Scritti Politti and Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello interviews Scritti Politti's Green Gartside in the LA Times.
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Monday, October 30, 2006
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Thomas Stöwsand
A good friend of ours, Thomas Stöwsand, died a few weeks ago. Thomas ran Saudades Tourneen -- an agency in Austria that booked many great jazz, Brazilian, and new music artists, including John Abercrombie, Geri Allen, Don Byron, Steve Coleman, Jack DeJohnette, Bill Frisell, Egberto Gismonti, Dave Holland, the Kronos Quartet, Paul Motian, John Scofield, Ralph Towner, Caetano and Moreno Veloso, John Zorn, and many, many others (a complete list is below). Thomas called the company Saudades -- one of the most untranslatable words in Portuguese, it implies a nostalgic sense of longing -- because of his lifelong love of Brazilian music and culture.
There really isn’t anything in America like Saudades. Thomas, who was a cellist, spent his entire adult life working with jazz musicians and others in the creative artistic community, and improbably built up an organization that toured dozens of these artists in Europe, almost all of them outside the world of the commercial mainstream. I know he loved their music, but I think Thomas loved them as people even more, and that’s was large part of legacy. It was not just a job or a business; it was his life. So many musicians that struggled to get work in America and struggled to get good recording deals thrived in Thomas’ democracy; his selfless work on their behalf helped many of these great artists earn the bulk of their income and reach the recognition the so strongly deserved.
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Pat Metheny & Brad Mehldau on Studio 360
Studio 360's Kurt Anderson interviews Pat Metheny and Brad Mehldau about their recent collaboration.
Listen at studio360.org
Monday, October 23, 2006
Jeff Tweedy: "Sunken Treasure" stream
For details and info, visit wilcoworld.net
Shawn Colvin on NPR
Shawn Colvin performed three songs live on NPR's Weekend Edition. Listen at www.npr.org
Friday, October 20, 2006
Wilco: Live on NPR
Listen to Wilco perform live from the 9:30 club on NPR
Celebrating Steve Reich @70
In honor of Steve Reich's recent 70th birthday, Carnegie Hall has created a site celebrating his career. Read more and listen at carnegiehall.org
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
John Adams: A Flowering Tree
Listen to a clip from John Adams's new opera, A Flowering Tree.
Music by John Adams, libretto by John Adams and Peter Sellars, adapted from the ancient Indian folktale and poetry in translations by AK Ramanujan. The opera will premiere on November 14 in Vienna. More info at earbox.com
The Black Keys: "Your Touch"
"Your Touch", directed by Peter Zavadil:
Listen to more at nonesuch.com/theblackkeys
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
The Gothic Archies: "Scream and Run Away"
Listen to more tracks from The Tragic Treasury - and find out more about The End at www.lemonysnicket.com
Be friends with The Gothic Archies at MySpace
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Jeff Tweedy: "The Thanks I Get"
Watch "The Thanks I Get", from Sunken Treasure, out on 10/24:
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Happy 70th Birthday, Steve Reich
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Steve Reich @ 70 by Jeffrey Herman |
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John Schaefer and Steve Reich @ WNYC |
The Nonesuch staffwishes Steve Reich a wonderful birthday. Many happy returns!
Click on the links below to hear and read recent press celebrating this momentous occasion.
Kill Rock Stars' Slim Moon Leaves KRS for Nonesuch
As reported by Kate Llewellyn on Pitchfork today
Kill Rock Stars and Nonesuch might not seem like they have much in common. One label is known for launching pioneering riot grrrl bands (Bikini Kill, Bratmobile), experimental outfits (Deerhoof, Xiu Xiu), and indie rock titans (Sleater-Kinney, the Decemberists).
The other, a Warner Bros. subsidiary, specializes in "world" music (the Nonesuch Explorer Series, Youssou N'Dour, Caetano Veloso), NPR fare (Emmylou Harris, Shawn Colvin), and Wilco (Wilco).
But the pair just got a lot tighter with the announcement that the founder/head honcho of Kill Rock Stars, Slim Moon, will leave his position at KRS sometime this fall to work in A&R for Nonesuch. Moon's wife, Portia Sabin, will take over both Kill Rock Stars and its 5RC imprint.