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Stuart Maconies Freakier Zone 2017-01-22 Martin Green’s Playlist

2675 days ago

Core News — “Visionary folk artist Martin Green creates a 60-minute playlist of his favourite brass, synths and folk music including Billy Bragg, Jonnie Common, modular synths from Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith and the Kronos Quartet take on the music of Mexico.” St... more info

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The quiet protest, amid bombs bursting, of Kronos Quartet

2675 days ago

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The symbolic meaning of the string quartet, the most perfect ensemble, is that of harmony raised high. Four string players, like of instrument family and mind, performing daily for years and often decades, were initially meant to voice the essence of... more info

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KEXP Live at Iceland Airwaves 2016, Day 2: Kronos Quartet

2755 days ago

KEXP Seattle — Rounding out a stunning second day of the KEXP Broadcast live from KEXÂ Hostel at Iceland Airwaves Music festival are the incomparable Kronos Quartet. The San Francisco-based string quartet has been around for over 40 years, with a roster of rotati... more info

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Ecstatic Music Festival: 2017 lineup & tickets (Sleigh Bells, Kronos Quartet, San Fermin & more)

2758 days ago

Brooklyn Vegan — The 2017 Ecstatic Music Festival runs Jan 9 through May 13 at The Kaufman Center in NYC. Continue reading… more info

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At Ace Hotel, new live score makes 1922 'Nosferatu' a not-so-silent movie

2759 days ago

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Last Halloween, L.A. Opera presented â€œDraculaâ€ with Philip Glassâ€™ score at the Theatre at Ace Hotel, with the composer and the Kronos Quartet playing live behind the 1931 film. It was a sold-out holiday hit.Â Inevitably, the que... more info

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Three of the best… classical concerts this week

2930 days ago

Guardian Music — Kronos Quartet | Stravinsky: Myths & Rituals | Become Ocean Though they are regular visitors to London, the Kronos Quartet rarely embark on UK tours as extensive as this. Their programme is a typical mix of pieces specially composed or arranged for t... more info

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Kronos Quartet review – sonic Slinkys and exploding bombs

2933 days ago

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonThe virtuoso ensemble performed no less than six UK premieres, with Mary Kouyoumdjianâ€™s Bombs of Beirut providing an explosive finaleEntirely new in Kronosâ€™s Barbican programme was Seiche by Martin Green (of folk group L... more info

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Watch Members Of Wilco, R.E.M., & Yo La Tengo Cover Big Star’s Third In LA

2944 days ago

Stereogum — An all-star cast of musicians including Big Star’s Jody Stephens, Jeff Tweedy and Pat Sansone of Wilco, R.E.M.’s Mike Mills, Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan, Jessica Pratt, the Kronos Quartet, Robyn Hitchcock, and late-era Big Star members Ken Stringf... more info

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'Dracula' meets Philip Glass and Kronos Quartet, and issues arise

3123 days ago

L.A. Times - Entertainment — When something seems too good to be true, that may turn out to be the case. At least that was how it was for me when three things I ordinarily enjoy came together in a way that was more frustrating than fulfilling. I'm talking about Friday night at d... more info

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Review: Kronos Quartet debuts powerful 'My Lai'

3145 days ago

Mercury News, California — Stanford composer Jonathan Berger's work about the Vietnam War atrocity and the helicopter pilot who intervened relives an American tragedy with a bracing array of sounds, images. more info

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