Steve Smith
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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears.Published on National Sawdust Log. Ralph Vaughan Williams – A Pastoral Symphony; Symphony No. 4 – BBC Symphony Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion. Audio samples here.) Jo Kondo – Works for Piano – Satoko Inoue (hat[now]ART; 2001) Musica Nova Contemplativa by Winfried Muhlum-Pyrapheros Winfried Mühlum-Pyrápheros…
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On a gloomy morning in an uncertain world, finding some measure of joyous reassurance in the ecstatic whoops and whorls of Gabriella Smith's 'Carrot Revolution,' played emphatically by @aizuriquartet. https://t.co/tHyqNOJNx3 via @YouTube — Steve Smith (@nightafternight) January 3, 2020 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Gabriella Smith is a composer other composers evidently like to recommend, to their listeners and…
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My contributions to the Goings On About Town section in the January 6, 2020 issue of The New Yorker, covering the dates January 1-7. (Links lead to detailed listings on the New Yorker website.) James MooreThe Stone at the New School; Jan. 2-4 at 8:30 Guitarist James Moore's Stone residency is brief but eventful:…
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Happy New Year to you and yours! Here's to achieving great new things in 2020.
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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. John Luther Adams – The Wind in High Places (Cold Blue; 2015) > The Wind in High Places – JACK Quartet; Canticles of the Sky – Northwestern University Cello Ensemble/Hans Jørgen Jensen; Dream of the Canyon Wren – JACK Quartet Oceans Roar…
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David Tudor: Forest SpeechPerformed by Lea Bertucci, John Driscoll, Ed Potokar, Margaret Anne Schedel, and Philip WhiteMuseum of Modern Art, New York, NYNovember 17, 2019 Sunday afternoon, after my daughter attended a performance of David Tudor's Forest Speech at the Museum of Modern Art with her mother and me, I asked her what she'd thought.…
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Dead & Company Madison Square Garden, New York, NY November 1, 2019 Section 210, Row 12, Seat 2 Personnel: Bob Weir, guitar & vocals Bill Kreutzmann, drums Mickey Hart, percussion John Mayer, guitar & vocals Oteil Burbridge, bass, vocals, drums Jeff Chimenti, keyboards & vocalsMaggie Rogers, guest vocals (*) First set: Cold Rain and SnowHell…
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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. Roland Kayn – A Little Electronic Milky Way of Sound (Frozen Reeds; 2017) Love Will Find A Way Home by PAT PAT (Jacolby Satterwhite & Nick Weiss) – Love Will Find a Way (Pioneer Works Press; 2019) Odds Against Tomorrow by Bill…
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Among the many, many things to admire about the newly expanded Museum of Modern Art – which officially opens to the public on Monday, Oct. 21, but actually had a secret soft opening on Sunday, Oct. 20 – is an installation of Rainforest V (variation 1), as conceived by the iconic experimental composer/performer David Tudor,…
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>>news added to the end of this post…<< The Morton Feldman Piano box by Philip Thomas on Another Timbre unquestionably is among this year’s foremost achievements… but Philip has another new CD that's worth your attention, as well: as if as features original compositions and Derek Bailey transcriptions (!!) by Chris Burn, just out on…
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Fall and all attendant memoriesCrowd the day with unrelated historiesEach year leaves its unresolving fantasiesTo hang around each cornerHang around each street. Thick with ghosts, the wind whips round in circuitriesCarrying words as strangers exchange pleasantriesDo they intrude upon your private reveriesAs they meet you on each cornerMeet you on each street. Watch for daily…
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Dead & CompanyCiti Field, Flushing, NYJune 23, 2019Section 122, Row 22, Seat 2 Personnel: Bob Weir, guitar & vocalsBill Kreutzmann, drumsMickey Hart, percussionJohn Mayer, guitar & vocalsOteil Burbridge, bass, vocals, drumsJeff Chimenti, keyboards & vocals First set: St. StephenCold Rain and SnowSamson and DelilahHigh TimeThey Love Each OtherRamble On RoseSugareeJack Straw Second set: Terrapin Station…
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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. Harold Budd – This Is Harold Budd (Spotify playlist) Sunrise, Looking East by Danny Paul Grody Danny Paul Grody – Sunrise, Looking East (Longform Editions; 2019) Undercurrents by Kajsa Lindgren Kajsa Lindgren – Undercurrents (Longform Editions; 2019) Tangerine Dream – In Search…
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Friends, colleagues, virtual associates: here is a thing I've been thinking long and hard about saying—or not. Possibly you've noticed that I have not been updating this blog very frequently lately, not even with routine posts sharing work I've made for other publications. Possibly you haven't. Maybe you've wondered why an email or DM might…
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My contributions to the Goings On About Town section in the May 13, 2019 issue of The New Yorker, covering the dates May 8-14. (Click on any listing to enlarge it.) [link] [link] [link]
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My contributions to the Goings On About Town section in the May 6, 2019 issue of The New Yorker, covering the dates May 1-7. (Click on any listing to enlarge it.) [link] [link] [link]
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My contributions to the Goings On About Town section in the April 29, 2019 issue of The New Yorker, covering the dates April 24-30. (Click on any listing to enlarge it.) [link] [link] [link] [link]
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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. Richard Wagner – Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg – Michael Volle, Roberto Saccà, Anna Gabler, Monika Bohinec, Peter Sonn, Markus Werba, Georg Zeppenfeld, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic/Daniele Gatti (Euroarts; 2014) Tom Carter/Ingebrigt Haker Flaten/Lisa Carson – Halversonics (Bandcamp subscriber exclusive; 2019)…
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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. Orange by Caroline Shaw & Attacca Quartet Caroline Shaw – Orange – Attacca Quartet (New Amsterdam/Nonesuch; due April 19, 2019) > Entr'acte; Valencia; Plan & Elevation; Punctum; Ritornello; Limestone & Felt Basic Combustion by Kevin Drumm Kevin Drumm – Basic Combustion (self-released;…
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My contributions to the Goings On About Town section in the March 18, 2019 issue of The New Yorker, covering the dates March 13-19. (Click on any listing to enlarge it.) [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link]
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