Category: Music
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Hugs From Your Grandma: Favorite Tiny Desk Concerts
I’ve been spending my after-work hours browsing NPR’s rich and varied library of Tiny Desk Concerts. There have been many gems, but even in such fantastic company, the winners of last year’s Tiny Desk Contest stand out: Tank and the Bangas hail from New Orleans, Louisiana, and they play a luminous mix of rock, folk,…
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Ode to Joy: Natalie Prass’ “Short Court Style”
The world is on fire. Or so the relentless news cycle would have us believe. Every hour comes with a litany of scandals, disappointments, and threats to life as we know it. All of us, the headlines scream, are doomed to wail, gnash our teeth, and scrabble at the edge of sanity with the tips of…
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The universe sings sometimes
A friend recently sent me a link to the 2014 Playfest performance of Jeremy Zuckerman’s Legend of Korra Suite. It’s a beautiful synthesis of the series’ music, but the Season 4 finale’s closing track remains my favorite: J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium begins with Ilúvatar and the Ainur weaving the universe from song. I think about that every time…
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The sounds of 2017
Last year, I set a little project for myself. I’d gotten back to listening to music in earnest, and since depression and lack of practice kept me from writing an adequate record of my year, I decided to remember in aural impressions instead. And so started my 2017 playlist. I didn’t set hard rules for…
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