Category Archives: Music

Happy Stephen Sondheim’s 90th Birthday Everybody!!

Posted on March 22, 2020 by Ampersand

Some of my favorite Sondheims – so much NOT a complete list – divided by category. Heartbreak songs. Losing My Mind. “Losing My Mind” bored me a bit the first time I heard “Follies.” Over the years its grown and … Continue reading →

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The Music I’d Like to Put Back Into My Life

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

When I was in grade school, my grandmother taught me how to play the C major scale, bass and treble clef, on the Steinway upright piano she had in her apartment. From that moment on, I wanted to be a … Continue reading →

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I’m Kvelling: My Son’s Band, Starbat, has Released Their First Single on Bandcamp

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

[bandcamp width=350 height=470 album=384959557 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false] Check it out and, if you like the song—which I do, a lot, and not just because I played the small synth part at the end—I hope you’ll consider buying it. It’s … Continue reading →

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The Tehran Symphony Orchestra in Geneva and Richard Taruskin's "Common Fallacy"

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

Writing in this past Thursday’s issue of The New York Times (February 4th), Michael Kimmelman compares the European tour on which the government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent the Tehran Symphony Orchestra to similar tours on which the former Soviet Union … Continue reading →

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