NuVoid

This morning, with my coffee: Arnold Schoenberg: Ewartung, Op.17 (Sony SMK 48 466 CD) Janis Martin, soprano; BBC Symphony Orchestra, Pierr...

I’m ashamed to admit it, but while we’ve lived in the Nashville area for almost ten years now, we’ve never once been to a performance at the...

One of the things that makes writing about music so difficult for me is that I genuinely do not understand why people listen to music. Or ra...

Sam made a comment on Part Two: "I think you’d have been hard pressed in 1967 to find someone to admit they didn’t think Sgt Pepper wa...

“Do we have anything in music for example that really wipes everything out? That just cleans everything away, from some aspect of illusion a...

Morton Feldman (1926-1987): Patterns in a Chromatic Field (Tzadik, 2005) Charles Curtis: ‘cello Aleck Karis: piano Even though I prided my...

Alice Coltrane died today at age 69. An obituary can be found online here . I hope there will be more information and tributes available tom...

Nielsen Soundscan's Year-End Report is available here courtesy of Business Wire . Physical album sales continue their steep decline wit...

“Everybody thought they’re listening to anti-art when they’re listening to [John] Cage. They don’t know that the reason they’re annoyed is t...

I was going to try to avoid politics on my blog, but I was surprised to find an email I sent to Dr. Eric Alterman at Altercation was recent...

"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture" It's unclear who originally uttered this infamous quote. It's bee...

Derek Bailey and Tony Coe: BBC Radio broadcast, April, 1979 (CDR) Derek Bailey: guitar Tony Coe: clarinet When I first heard Derek Bailey, I...

Here’s some recent releases of some truly great records available in deluxe 2-disc packages which include a standard CD along with a DVD wit...

Today, Bob had this to say: >Vinyl > >Sounds better than CD, but it's NEVER COMING BACK! I wrote: The amazing thing is that VIN...

I wrote this in response to Bob Lefsetz' latest email rant: Hi, Bob, Lots to think about in your latest rant, but I have to respond to t...

Graduation Address by Rodger G. Coleman Southeastern Career College December 8, 2006 My fellow graduates, faculty and staff of Southeastern ...

I've been thinking about deleting this blog and starting over, but instead changed the subtitle to narrow my focus a bit. I think I was ...

"The Lefsetz Letter" featured a nice rant from Bob Lefsetz on the demise of Tower Records, which prompted a flurry of emails from ...

One year ago today I saw Dad alive for the last time. We got the word that he'd suffered a massive heart attack and drove as fast we cou...

I had my last class on Tuesday, October 3! This is my first weekend without having to worry about homework, studying for exams, working on p...