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Angélique Kidjo: Mother Nature review – hip-hop exuberance meets African tradition

The Observer 06 Jun 2021

Kidjo has always been about inclusivity, whether in her pan-African songs, or with numerous collaborators, who include Philip Glass and Indonesia’s Anggun, or in her past two albums – her reworking of Talking Heads’ Remain in Light in 2018 and 2019’s Celia, a tribute to the late ...

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‘Africa has so much talent – we can’t even grasp it’: Angélique Kidjo on pop, politics and power

The Observer 04 Jun 2021

That month, she will also record a collaboration with Philip Glass, singing lyrics from David Bowie’s Lodger for Glass’s Symphony No 12, which premiered live in Los Angeles in 2019 ... After this, I have a 24-hour break before I go to Prague to record with Philip Glass, then I have ...

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Band To Watch: Really From

Stereogum 10 Mar 2021

The argumentative writing and high-minded reference points carried over to Really From’s 2014 debut, “This is what you learned” — see “A song about white supremacy” and the beginning of their series of Philip Glass-referencing “Kneeplay” instrumentals ... That was actually a really hard song to write.

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We’ve Got A File On You: Suzanne Vega

Stereogum 10 Sep 2020

It’s not the sort of song that you’d think would promote someone to festival headlining status, but that’s the sort of career Vega’s had ... An Evening Of New York Songs And Stories (2020) ... Songs From An Evening With Carson McCullers (2016) ... Collaborating With Philip Glass On Songs From Liquid Days (1986) ... I love working with Philip Glass.

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VSO soloists stream up close and personal

Times Argus 12 Jun 2020

The Vermont Symphony Orchestra normally plays a big part in the state’s arts scene, but COVID-19 laid waste to its most popular productions ... Bach’s solo Partitas ... No ... The big disappointment was Songs and Poems No. 2 from Philip Glass’ film score for “Tai Ji ... Dunlop’s performance was virtuosic and passionate, and revealed Glass’ unexpected romantic side.

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These 10 classical recordings are perfect for troubled times

The Mercury News 21 Apr 2020

... leading his ensemble in Shaw’s uplifting oratorio, “The Listeners,” featuring contralto Avery Amereau and bass-baritone Dashon Burton; and three Shaw songs performed by mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter ... Selections include Nico Muhly’s “Move” and Philip Glass’s “Evening Song No.

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Hal Willner, Philly-born producer and ‘Saturday Night Live’ music director, has died at 64

Philadelphia Daily News 08 Apr 2020

What will the future look like? Philly musician Orion Sun sings songs of isolation that soothe the soul. The composer Philip Glass said, “Hal was the spirit and model of a new kind of world between artists and the public ... Willner recalled Shay’s playing a song called “Blood Red ...

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Watch Patti Smith Perform at Tibet House With Iggy Pop, Phoebe Bridgers

Rollingstone 28 Feb 2020

Prior to that, she performed her Kurt Cobain-inspired song “About a Boy” that she dedicated to the late Nirvana frontman ... Notice how Iggy and Bettye LaVette are gleefully sharing a single mic alongside Philip Glass and how thrilled Bridgers is to be sharing the stage with Smith.

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Sinéad Gleeson: Rediscovering the shared frequency of music and writing

The Irish Times 29 Nov 2019

Outside of the actual members of Mount Alaska, I’ve heard the songs more than anyone, from tentative drafts to the now finished versions ... But I’m meant to be all about words, right? So l listen to the disordered scraps in the garden, a kind of eavesdropping, and hear notes of Jóhann Jóhannsson, Ólafur Arnalds, Amiina, Jon Hopkins, Philip Glass.

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Church Hill Theatre to open '33 Variations'

The Star Democrat 02 Sep 2019

CHURCH HILL — Church Hill Theatre will open “33 Variations,” bringing one of Beethoven’s finest piano works to the stage, on Friday, Sept. 6 ... “It would be like if Philip Glass found a song by Britney Spears and decided to spend the next four years of his life studying and making variations on it. “ ... Gertrude Ladenburger, a German music librarian ... .

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