Petrushka shrovetide fair on the accordeon
It’s well known that the Shrovetide Fair bit of Petrushka has many imitations of accordeon sounds and techniques in it, but this amazing performance on the accordeon by Boban Bjelić…
Polonaise and mazurka: the ultimate internet resource page
This is probably the most wonderful site I’ve ever come across in the very specialised world of music for dance: a page of links to the the content of Polish…
‘Digital natives’? I don’t buy it
I can’t usually watch more than two minutes of a televised debate without fast forwarding or switching off altogether, but I was completely hooked by all 100 minutes of the…
Music, technology & the body
I was intrigued by a reference to “Mrs Bagot Stack’s Women’s League of Health & Beauty” in Clement Crisp’s exsibilating review in yesterday’s Financial Times of Michael Clark’s th in…
Dancing to words
Interesting blog by Eleanor Turney in the Guardian about dancing to words, and what makes it work or not work. It’s a topic that interests me a lot, ever since,…
Francophone music criticism online
Francophone Music Criticism is an online collection of just that, from the period 1789-1914. Lots of stuff very well organized and all searchable and browsable. Because of the period and…