Tim Riley, Music Critic

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# Robert Ellis and Caitlin Rose, “All Men Are Liars,” Lowe Country, No Depression Americana and Roots Music. #   #   #

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# By far the most influential musicology of my young adulthood, steering me towards specialization. # via Open Culture: Leonard Bernstein’s Norton Lectures (1973). See Elitism for Dummies (on Young People’s Concerts, 2005) # via NYRB: Why So Popular? by Tim Parks # Touching yourself” was strictly forbidden in the Parks family. My father was an [...]

# Jeremy Denk wrote a piece in the current New Yorker about two of his piano teachers, one of whom we shared. A friend wrote to ask about my reaction, so I replied: # “Joseph Schwartz was really quite a terrific teacher, and invested in the idea of teaching on an individual level. We were all [...]