The Courier-Journal’s Andrew Adler has a phoner with soprano Anna Shafajinskaia, discussing her role in the presentation of Tchaikovsky’s “Iolanta,” scheduled for March 21 in Whitney Hall, Kentucky Center. The opera is a joint production of the Louisville Orchestra and the Kentucky Opera.
The Blue Note 70th Anniversary Tour is coming to the Bomhard Theatre tonight. Over at the C-J, J. L. Puckett has a long feature article on the show.
The eponymous release by Rufus Huff arrived in the mail yesterday; I put it on the changer for a spin, especially because it features Louisvillian Greg Martin on guitar. It’s clear from the first few songs that this is real good, straight-forward, old school, guitar-based rock and rock ‘n’ roll. More comments to be [...]
The London, England newspaper The Independent has a long interview with Will Oldham in today’s issue, in which the reviewer and Oldham check and comment on what he has on his iPod. That’s what happen when you reach a level that earns you six pages in The New Yorker