The first time was for Africa (USA for Africa) and Michael Jackson was part of the vision. This time we have a vision of Michael Jackson included in the final master of what has become a who’s who classic. Bravo Lionel Richie and Quincy Jones! Just when you thought these things [...]
This music special was recorded last night (24 hours before the original date - Feb. 10 and the DC blizzard). “In Performance at the White House” will broadcast tomorrow (Thursday) February 11 on PBS stations (check local listings). It is heartening to see Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, a member of the original Freedom [...]
Last week while watching the Hope for Haiti 2010 telethon, I happened to catch one of my favorite performers Sting with a smokin’ band behind him that included the Roots. During the instrumental riff, Sting and a guitar player from the band had this fierce thing going. Something familiar caught my ear. [...]
“Walking amid the snows of Winter, or sitting entranced in a darkened room gazing at the firelight, usually evokes in me a mood of reflection, a mood that can be at times philosophical, at others widely wildly irrational; I find myself haunted by memories. For Winter is the season of ghosts; and ghosts, if [...]
The only holiday business I’ve tended to is pulling out some of the old classics.
Check off one Christmas tree, 3 gifts (wow, it’s great to have a checkbook when you can’t figure out what to buy), and the laundry’s done. Tomorrow we start the cookie dough and it’s supposed to snow.
This one’s [...]
Friday night’s “Thriller On H Street” party presented by the Joy of Motion Dance Center + Atlas Studio + H Street Main Street + Auto Zone (for use of the parking lot for the final performance) minus the lights.
First there was the 2-hour dance pre-performance rehearsal. Have to say, the room was getting [...]
Gustavo Dudamel’s October 8 inaugural gala concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall (seriously folks) will be featured on PBS’s Great Performances tonight at 8 PM (EST). Check local listings.
For those of you who’ve kept up with eclectique|916, I attended a rehearsal of the Venezuela’s Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra in April. Dudamel started his [...]
This year, the Nobel Foundation awarded five prizes to women in science, literature, and economics, bringing the Foundation’s total to 41 women Nobel Laureates since its founding in 1901. Scientist Marie Curie was the first woman Nobel Laureate in 1903.
Perhaps Larry Summers should accompany President Barack Obama to the award ceremonies in [...]
SYMPOSIUM: Cuba in the World: Literature, Politics, Performance
Over the weekend, I had the pleasure of meeting Ariel Fernandez at the Future of Music Policy Summit. Ariel’s working on a new documentary “Hip-Hop in Cuba: a Revolution Within the Revolution.” He sent me an email to let me know that he’s in [...]
If you’re in DC, October 4, there’s a free showing of the documentary COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS, an exploration of the creative and legal ramifications of music sampling in Hip-Hop. Executive producer and writer for the documentary Kembrew McLeod will be part of the Q&A.
WHERE: Georgetown University Intercultural Center (ICC) Auditorium
WHEN: Sunday, October [...]
