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2019-09-30 16:29:06
Co-Founder Jann Wenner Steps Down From Rock Hall Of Fame
In time, Wenner, who founded the Rock Hall with the record executive Ahmet Ertegun, became more associated with the institution than any other figure — becoming its top negotiator in the industry, as well as the person blamed, fairly or unfairly, for its shortcomings. – The New York Times
2019-03-06 11:24:23
Virtuosity and intimacy: Flauguissimo duo A Salon Opera
[…] could be made quite economically, and a suprising number of composers are associated with the guitar. It wasn't so much a virtuoso instrument as a useful and practical one, suitable for all sorts of musical entertainment. And, of course, the instruments relative lack of volume made it highly suitable for salon entertainments. On this disc Johan Löfving plays a restored French guitar dating from the 1850s whilst Yu-Wei Hu plays a contemporary flute by Martin Wenner based on one from the 1790s.Salon entertainments of the 19th century brought the melodies of the opera and classical music into the realm of the popular. On this disc we have the duos own arrangements of three Schubert songs for flute and guitar, 'Fruhlingstraum' from Winterreise, And die Nachtigall and Heidenroslein, all surprisingly effective. For many periods of his life, Schubert never owned a piano, and it was a guitar that was his constant […]
2018-03-02 11:08:00
If James Joyce played the electric guitar...
"If James Joyce played the electric guitar he would probably have made an album like Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," wrote Wenner in a review pitched to High Fidelity magazine (and rejected as "pretentious guff"). That quote is from Joe Hagan's Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine. This controversial profile of print journalism at its peak is a salutary reminder of how in the age of post-print digital plenitude most online music writing no longer even reaches the level of pretentious guff. Take away quotes from Rolling Stone reviews include describing David Cosby's first solo album as "a perfect aural aid to digestion when you're having guests over for dinner", and a piece about a record company convention in Las Vegas titled "The Blind Leading the Deaf Through a Desert". Particularly apposite to the output of today's self-appointed cultural commentators is music mogul […]
2018-03-02 11:08:00
If James Joyce played the electric guitar...
"If James Joyce played the electric guitar he would probably have made an album like Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," wrote Wenner in a review pitched to High Fidelity magazine (and rejected as "pretentious guff"). That quote is from Joe Hagan's Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine. This controversial profile of print journalism at its peak is a salutary reminder of how in the age of post-print digital plenitude most online music writing no longer even reaches the level of pretentious guff. Take away quotes from Rolling Stone reviews include describing David Cosby's first solo album as "a perfect aural aid to digestion when you're having guests over for dinner", and a piece about a record company convention in Las Vegas titled "The Blind Leading the Deaf Through a Desert". Particularly apposite to the output of today's self-appointed cultural commentators is music mogul […]
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