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Beaux Arts Trio Final Bloomington Show

The C-J’s Andrew Adler, a serious fan of piano trios, scooted up to Bloomington for the final Bloomingtom performance by the Beaux Arts Trio, which is disbanding after thirty-plus years. It’s his subject for his Sunday column Critic’s Commentary.

Hipper than the Hipper Than Thouest Hipster

If you think that your taste in music is the coolest, hippest possible, go read this at Idolator.com and be sure to follow the link to the article at Gibson, after which you may play an record you want to, without shame.

Friday Scene – Guy, Brubeck, LO, Aida, Bickel

J. L. Puckett has been a busy fellow this week: he has a lengthy writeup about Buddy Guy, who is playing tonight at the Kentucky Center. He also previews the Dave Brubeck concert tomorrow at Memorial Auditorium, plus announces Harry Bickel’s new band, The River City Rounders. Finally, the Scene’s music editor reviews the [...]

Major Labels Denounce Capitalism, Ask for Government Help

They pull a thin blanket over their hypocrisy by claiming that they are doing this to ‘benefit the musicians.’

United We Stand, Divided We Fight Over Ticket Sales

He’s all for [cooperation] and says that there should be more cooperation.

Chicago: A ‘Music City In Hiding’ – University of Chicago Study

Hizzoner The Mayor still seems to think that music here began and ended with The Monarchs.

The Joys of StumbleUpon

If you are not pleasantly surprised by the end of your first session, you’re either insufficiently curious or overly websavvy.

Same Song, Verse 2007

It becomes clear that the ‘no-audience’ situation here is likely to only get worse.

Wednesday’s Media

Time to see what the other Louisville media are writing about music in town. With Derby looming on the horizon, most of the Louisville media will be about glitz, glitter and going ga-ga over ’stars’, so it’ll be thin on the music front for a while.

TOver at Velocity, Joseph Lord has a long [...]

Monday Media

Allan Cowan has a commentary in the C-J about the importance of Arts to the community; Andrew Adler reviews the latest Bach Society offering. Marty Rosen reveals some classical knowledge with his review of the Cavani Quartet’s Sunday performance at Comstock Hall.