Diary of Musical Thoughts

Putting aside the egregious editing mistake in the header -- note that this is a singles list, not a songs list -- this is a rare 90's ...

Tonight's concert was wonderfully varied and was headlined by the sensational Martha Argerich playing Shostakovich's Piano Concerto ...

I was surprised to see an album by the fourth best act from the second most famous 90's Bristol scene featured in Pitchfork's Sunda...

Two great works by two symphonic masters -- and also a daring bit of programming.  Schubert's Unfinished is by far the more popular work...

John Eliot Gardiner's recordings of Schumann's orchestral works are both celebrated and controversial – it depends on who you ask. ...

The sentence above is the money line from Elizabeth Lopatto's piece about Spotify for The Verge.  She's ostensibly writing a book r...

I picked up this 10 CD box several months ago and listened to it in fits and spurts, but in the past week I made a point of listening to th...

December 15 was traditionally the day that I would roll out that year's Top Ten list(s).  For the fifth consecutive year, that won't...

I'm still hyped up on New Order since finishing both seasons of the Transmissions podcast, so let's drag out this historic live reco...

Having read more than my share of JD/NO books/articles/interviews over the years, including all three of Peter Hook's very candid autobi...