Hungarian Masterpieces
Hungarian composer Zoltan Kodaly rejected all distinctions based on class and social status. “Music is for everyone,” he said. “It is spiritual food, a prime necessity of life.”Kodaly’s progressive,...
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Hungarian composer Zoltan Kodaly rejected all distinctions based on class and social status. “Music is for everyone,” he said. “It is spiritual food, a prime necessity of life.”Kodaly’s progressive,...
Read MoreNov 3, 2016 | Event Reviews, Uncategorized |
In 1947 the trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie recorded his big band playing “Cubana Bop,” which featured the Cuban conga player Chano Pozo. On this tune, widely considered one of the landmarks in the complex musical...
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Jo Serrapere has a real talent for attracting good musicians to her bands–or maybe good musicians are attracted to her bands by her talent. She was one of the co-founders of the old-time country group Uncle Earl, then went...
Read MoreNov 1, 2016 | Event Reviews, Uncategorized |
The next time you find yourself on the corner of State and Liberty, walk into the Potbelly Sandwich Shop and take a deep breath. Maybe even see if you can order something with peanut butter on it. Because that’s where, in...
Read MoreDuck and twist is a necessary contortion to make it through the rear hatch of a B-17 bomber. From there it’s a hunched-over shuffle past the belts loaded with 400 rounds of fifty-caliber bullets (actually display blanks)...
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