Blogging the Cliburn (Finals Day 2)
The back half of the chamber music portion of the Van Cliburn Competition runs through Thursday evening, so I miss USA's soccer team defeating...
Cliburn Junior Competition Report
There are many different ways to judge the success or failure of the first-ever Cliburn Junior Piano Competition, but the yardstick I’m using is...
“Wonderful Wizard” at Where House
L. Frank Baum’s 1900 children’s story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is great because it can be used for so many things: Commentary on...
Toast & Jam with Sheran Goodspeed Keyton
For the past decade, Sheran Goodspeed Keyton has entertained children at schools, libraries, and elsewhere as Mrs. Dipsworth, a boisterous English-accented educator who relies...
Top 5 Shows 11/17-11/18: “Boy in the Plastic Bubble and Benefit...
1) Tonight is the last Wondercrust Movie Watchers Club at the Grotto (517 University), as the Grotto’s days are numbered, and that number grows...
Blogging the Cliburn (Day 3)
This whole competition has lately reminded me of an exchange from Zero Dark Thirty, when the head of the CIA (James Gandolfini) talks to...
Toast & Jam with Gray Bartlett
Gray Bartlett has been slinging a guitar professionally since the 1960s and has toured and played with Tom Jones, Herman's Hermits, and many others...
Toast & Jam with Steve Steward
Fear of the coronavirus pandemic prompted city leaders to shut down all the bars, which put many service workers and musicians out of work....
Madràs: Good News, Bad News
First, the good news.
Awesome Fort Worth dream-poppers Madràs have just released their debut album, Things Can Change, a collection of 13 rather mellow tracks...
