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Alexander the Great tread in the footsteps of forgotten Greeks

Scientists have again proven the powers of LIDAR scanning in the jungle at the center of Maya Tikal. What they found was a Teotihuacan replica embassy!

It has the systems to surpass Civilization, but 'strategy snowballing syndrome' is severe in the extreme I’ve had the privilege of playing Humankind four times now. The first press demo was almost a year ago, and was followed by the Lucy and then Victor OpenDev sessions. On this latest occasion, the game build includes the Industrial Era for the first time, and I’m very excited to try it out. As I embark upon another journey through history, I notice that the Neolithic Era feels much better. There are far more ‘curiosities’ – Humankind’s collectible resource caches, equivalent to ...

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, ca. 1905, photographer unknown (Public domain) The name Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) often appears on lists of African-descended composers, but in truth I don’t know that I’d ever heard any of his compositions, certainly not in live performance. Have you, Reader? A new CD has just appeared from Azica Records called UNCOVERED Volume 1 that is entirely dedicated to his music, and at 79 minutes’ duration, it’s a generous sampling. It contains three early works for string quartet, Fantasiestücke (Fantasy Pieces) op. 5 from 1895, and two quintets: one in ...

WTJU Mar 15th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves John Abraham Fisher was all the rage in 18th Century London. He was a violin virtuoso with a streak of showmanship. By his thirties had a share in the Covent Garden Theatre, a hit oratorio making the rounds, and concertized frequently to great admiration (among the public, if not the critics). His six symphonies were published in 1772, and represent an interesting amalgam. To my ears, they had the English sound of William Boyce blended with the Mannheim School techniques of Johann Stamitz. But it’s a blend that works quite effectively. Fisher uses ...