Several men are sitting quietly, when one exits into the next room to retrieve something from a box. The box is warm, and the insides smell like candles. The man returns to hear someone tuning a guitar. He can hear the guitar player, but can barely see him behind a large brass horn with a... Continue Reading →
Red Summer, White Masks and Crazy Blues
A deadly virus sweeps across the American nation and the world. There is no vaccine, no cure available. The only protections there are come as non-pharmaceutical strategies: quarantine, hand washing, use of disinfectants, wearing protective masks and limitations of public gatherings. These restrictions are unpopular and applied unevenly. Volunteers making gauze masks There is violence... Continue Reading →
Shaken, Yet Stirred
I have been listening carefully and closely to the Digital Concerts of my home city orchestra, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. We are very fortunate here in Detroit, as our DSO has been growing its capacity to broadcast on the internet for quite a long time. High resolution cameras were recently added, and the superb acoustics... Continue Reading →