Dan Fogelberg never really fought his reputation as a “sensitive” balladeer. But if his death last weekend at age 56 from prostate cancer only made you reminisce about “Longer” and the gooey yuletide staple “Same Old Lang Syne,” then you might be surprised to learn that his musical personality had a more ambitious side. Fogelberg [...]
Forever twenty steps ahead of the curve, Dallas’ Undermain Theatre presents the Dallas world premiere of Neil Young’s rock opera ‘Greendale.’ Described by the artist himself as a ‘musical novel,’ ‘Greendale’ often draws comparisons with Thornton Wilder’s ‘Our Town’ and Sherwood Anderson’s ‘Winesberg, Ohio’, with its portrayal of the ever-changing face of life in small-town [...]
Check out the Scene segment from last Friday’s “Think,” which features Gini’s Deep In The Arts calendar update. The main attraction, though, is a new short film from KERA’s Rob Tranchin called “Million Dollar Monarch.” The film traces the history of a massive pecan tree in a stately neighborhood on the edge of the Park [...]
Audra McDonald stars in the LA Opera’s performance of Brecht/Weill’s “Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny,” airing on KERA 13 tonight at 8. (Watch video of her singing “Moon of Alabama” here) But the cast also features Patti LuPone, making her debut with the company. Watch tonight and warm up for Ms. LuPone’s performance in [...]
There are two kinds of histories, I was once taught: They’re either beads on a string or marbles in a jar. They either connect events, teleologically, or they accumulate them, layer them. What, then, of a history of histories? At The Dallas Morning News, the editors and copy editors worked diligently to plane down our [...]
It was announced today that Dr. Fred Bronstein, who has served as president and CEO of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra for the past five years, is leaving North Texas to assume a similar post in Saint Louis. Bronstein will take over as president and executive director of the St. Louis Symphony, a traditionally strong orchestra [...]
I will be airing an overview of the life and music of Frank Zappa this Sunday the 16th at 9 pm during 90.1@Night , in observance of Zappa’s birthday and date of death (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993). This is my fourth annual airing of this hourlong tribute, and I will be joined [...]
The following is a theater review by KERA’s critic at large, Jerome Weeks. It aired today, December 14, 2007 on Morning Edition. Before there was National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, before there was A Christmas Story or Bad Santa or all the other dysfunctional families-at-Christmas comedies, there was Alan Ayckbourn’s stage play, Season’s Greetings. Written in [...]
Google Maps conquered North Texas this week by unveiling its street-level view feature for Dallas, Fort Worth and many surrounding suburbs (props to Unfair Park for first letting us know the feature launched). The feature, which was rolled out in Los Angeles, Houston and several other cities earlier this year, means you can get a [...]
Calexico, the Tucson-based music collective that has long been a darling of public radio, has made it a habit of putting together a disc of live recordings after each tour. The group, known for its energy and musicianship on stage (for proof, check out this video clip of an instrumental from their Austin City Limits [...]
