Violet Friday and The National as Rock Music Metanarrative
For those of you who are fans of independent record stores, perhaps you did Black Friday a little differently than most people stateside. Instead of waiting in line at 4 a.m. so you could trample your...
View ArticleCrossing Brooklyn Ferry Festival and the Invisible Architecture of Musical Taste
As I left the Crossing Brooklyn Ferry Festival on its closing night, Saturday, May 5, I couldn’t escape the feeling that I had wasted so much time—not at the festival itself, but long before. I had...
View ArticleUncovering the Mystery Behind Bryce Dessner’s St. Carolyn by the Sea
Album cover for St. Carolyn by the Sea; Deutsche Grammaphon/Universal Music 2014. Since Deutsche Grammaphon/Universal Music released conductor André de Ridder and the Copenhagen Phil’s St. Carolyn by...
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