The Zodiac Suite by Mary Lou Williams

Ryan Banagale on a recent arrangement and performance of Mary Lou Williams’ Zodiac Suite.

Brian Wilson Reimagines Rhapsody in Blue

Ryan Banagale offers some thoughts on the recently released _Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin_ album. Surprise, surprise: The conversation quickly turns towards _Rhapsody in Blue_.

Paul McCartney’s Library of Congress Gershwin Prize Concert

Ryan Raul Bañagale blogs on the Library of Congress’s 2010 Gershwin Prize winner Paul McCartney, the concert in his honor, and the un-honored collaborative process that made his most beloved songs possible.

Guest Blog by Lincoln Ballard: Review of the 2010 Pop Conference at Experience Music Project

Reporting from his hometown of Seattle, guest blogger, Lincoln Ballard, reviews the 2010 Pop Conference at Experience Music Project. This year’s theme was “The Pop Machine: Music + Technology.”

The Fisk Op. 46 Organ Celebration Series at Harvard

Ryan Raul Banagale reviews one recital in a series of organ concerts at Harvard’s Memorial Church celebrating the instrument’s impending departure and tells us a little bit about why it is time for its approximately 4,500 pipes to ease on down the road.

On the paranoid style in the music of They Might Be Giants

Drew ruminates on a favorite group of his.

Harvard Group for New Music; Firebird Ensemble

Drew reviews the Harvard Group for New Music Concert of last weekend; Firebird’s performance of the Origin Cycle of the present week.