Radiohead and Colbert

Monday Radiohead appeared on the Colbert Report. Not to be missed, in spite of annoying commercials.

Liszt and Apple's iPad

Violinist Giora Schmidt uses an iPad as a digital music stand. Read the Ariama piece here about how he never took his hands off his instrument while negotiating 35 pages of the Liszt Piano Sonata in B minor score.

Also take a look at Schmidt's site to learn more about his work and view and hear some examples.

The Slow Version

NPR gives us a reading of a remarkable rendition of Ray Charles' iconic Georgia on My Mind, slowed to an almost ridiculous but mesmerizing tempo. Read the back story and hear Ray from a 1965 concert performance here.