AvatarAlberto Paolucci15 hours agoThe Soul, the Universe, and the Vastness of Music: Composer Caroline Shaw Brings Whitman and Tennyson to Life in the Spirit of the Golden RecordThe Marginalian - Maria Popova“Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.” “After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music,” Aldous Huxley wrote as he contemplated the transcendent power of music half a century before this supreme hallmark of our species sailed into the …
AvatarAlberto Paolucci18 hours agoEvery song written and recorded during the ‘Get Back/Let It Be’ sessionsfaroutmagazine.co.uk - Sam KempIn 1969, The Beatles were looking to return to their roots. It had been a hard couple of years. As creative collaborators, but also just as men, the …
AvatarAlberto Paolucci2 days agoNick Cave on Songwriting, the Mystery of the Unconscious, and the Sweet Severity of TruthThe Marginalian - Maria Popova“Metaphor can create a merciful sense of distance from the cruel idea, or the unspeakable truth, and allow it to exist within us as a kind of poetic radiance, as a work of art.” “Once a poem is made available to the public, the right of interpretation belongs to the reader,” the teenage Sylvia Plath …
AvatarAlberto Paolucci1 day agoOne to watch: cktrlverified_publisherThe Guardian - Tara JoshiIn recent years, multi-instrumentalist, producer and DJ Bradley Miller has emerged as an intriguing talent under the name cktrl (it stands for “can’t keep to reality”). Raised in Lewisham, south London, his grew up influenced by his parents’ Caribbean heritage. As a teenager, alongside learning …
AvatarAlberto Paolucci1 day agoSam Gooden, Founding Member of Soul Legends the Impressions, Dead at 87Rolling Stone - Daniel KrepsSam Gooden, founding and longest-serving member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted soul group the Impressions, has died at the age of …
AvatarAlberto Paolucci1 day agoWhere I'm Coming From: 60 Years of Jamaican Music in 60 SongsRolling Stone - Patricia MeschinoIn the 60 years since Jamaica achieved its independence from England, on Aug. 6, 1962, the tiny Caribbean nation has created some of the world’s most …
