This past Sunday at the Hudson Opera House, in the Clarion Concert Series, the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective from England performed a program focused on Robert Schumann (1810-1856) and two English…
by Neil Donnelly He was older, yet she bullied him, never liked others giving him attention. * Kept him from sharing their sleeping quarters, yet, when he died, she would…
by Kevin T McEneaney On a golden autumn afternoon surrounded by blue sky and leaves boasting red, orange, yellow, and brown, the Pete Anderson Trio performed a program of favorite…
Poem and photo by Neil Donnelly In the 1950’s it seemed to go on for hours and every seat was filled as they thundered down at us from the pulpit against…
by William Keller Spring morning, running alone, I hear footsteps close behind me, turn around, see an empty trail, which gives me a feeling both weird and familiar from the…
by Kevin T McEneaney The China Now Music Festival, led by conductor Jindong Cai, is an annual production presented by the US-China Music Institute at Bard College Conservatory in collaboration…
by Kevin T McEneaney Have you ever been to The Grace Note? That’s the basement East Village-like nightclub/cabaret setting for intimate music that hosted the current incarnation of the long-lived…
by Kevin T McEneaney Is it possible that humanity may undergo reverse evolution? * We have AI machines smarter than us. Will AI machines rule over us? Some of these…
by Kevin T McEneaney Last Sunday under the umbrella of Clarion Concerts and cloudy skies, Grammy Award winners, Pacifica Quartet, performed at Christ Episcopal Church, an historic Gothic revival church,…
by Kevin T McEneaney Your taste is connected to nutrition. Organic plants produce higher levels of antioxidants due to fungal endophytes that affect your mouth flavor and aroma, which benefit…