WGBH Classical Peformances Named Best of 2006 by iTunes

Here is some great news from WGBH in Boston:The staff at iTunes has honored WGBH 89.7 FM’s weekly classical music podcast, “WGBH Classical Performances”, as one of their “Best of 2006”. Available through iTunes and wgbh.org/classical, the...

Jazz Bassist Marco Panascia

Here is a great video of jazz bassist Marco Panascia soloing over rhythm changes. Notice how Marco uses a positional approach to his soloing. He tends to cross stings and do pivots to stay in a position for a length of time rather than shifting up and down the string....

Adaptistration by Drew McManus

I realized yesterday that I had not added the excellent blog Adaptistration by Drew McManus to my music blogroll. I just did so, and you can find it in my sidebar on the left. Drew’s blog is about the changing face of the symphony orchestra, and it is a really...

Muso Magazine from the U.K.

Muso is a magazine from the U.K. that is aimed at younger fans of classical music. I recently checked out their site, and it looks like a good read. Click the photo to visit the site–they have a survey on the front page that you may want to take.I haven’t...