Diary of Musical Thoughts

The upcoming premiere of Beethoven's 10th symphony has been making headlines this week, I first learned about it through this feature at...

 The Rolling Stones' drummer was arguably the biggest paradox in rock.  He was a core member of inarguably the most successful (financia...

If you were a Britophile living in North America in the 90's, the story was a familiar one.   Once they'd had some success in the UK...

 My earliest memories of Elton John are from the era of "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" and "I'm Still St...

 This was my first post-pandemic concert and it was in a most unlikely place -- a cultural centre in the small city of Shoham.  Surprisingly...

Like most fans who grew up adoring the Stone Roses' debut album, I was prepared to hate this track-by-track 2013 remake by Flaming Lips ...

 I was intrigued by this album after hearing excerpts on a Spotify playlist ("Classical meets electronica -- classical pieces reworked ...

If ESPN can milk "30 for 30" well past their 30th anniversary, then I can run my series of 20 records I haven't heard in 20 ye...

I just heard about Steinman's passing this past weekend.  I wrote about "Bat Out of Hell II" recently  and since then, I have ...

There is a bottomless pit of boxsets devoted to a single conductor, and rightly so.  It's a shame that there aren't more that focus ...