An explosive singer-songwriter of the 1970s Kristofferson, who died this weekend aged 88, scored massive hits with ‘Me and Bobby McGee’ and ‘Help Me Make It Through the Night’.
His towering, bearded image made him something of a film star of that period.
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I was thrilled to see this new recording from the Pacifica Quartet on Cedille Records. No extraneous “extras” like on their previous two “America-themed” releases (a clarinet on American Stories and a children’s choir (groan) on American Voices). […]
Michael Tilson Thomas is still pulling them in. Or vice-versa. The retired conductor went to see Paul Simon play at San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall. The post New member of the MTT fan club appeared […]
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: The first we heard of Magdalena Kožená was a mid-1990s album of Bach arias, recorded when she was 22. The voice was at once light and dark — […]
-5.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Cross-cultural cross currents: Jasdeep Singh Degun with Fantasia Orchestra in Terry Riley's iconic In C performed by string orchestra, piano, sitar and tabla at Smith Square Hall")
