Musicon / Gabriel / Peter Gabriel looking for a place to live
Growing Up, by Peter Gabriel (“UP” album) folded in your fleshy purse / i am floating once again / while the muted sounds are pumping rhythm / all the walls close in on me / pressure’s building wave on wave / ’til the water breaks – and outside i go, oh one dot, ::More
Musicon / Experimental / Luup, Meadow Rituals: a surprising, inspired, album
New age or ambient music or music even just related with new age, is usually dull and boring, each and every minute shouting about how easily it was made and how easily it can be made, an indifferent, impersonal organization of sounds – nothing more, nothing less. I was surprised to read at ::More
Musicon / Sibelius / The music of Sibelius: ancient, mysterious, brooding savage dreams…
Wildly popular a century ago as an icon of Finnish nationalism in a late-Romantic vein, Jean Sibelius was largely dismissed by music aficionados after World War II as something of a conservative lightweight. So why is the Bard Music Festival this month featuring his work in a series of concerts ::More
Musicon / Dylan / The Conversion of Bob Dylan to Christianity
“Towards the end of the [San Diego, November 17, 1978] show someone out in the crowd … knew I wasn’t feeling too well,” recalled Dylan in a 1979 interview. “I think they could see that. And they threw a silver cross on the stage. Now usually I don’t pick ::More
Musicon / Rock / Mellow Candle, Swaddling Songs (1972): a true sonic marvel of beauty and simple melodies
Despite the fact that after thirty years Swaddling Songs is less of a challenge to listen to than it would have been in 1972, it still stands as a most brilliant documentation of the childhood lives of Clodagh Simonds and Allison Williams. Having grown up in the strict Holy Child Convent School ::More
