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Knoxville's Big Ears fest caters to adventurous audience

By Liz Stinson on 11:23 AM on January 13, 2009

There's yet another reason to save up your hard-earned cash and travel to the musical state of Tennessee. Only this time, don’t expect bars full of cover bands, hippies or the CMT headquarters....  read more

Found in: Concerts, News

Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

By Sean Edgar on 10:20 AM on November 25, 2008

Release Date: Nov. 18Director: Matt WolfCinematographer: Jody Lee LipesStudio/Run Time: Plexifilm, 71 mins.Uneven documentary maps journey of abstract music savant You know you're bound for notoriety and distinction when minimalist composer Philip Glass describes you as “eccentric,” no matter what trade you specialize in. This proved especially true for Arthur Russell, a musical savant and ambient maestro who indefinitely stretched the definition of pop music during his forty short years as a cellist, vocalist and disco producer....  read more

Found in: Movies, Reviews, Local:NYC

Philip Glass says hi-ho to opera about Walt Disney

By Michael Saba on 5:45 PM on October 2, 2008

What to do with three Academy Award nominations, eight symphonies and a swathe of film scores and solo works under your belt? For esteemed classical composer Philip Glass, the next logical step would naturally be an opera about the life of Walt Disney, right? So it's no surprise, then, that he was commissioned to do just that....  read more

Found in: Culture, News

Philip Glass box-set retrospective due in September

By Henry Freedland on 4:23 PM on August 13, 2008

In a move that seems suspiciously fitted to its pun-triumphant name, a box set of avant-classical composer Philip Glass's work entitled, yes, Glass Box, will be released on Sept. 23 by Nonesuch Records....  read more

Found in: Music, News

Philip Glass doc features Martin Scorsese, Errol Morris

By Mark Krotov on 12:00 AM on January 15, 2008

He’s one of the world’s greatest living composers. He’s been nominated for three Academy Awards. He has even been parodied in an episode of South Park, which is truly the culmination of any successful artist’s career. Now, the (non-satirical) spotlight will shine on Philip Glass himself, and not his music. Koch Lorber films will release Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts. Directed by Scott Hicks (the man who brought you Shine and No Reservations), the documentary was shot in the year and a half before Glass’s 70th birthday. Hicks interviewed Martin Scorsese, Errol Morris and many others for...  read more

Found in: Music, News