'Tulsa Sounds' book full of surprising nuggets from city's rich music history
The hometown pride is obvious because Lindblad founded a Books About Tulsa (booksabouttulsa.com) venture. He has authored two ...
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Review: BOOK OF SAYS at Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre
Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre kicks off its 2025 calendar year offerings with an offbeat murder mystery/character study by ...
As Years Go By: Marianne Faithfull's Life in Three Recordings
You could tell the story of Marianne Faithfull, who died Jan. 30 at the age of 78, in three recordings - specifically three versions of "As Tears Go By." The British singer initially recorded the song ...
In the hands of Noseda and the NSO, ‘Vanessa’ is better late than ever
A stellar cast of singers lit up Samuel Barber’s masterfully grim tale of love and longing as part of the NSO’s “Opera in ...
Book Club: Let’s Talk About Alan Hollinghurst’s ‘Our Evenings’
This sweeping novel about the life, loves, struggles and triumphs of a queer English Burmese actor is the topic of our ...
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“The song was an expression of my tempestuous private life”: The emotional ’80s ballad that’s just reached one billion streams
After writing the first three chords, I knew something was happening,” Mick Jones recalled of the night in 1984 when he wrote ...
Sense of Place: For this Afghan pianist, music is an act of resistance
That moment sparked his deep love of music, which he pursued after returning to his home country. Fahim eventually received a ...
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One of the Oldest Surviving Operas by a Black American Composer Will Be Performed for the First Time—138 Years After It Was Written
Edmond Dédé's 1887 magnum opus "Morgiane"—billed as "the most important opera never heard"—will finally get its premiere ...
Marianne Faithfull Recalled Recording Hit ‘As Tears Go By’ and Going on Her First Tour in 1994 Memoir
The late singer-songwriter Marianne Faithfull recalled recording "As Tears Go By" and meeting Mick Jagger in 1994 memoir - buy the book online.
How Victorian melodrama turned the sweet music of gothic into something dark and sinister
In 18th-century gothic, music was a light melodic release from dramatic scares. But with the arrival of melodrama in the 19th ...