belongs to all of us
December 16, 2013He was a brilliant pianist and one of the most famous and influential of all composers.
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Croatian fascists and the attack on Bob Dylan
December 5, 2013There is an obvious desire to either celebrate or deny a barbarous past, to make sure that "the times they are not a-changin'."
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This Thanksgiving, I’m thankful for “Strange Fruit”
December 3, 2013I am so thankful for Abel Meeropol's brilliant creation because "Strange Fruit"'s growing power gives me hope. The pen just could be mightier than the sword after all.
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Mozart, propagandist, in new rendering of old classic
November 27, 2013The current version of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's The Magic Flute at Los Angeles Opera raises two essential artistic questions (plus, perhaps, eyebrows).
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Skagos’ “Anarchic” disregards the “laws” of its genre
October 7, 2013Composed of two musical pieces, each over 30 minutes in length, the release offers a poetic perspective on the current state of the natural world.
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