Music: “St. Matthew’s Passion” by Johann Sebastian Bach (1727) I loved barbaric genres of all kinds. Like the ancient slaves herded on before Xerxes’s whips, modern man beats and wrecks his eardrums to prod himself to exertion and listens to depressing slop to heal his broken soul. I no longer listen to angry and depressing music. I like Bach’s “St....
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Dance Kaleidoscope performs original choreography
Indianapolis-based dance company Dance Kaleidoscope performed six original dances in Markel Auditorium on Saturday. The 53-year-old professional group featured modern dance sets with a variety of choreographers. Joshua Blake Carter, the artistic director of the company, choreographed a few of the dances. “I want to illuminate different people from all over the world so that people see themselves on the...
Let them spill beer: Lynyrd Skynyrd live in Michigan
A Lynyrd Skynyrd concert at a Michigan casino in August 2024 is precisely what you’d expect a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert at a Michigan casino in August 2024 would be: a slew of muscle tees, melted makeup, bad facial hair, “wife beater” tank tops, and Miss Me bedazzled jeans. It could have been the crowd at a Trump rally, except these...
Q & A with Matthew Bengtson and John McLaughlin Williams
Matthew Bengtson is a concert pianist, professor, and composer. He is an associate professor of music at the University of Michigan, and he is working on recording a second album with Sierra. John McLaughlin Williams is a Grammy Award winning composer and a concert violinist, pianist, and chamber musician. What was your musical background growing up? Bengtson: My parents were...
