Yesterday There’s this great moment in the movie Yesterday when our hero, Jack, a competent-but-not-superstar guitarist and singer, first wakes up after his accident and finds himself in a world where The Beatles never existed and he is the only person who remembers their
Music in the Time of COVID-19 This weekend I went to three concerts. Well, I streamed them online, anyway.
The YouTube Piano Teacher I write this while Grigory Sokolov, one of the greatest living pianists, plays a recital of some of the greatest works of all time, including Beethoven's Hammerklavier Sonata, on the TV in my living room. And I’m treating it like background music.
Hello, World What is the musical equivalent of Hello World? The C Major scale? A harmonized Happy Birthday? Pachelbel’s Canon?
