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Blogging the Cliburn (Finals Day 4)
The stifling heat of a Texas summer chose the last day of the Cliburn to hit us, and not with full force. Those who...
Blogging the Cliburn (Finals Day 3)
And so we move on to the final concertos, the climax of the documentary film (if the Cliburn were making a documentary film about...
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...
Blogging the Cliburn (Finals Day 1)
After a day's break, the final round of the Cliburn is upon us, and with it, the chamber music portion of the contest. Ordinarily,...
Top 5 Shows 6/7-6/10
1) Com Truise is at Trees (2709 Elm, Dallas) tonight (Wednesday), and I really wish I could go, but I have to work, so...
Traps and Release
Time flies, as they say, and in the year since his band put out Stray Dogs, Siberian Traps frontman Seth Reeves wrote a bunch...
Just Him
One thing Jason Eady has learned as a songwriter: If making music matters to you, you have to tell the truth, even if the...
Blogging the Cliburn (Semifinals Day 5)
I didn't notice this until I downloaded the picture of Maestro Nicholas McGegan for this post (because again, the raised piano lid was blocking...
Blogging the Cliburn (Semifinals Day 4)
Weird thing happened today: I created an entry on Genius.com for Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer" this morning, and then this afternoon, there were two...
Blogging the Cliburn (Semifinals Day 3)
I'm missing the NBA Finals, the Stanley Cup finals, the Champions League final, and Wonder Woman opening in the theaters, but the Van Cliburn...
