A klezmer musician turns her grandmother’s FBI files into musical theater
| 1:00 AM Jun 9, 2009
Eve Sicular is the founder of and drummer for the bands Metropolitan Klezmer and Isle of Klezbos, but her new work offers much more than traditional music. It’s called J. Edgar Klezmer – Songs from My Grandmother’s FBI Files. In the show, Eve combines archival materials, spoken word, and original songs from a variety ...
Musical know-it-alls talk the talk, but can they walk the walk?
| 12:17 PM Feb 10, 2009
Some people love conferences. Me, not so much. The last time I set foot in one was nearly a decade ago, and it was not a happy experience.
I had gone to Austin, Texas, to read a paper at the annual meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, and seeing so many musicologists at close range ...
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