The Vivaldi Gloria, part of First Friday at First Presbyterian
First Presbyterian First Friday: Concert at 6:00 pm, Gallery open from 5:30-8:30 pm
View Article37th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
I'm sure I first heard The Police on WQBK-FM, my favorite radio station in 1979.
View ArticleTarantism
There are at least a dozen SEPARATE songs with the title Dance with Me, or a variation that charted on the US charts.
View ArticleZephyr Winds, African American voices at First Friday at 1st Pres
First Presbyterian Church is at 362 State Street, corner of Willett Street, near Washington Park.
View ArticleSmokey Robinson is 75
Smokey remarked that the song's distinctive calliope motif "sounded like a circus."
View ArticleThe song Strange Fruit
My near-relative Arnold linked to several versions of Strange Fruit, including one by Billie Holiday,
View ArticleThe Gospel according to the Beatles, Sunday, March 1
There will be musical revue of The Gospel according to the Beatles on Sunday, March 1 at 12:15 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 362 State Street.
View ArticleIt WAS the Ninth Symphony
I'm standing in the bakery section of the Honest Weight Food Co-op when I hear this guy humming the very same piece we'd been trying to figure out.
View ArticleEric Clapton is 70
Despite the fact that it directly led to Clapton's departure from the band, I've always liked this song.
View ArticleBarry Mann and Cynthia Weil
Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil are one of the longest-running teams in the music business, having been collaborators since 1960.
View ArticleGary Brooker of Procol Harum is 70
My friends would muse about whether there really WERE 16 Vestal virgins.
View ArticleCilla Black, R.I.P.
Priscilla Maria Veronica White OBE, the singer and, later, UK television personality, better known as Cilla Black, died this past weekend at the age of 72. I was waiting impatiently for Dustbury’s...
View ArticleSteve Martin is 70
For better or worse, Steve Martin helped to popularize the air quotes gesture.
View ArticleYour musical chronology
My single most important retrospective purchase was likely the Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974 box set.
View ArticleBill Medley of the Righteous Brothers is 75
(You're My) Soul and Inspiration was one of the relatively few 45s I ever bought.
View ArticleSam Moore of Sam & Dave is 80
Sam Moore was blown away, and uttered "Play it, Steve" spontaneously.
View ArticleMozart music: First Friday at First Pres November 6
MOZART: VESPERAE DE DOMINICA; HYMNS AND CANTICLES FOR HANDBELLS;, Original art and handmade goods from local artists and artisans.
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