January 2011
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-30) →
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (41)
Cloud Cult (11)
The Four Tops (4)
Van Morrison & The Chieftains (3)
Dizzy Gillespie (3)
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Further Adventures in Live Music →
I’ve got a nice little series of hyperlinks following my live music experiences since starting this blog. Like the music I post, the shows have varied from classical to R&B, rock to hip-hop. Mozart, (Requiem Mass), Beethoven (6th Symphony), Tchaikovsky (The Nutcracker ballet), and Debussy (La Mer) have alternated with The Buddy Holly Story musical, The New Pornographers, Booker T. &...
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-23) →
Cream (11)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (10)
Fred Astaire (8)
Fela Kuti (7)
Ruth Brown (7)
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The Neuroscience of Music (Frontal Cortex) →
psychotherapy:
Why does music make us feel? On the one hand, music is a purely abstract art form, devoid of language or explicit ideas. The stories it tells are all subtlety and subtext. And yet, even though music says little, it still manages to touch us deep, to tickle some universal nerves. When listening to our favorite songs, our body betrays all the symptoms of emotional arousal. The...
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Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda...Either way, I disagree
I’m a sucker for lists…
musicforthelistener:
Two weeks ago NY Times music critic, Anthony Tommasini, took on what he himself called a rather futile attempt at ranking the Top classical composers. But, I agree with him completely in that the interesting part of this ‘exercise’ was the journey in itself and not the final list. With that said, I have to point out that I was astounded...
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-16) →
Franz Schubert (16)
Gabriel Fauré (14)
The Byrds (7)
Jerome Kern (7)
Bruce Springsteen (6)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-9) →
The Troggs (15)
Liza Minnelli (11)
Bob Marley & The Wailers (10)
Carl Perkins (9)
The Replacements (6)
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Recommend Music History? →
I rarely ask for recommendations, but it seems foolish to completely ignore/overlook something Tumblr has created to help people find interesting blogs. Heck, I use the directory all the time. So, if you like Music History, please recommend it! Thanks.
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What most comes to mind while revisiting these tracks is how Prince conquered...
– Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Prince: Ultimate Prince (via tristn)
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