Feb 18 Blog Steve Reich’s Radio Rewrite Composer Steve Reich drew concepts for his piece Radio Rewrite from Composer Perotin’s Proverb, composed in 1995. He also allowed Radiohead songs Jigsaw Falling into Place and Everything in Its Right Place influence the piece as well. This is the third track on his 2014 album titled after the piece itself, Radio Rewrite. The piece […] By WUOL Feb 18 Blog Steve Reich’s Radio Rewrite By WUOL
Feb 17 Blog Kuniko Kato’s Cantus Percussionist Kuniko Kato’s album Cantus brings two of my passions together: Percussion and minimalism. This album follows her album Kuniko Plays Reich which was released in 2011. After receiving much praise for that album, she “wanted to make minimalist music more accessible.” She achieves this spectacularly in Cantus which was released in 2013. The album […] By WUOL Feb 17 Blog Kuniko Kato’s Cantus By WUOL
Apr 03 Blog Big Ears Festival 2014 After a four-year hiatus, Big Ears Festival returned to Knoxville last weekend, presented by AC Entertainment, the same folks that present Bonnaroo and Forecastle. And in this festival family, Big Ears plays the role of red-headed, stepchild (but, one loved enormously by its father/founder, Ashley Capps). It’s the stylistic outlier, but makes a strong case […] By Daniel Gilliam Apr 03 Blog Big Ears Festival 2014 By Daniel Gilliam