Musings on Music

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On Making Music: Live Vs. Recorded

My introduction to playing live music went something like this: hop on a bus with your bandmates, some of them lugging along upright...

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The Bugle-American: An Alternative Newspaper in 1970's Milwaukee

On This Day (September 16) in 1970, a formative alternative newspaper launched its first issue in Madison, Wisconsin. The Bugle American...

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Remarkable Composers

(You’ve Never Heard Of) If you happened to have the chance to catch the PBS documentary Fanny: The Right to Rock, which recently aired,...

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I Don't Worry About a Thing

Musings on Mose I’ve been thinking about Mose Alison recently, and that time that I was so lucky to meet and speak with him....

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When Childhood Icons Pass Away

By Aurore Sibley I was on my way to reconnect with an old college friend when I heard the news on the radio that Leonard Cohen had...