Friday, December 18, 2020

Harold Budd, R.I.P.

May 24, 1936 - December 8, 2020

Harold Budd's music first entered my consciousness via Brian Eno's work. Here are some of favorite compositions from his 1977 "The Pavilion of Dreams":


Read this remembrance from the New York Times.

Thursday, May 28, 2020

Sing, Sing, Sing

Sing, Sing, Sing was composed by Louis Prima, ca 1936 ...   

Anna Thorvaldsdottir: Existence

Friday, March 27, 2020

Bob Dylan: Murder Most Foul

My friend John stuns me with news that Bob Dylan released a new piece of music, his first in eight years, just last night:

Read more here, and probably all over the interwebs.  More sources to hear and download.

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Saturday, February 1, 2020

MIDI 2.0

Read this Quartz piece on the first major update to the MIDI protocol in its nearly 40 years of existence.