music
Remembering protest singer Phil Ochs on his 80th birthday
December 18, 2020Ochs was one of our nation’s most profound singer/songwriters in the period that bridged the Civil Rights, antiwar, and feminist movements.
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The revolutionary history of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
December 8, 2020Like few other composers, Beethoven expresses the will for freedom, the democratic longing of the people.
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‘Accused’: Finnish composer tackles political interrogations from France, GDR and USA
November 18, 2020Living in a firmly established social democracy, Finnish composer Magnus Lindberg probably doesn’t hear very often about political interrogations in his own country, but the subject obviously interests him.
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George Mann’s new CD, ‘The Coronavirus Sessions,’ pure joy in the struggle
November 2, 2020There’s something quite special about his latest CD, made under grueling conditions between March and August of 2020, one of our country’s roughest patches, and there have been a few.
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‘Coming Together’ concert raising awareness for voters rights available to watch now
October 23, 2020Music by radical U.S. composer Frederic Rzewski, African-American composer Florence Price, and Johann Sebastian Bach is featured in an online concert.
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