The Big City http://thebigcityblog.com music, mores, and more Wed, 08 May 2013 14:05:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 I Aggregate Myself http://thebigcityblog.com/wordpress/2013/05/i-aggregate-myself/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i-aggregate-myself http://thebigcityblog.com/wordpress/2013/05/i-aggregate-myself/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 14:05:30 +0000 gtra1n http://thebigcityblog.com/?p=3731 The writing continues, even as a bought of viral misery kept me preserving my strength for things other than this blog. But I’ll be back in fighting trim soon. In the meantime, I wrote my 100th column for ClassicalTV, something … Continue reading →

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]]> http://thebigcityblog.com/wordpress/2013/05/i-aggregate-myself/feed/ 0 The Dude Ambles By http://thebigcityblog.com/wordpress/2013/04/the-dude-ambles-by/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-dude-ambles-by http://thebigcityblog.com/wordpress/2013/04/the-dude-ambles-by/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:02:30 +0000 gtra1n http://thebigcityblog.com/?p=3729 John Adams, *City Noir,* Gustavo Dudamel & the Los Angeles Philharmonic Gustav Mahler, *Symphony No. 9,* Gustavo Dudamel & the Los Angeles Philharmonic Gustavo Dudamel & the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Avery Fisher Hall: March 27, 2013; John Adams, The Gostpel … Continue reading →

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]]> http://thebigcityblog.com/wordpress/2013/04/april-appeal/feed/ 0 Quiet http://thebigcityblog.com/wordpress/2013/04/quiet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=quiet http://thebigcityblog.com/wordpress/2013/04/quiet/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:56:51 +0000 gtra1n http://thebigcityblog.com/?p=3712 One of the things my latest ClassicalTV column covers is quiet music, and I wanted to connect that to actual examples. The excellent Index concert I wrote about can be heard/downloaded in it’s entirety over at Free Music Archive, and … Continue reading →

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]]> http://thebigcityblog.com/wordpress/2013/04/quiet/feed/ 0 The Coltrane You Never Heard http://thebigcityblog.com/wordpress/2013/04/the-coltrane-you-never-heard/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-coltrane-you-never-heard http://thebigcityblog.com/wordpress/2013/04/the-coltrane-you-never-heard/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 20:31:04 +0000 gtra1n http://thebigcityblog.com/?p=3714 Sun Ship is one of those records that is both problematic and a classic. It’s transitional, capturing Coltrane leaving behind ideas that were used up, but not quite at the next step, so the music is inconsistent, yawing between the … Continue reading →

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]]> http://thebigcityblog.com/wordpress/2013/04/the-coltrane-you-never-heard/feed/ 0 Use This News http://thebigcityblog.com/wordpress/2013/03/use-this-news/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=use-this-news http://thebigcityblog.com/wordpress/2013/03/use-this-news/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:56:29 +0000 gtra1n http://thebigcityblog.com/?p=3711 Because it’s actually useful …. Steve Coleman, who has a strong record coming out soon, has made a substantial amount of his back-catalogue available for free. Download here, and while you’re doing so, read his eloquent words about it here. … Continue reading →

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]]> http://thebigcityblog.com/wordpress/2013/03/use-this-news/feed/ 0 The Re-Branding http://thebigcityblog.com/wordpress/2013/03/the-re-branding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-re-branding http://thebigcityblog.com/wordpress/2013/03/the-re-branding/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:17:53 +0000 gtra1n http://thebigcityblog.com/?p=3710 A reminder that you can always catch some of my vented spleen over at ClassicalTV, where my column has been renamed, at my request, Diary of a Mad Composer, because that’s what it’s turning into, like it or not. The … Continue reading →

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]]> http://thebigcityblog.com/wordpress/2013/03/the-re-branding/feed/ 0 Music I Loved — February 2013 http://thebigcityblog.com/wordpress/2013/03/music-i-loved-february-2013/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=music-i-loved-february-2013 http://thebigcityblog.com/wordpress/2013/03/music-i-loved-february-2013/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:34:09 +0000 gtra1n http://thebigcityblog.com/?p=3708 For the shortest month, February was packed with new and upcoming releases that I loved. Taken together with music that was released or previewed in January, I already have a short-list for finest recordings of the year, and my pleasure … Continue reading →

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]]> http://thebigcityblog.com/wordpress/2013/03/music-i-loved-february-2013/feed/ 0 Best Music 2012: Outside-The-Lines http://thebigcityblog.com/wordpress/2013/03/outside-the-lines-of-the-year-2012/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=outside-the-lines-of-the-year-2012 http://thebigcityblog.com/wordpress/2013/03/outside-the-lines-of-the-year-2012/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:03:13 +0000 gtra1n http://thebigcityblog.com/?p=3685 There are times when you put a CD into your computer to rip it into iTunes, and it shows up in your library as the genre Unclassifiable. The databases behind iTunes are pop oriented so they’re easily confused by something … Continue reading →

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]]> http://thebigcityblog.com/wordpress/2013/03/outside-the-lines-of-the-year-2012/feed/ 0 Meanwhile … http://thebigcityblog.com/wordpress/2013/02/meanwhile-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=meanwhile-2 http://thebigcityblog.com/wordpress/2013/02/meanwhile-2/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:11:04 +0000 gtra1n http://thebigcityblog.com/?p=3680 Not all the thoughts and thousands (thousands?) of words go here, of course: The latest issue of The Brooklyn Rail has my concluding article on the 30th BAM Next Wave Festival, with concerts of music from Michael Gordon and David … Continue reading →

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