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EXCLUSIVE: Jaap Blonk's Sound Poetry Primer @ Roulette
Make no mistake, Jaap Blonk remains the world's foremost sound poet. Make no mistake, Jaap Blonk remains the world's foremost sound poet. The Dutch vocalist's brilliant performance of the Stanford-commissioned Polyphtong--as well as the entirety of Kurt Schwitters' Ursonate, from memory--at Roulette last week more than prove that assertion. Five Quickies: Jackie Evancho to Sony, Andris Nelsons in Boston, Ronald Shannon Jackson Obit, Chinese Classical Music, Destroyer Musical
And with the world's best musicians, singers, dancers and actors going back to repertory work after their summer stocks, there's more good news happening now than there was, say, back in September.
