tingilinde

explaining harmony at five levels

orba

another musical instrument for everyone..  the Kickstarter appears to be very successful.  Hardware is hard, but these folks have a successful project under their belts.

if you like classical music

Aria Code is a great podcast..  about 30 minutes and weekly.  Rhiannon Giddens hosts it.

 

carly's ad

tom paxton in 1965

a song relevant for our time

musical typewriter

When I think of musical typewriters Leroy Anderson comes to mind.

 

But this is the real thing  and very cool.

what animals do in the woods at night

Maestro from Bloom Pictures on Vimeo.

from Bellini's Norma I believe

 

and how it was made

Maestro - Making of from Bloom Pictures on Vimeo.

the good ones

Music from the Rwandan band via WNYC's Soundcheck.

 

when you remember an old tune

A long time ago two of us were spending a lot of time at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.  They decided to throw us a small private concert.  One of the pieces was Gassenhauer by Carl Orff.  I had forgotten about it until yesterday when it popped out of long term memory.  A delightful little piece and suitable for dancing.

rhiannon giddens at tdc

It seems amazing she hasn't been on.   well .. that's been fixed.  One of the best new historically based composers who happens to have an amazing voice (she studied opera at Oberlin).  She also has a MacArthur

The first two songs are powerful mediations on the slave trade, the third that the banjo is African, and then a peaceful benediction.