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John Doran , April 13th, 2021 08:31 Carla Bley is arguably the greatest living jazz composer; John Doran talks to the woman fellow musicians have nicknamed 'Countess Bleysie' and 'Bleythoven' about foundational free jazz sessions, the magic of The Liberation Music Orchestra and her epic jazz opera, Escalator Over The Hill. Home page photograph courtesy of Tod Papageorge Edward Said immersed himself in the final works of Beethoven, Genet and Beckett while writing his own last book. Said, who produced On Late Style while ill with leukaemia, concluded that at the end of their lives, artists did...

Who is Cecily Strong’s boyfriend Jack? Katrina Schollenberger, SEO Reporter Updated: Apr 12 2021, 16:06 ET SATURDAY Night Live veteran Cecily Strong has kept mostly private about her love life but has allowed audiences in on a few details about her relationship. In her memoir This Will All Be Over Soon, released August 2021, she will provide a little more insight into her boyfriend "Jack." 3 Who is Cecily Strong’s boyfriend Jack? In the essay excerpts from her memoir shared with Vulture, Cecily explains that she met Jack at a Christmas party in 2019. “I talk to the man with the mustac...

Gillmor Gang: Days Go By You may ask yourself, say the Talking Heads. What is this thing working from anywhere? Or as Google says, work from right here in the office. As the vaccines roll on out, some of us are just not ready for returning to normal. On this edition of the Gillmor Gang, the office is a state of mind, served up by Zoom and Clubhouse. It sounds like Clownhouse, with unlimited fungible bozos on the menu. Surely we are binged out, election recalled, floating in a vat of VC alphabet soup. SPACs are everywhere and nowhere, water cooled conversations masquerading as big ticket confe...

By: Francisco Rendon Patrick Pleul / Zentralbild / ZB One Year LaterOn March 12, 2020, one year ago, in an effort to control the spread of the novel coronavirus, the live industry effectively shut down after a coalition of major agencies and promoters announced they were suspending all shows.  On the exact same day, not insignificantly, a group of independent venue owners met to chart a course of action in the face of great adversity. “I went to bed on March 12 with about 40 shows that weekend and when I woke up they were all gone,” James “Di...

One year into the pandemic, many arts, and artists, have yet to retake center stage.