Tag: Music biography
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Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs
Review: Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated? Those were the last words spoken by Johnny Rotten as a Sex Pistol. Johnny Rotten was the pseudonym of John Lydon, the front man for the Sex Pistols and this is his story. Much has been written about the Sex Pistols, Sid Vicious, Sid and Nancy but… Read more
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NYT Essential Library: Jazz
Review: An impulse buy that really showed its age. Published in 2002 in the days of compact discs, before streaming, before even iTunes or the iPod. The subtitle is A Critic’s Guide to the 100 Most Important (Jazz) Recordings and it was exactly that. Now in 2024 the whole world of music is an entirely… Read more
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Year of Wonder
Review: This was a Christmas gift and a nice premise, that is one reads a page each day and listens to the musical selection being discussed. That I made it to the end of July is a testament to my perseverance and courage because this was awful. At first I figured I would be the… Read more
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Schubert’s Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession
Review: An excellent exposition of Schubert’s legendary 24 song cycle: Winterreise (A Winter’s Journey). Written by a singer who has performed the song cycle over 100 times, we get a unique behind-the-scenes look at the most challenging and renowned of all the lieder cycles performed today. The poetry by Müller is explained and interpreted wonderfully,… Read more