Category: Music

Trump is a bummer, but don’t let him bring you down. Love, that’s where it is.

Brahms was really good at composing evocative and emotive music for small ensembles.

Al Jardine, who had toured with Brian Wilson, carries on.

https://www.aljardine.com/shows

Bruce Johnston was touring with Mike Love, but he’s calling it quits.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/music/articles/rock-legend-retiring-touring-more-114541902.html

This is Bruce’s song ‘Disney Girls’.

Here’s the brilliant Roy Wood, sounding like the Beach Boys by way of ELO.

This here blog-a-roo, now in its 20th year, has spanned yet another noteworthy tenure. Back in 2014 I noted Andris Nelsons taking up the baton as musical director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

A musical beginning and end

The end of his association with the BSO has been announced.

“BSO and Andris Nelsons were not aligned on future vision.”

https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/03/06/bso-ends-maestro-andris-nelsons-contract

Violin Concerto No. 1, by Philip Glass. From 1987, five years after Koyaanisqatsi.