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My friend Carlton who is light years ahead of me on the music front, offers some further thoughts on that last post  --the one about Murray...

Mr. and  Mrs. Buce betook themselves down to the Mondavi Center down in Davis last night for an evening's listen to Murray Perahia at t...

Overheard at Chez Buce.  The subject was the music of our youth. --You remember Ralph Flanagan? --Who? --Ralph Flanagan.  Big band. --...

I've had one of those little threads of music in my mind for the past few days; the kind that can drive you nuts because you can't ...

We passed a pleasant evening last night in the company of Note by Note , Ben Niles' engaging documentary about the construction of ...

So my cousin Dave shipped me this lovely bit of flash music from the Plaça de Sant Roc in Barcelona.  It's wonderful in its own right ...

Well, if you recognize the word, you must be really old.  It was part of the culture of our youth, almost entirely as rendered by Harry Bel...

We indulged in what I''d count s one of the oddest Beethoven experiences of my life down at the Mondavi Center at Davis last night....

For no particular reason except that it's fun, here's a bit more on klezmer crossover.  Start here: That's "De...

My loyal commentators offer good-natured raillery on the topic of clarinet klezmer.  But it's no joke.  A well-sourced Wiki traces it...

We've taken in some lovely music on our NYC sojourn this week but perhaps the most accomplished performer was the clarinetist Narek Aru...

New York seems to be full of music tonight.  I assume the St. Patrick's day serenaders are in voice somewhere as the Irish release the...

I seem to be absorbed these days in the topic of leadership, especially military leadership, especially the kind that goes pear-shaped .  ...

In an Opera News interview with Susan Graham, interviewer William R. Braun flatly declares Mozart's "Ch'io mi scordi di te?...

Joel calls me out for calling the Golden Age music "trite."  He says: "The pop music of 1947-73 included Beatles, Rolling ...

Mavis asks : Did you say [your mother] used to sing a song about oysters when you would ride in the car? Do you remember Father and Son...

They just don't write good songs any more.  H/T Bruce Bartlett's Facebook page.

Andrew Gelman rubs his eyes in disbelief at the inglorious display of domestic disharmony between Louis Armstrong and his beloved Lucille....

Cripple Creek, my favorite:   Afterthoughts: I'm feeling impelled to retell some Scruggs stories. I can't find my copy of...