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I saw James Brown live once. It was in early 1994, at Radio City Music Hall. My father took my wife and me. This was a surprise, because my father was not a big live-music guy (he took me…| burning ambulance
I saw James Brown live once. It was in early 1994, at Radio City Music Hall. My father took my wife and me. This was a surprise, because my father was not a big live-music guy (he took me…| burning ambulance
Violinist Darragh Morgan’s work has fascinated me for years. I first connected with him in 2017, when he released For Violin And Electronics, an album featuring six pieces that were, in o…| burning ambulance
Every fourth Tuesday of a given month, I’ll be reviewing five new albums, sometimes focusing on a single genre and other times grabbing whatever sounds good. This week, we’re all about classical. W…| burning ambulance
It seems impossible, given the breadth and depth of his output, but it’s true: Tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis has only been “on the scene” for a little over a decade. He’s made mor…| burning ambulance
Kamasi Washington’s The Epic was released 10 years ago this month, on May 5, 2015. For those who don’t know, it’s a 3CD or 3LP set containing nearly three hours of music performed by a la…| burning ambulance
I’m kind of astonished to realize I’ve been listening to composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s music for almost a decade. I first heard her work in 2015, when she released two albums within 12 months. Ae…| burning ambulance
Percussionist Steven Schick is a professor of music at the University of California San Diego and the artistic director of the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus and the San Francisco Contemporary Music …| burning ambulance
This interview originally ran in the Burning Ambulance weekly email. You should subscribe. (It’s free.) Cellist Maya Beiser operates in a zone all her own, encompassing classical music, adapt…| burning ambulance
The Sono Luminus label has been documenting the work of Icelandic composers and performers on exquisitely produced CDs (some of which also include Blu-Ray audio) for several years now. In 2019, I h…| burning ambulance
Recently my 160GB iPod Classic started to die. The battery wouldn’t hold a charge, especially not in cold weather. If I selected an artist/album to listen to, then decided to scroll through a…| burning ambulance
Composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir has released two albums in the last 12 months, both of great potential interest to fans of adventurous music, whether they start from a classical, metal, or even elect…| burning ambulance
The five records below might seem to have very little in common. Two of them have shared personnel, but that’s really about it. The unifying factor is a little deeper: Each is the work of a highly …| burning ambulance
