Black birds break the stillness with a rackety bray, and the wind squalls through the timbers with a chilling drone… It emanates from deep within the woods. Some say it’s the sound of cicadas, but everyone knows they sing in the key of C#. After checking on my harmonica, I put this somewhere between B […]
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I’m currently reading Kay Larson’s fantastic Where the Heart Beats, which highlights the impact of Zen Buddhism on post-WWII classical music. The fact that Larson is a practicing Buddhist, in addition to a respected art critic, makes this book an especially unique compilation of biography and personal history. It’s structure often references John Cage’s posthumous “dialogues” with Erik Satie when […]
