I saw you this morning ( Read more... )

A great woman died on Monday. Unless you are in the classical music community, I doubt that people have heard of her. But she is a musician's musician.

Anyway, a lovely tribute from David Patrick Stearns.
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/magazine/daily/14973917.htm

And a rare profile in the New Yorker.
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/? ( Read more... )

I have this song in my head. It's not a bad thing ( Read more... )

I've been listening to a lot of African music lately. Malinese blues gets to me. All of sudden it occurs to me, I might hear Mongolian blues, but not Chinese blues. Funny about Chinese music, they sing a story or about love, but rarely about their own feelings. Actually, come to think of it, Malinese blues is mostly about the land and the people, ( Read more... )

I've been listening to a lot of music and reading poetry. Yeah...it means that I am fixated and depressed. Anyway good things come from it because I come across lots of pretty things. I downloaded this gorgeous Mandarin lullabye today - "Green Island Serenade". This song is so sad and has such a longing ache that it makes me cry and cry ( Read more... )