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thursday evening updates

5733 days ago
Totally Fuzzy — jeffen said... Obscure punk/pop/garage/rock n' roll compilation that includes a ripping studio take on Hüsker Dü's "Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely" by MRML faves MEGA CITY FOUR: ** V.A. On Another Planet (Black & Noir Records, 1991) ** Les Ma... more info

Henryk Górecki appreciation

5831 days ago
Guardian Music — Adrian Thomas writes: My introduction to the music of Henryk Górecki (obituary, 13 November) came on a Polish LP of his music that included the orchestral Scontri (Collisions, 1960) and Refren (Refrain, 1965). The strength and originality of his mu... more info

Polish composer Henryk Górecki dies, aged 76

5844 days ago
Guardian Music — Classical musician who achieved unlikely fame with Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, composed in memory of the HolocaustThe Polish composer Henryk Górecki, whose desolate Symphony of Sorrowful Songs became an unlikely crossover hit, has died in Katowice,... more info

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Interview: John King

5852 days ago
All About Jazz — Guitarist and violist John King has composed music for opera, theater, orchestras, chamber ensembles, rock bands, dance and film, and was Music Curator at New York City's The Kitchen from 1999-2003. He has received commissions from the Kronos Quartet... more info

Hey, what's that sound: Cello

5867 days ago
Guardian Music — From Bach to Björk, and Mozart to metal, the cello's dark, majestic undertow runs through popular musicWhat is it? The most resonant voice in the strings section, the cello has been described as the instrument that most closely corresponds to the hu... more info

Wordless & White Light Music, Josni, Kronos Quartet, free Thursdays, Meredith Monk, Victoire & more

5880 days ago
Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Frisicano Jonsi @ Terminal 5 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) The previously-mentioned Wordless Music show featuring Jonsi and Kjartan Sigur Ros, along with Alex Somers Of Riceboy Sleeps, The Hilliard Ensemble, Latvian National Choir and Word... more info

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Joan Jeanrenaud, PC Mua Oz - Pop-Pop (2010)

5915 days ago
All About Jazz — By Mark Saleski If you want to really scare yourself, wait until everybody else in the house has gone to bed, turn out all of the lights, and put the Kronos Quartet's Black Angels on the stereo. You will be assaulted with George Crumb's terrifying "... more info

BBC Prom 54; La fanciulla del West; Joyce DiDonato; Simon Keenlyside; Kronos Quartet | Classical review

5919 days ago
Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, London; Usher Hall, Edinburgh; Queen's Hall, EdinburghDriven and obsessive, drawing on 1970s jazz funk, soul and gospel, Mark-Anthony Turnage's new BBC Proms commission Hammered Out burst noisily upon the world at Thursday's world ... more info

What's going on Friday?

5935 days ago
Brooklyn Vegan — The Wedding Present @ Bowery in 2008 (more by Tim Griffin) today in NYC * Baye Kouyate @ Zebulon * Kronos Quartet @ Damrosch Park * Mumiy Troll @ Irving Plaza * Javelin, Warpaint @ Whitney Museum * Deer Tick,... more info

Review: Supergroups Kronos Quartet and eighth blackbird perform at Cabrillo festival

5938 days ago
Mercury News, California — A sextet founded in 1996, eighth blackbird (piano, flute, clarinet, cello, violin and percussion) emerges from the Kronos lineage with the same kind of devotion to overhauling classical music's repertory and presentation. Still, once Kronos, founded ... more info

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