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Yelena Eckemoff Quartet Release 'Everblue' on L&H Production [REVIEW]

Russian poet Yelena Eckemoff is a classically-trained pianist who emigrated here in 1991. Her 2010 'Cold Sun' turned some jazz heads and, six CDs later, 'Everblue' unleashes her Norwegian dream team in a mesmerizing ode to nature and the ocean.
  • The British Library’s ‘Save Our Sounds’ Program Creates Directory of UK Sound Collections

    The long-feared deterioration of the world's sound collections is a coming to a head with the British Library's last-ditch initiative called "Save Our Sounds". The initiative began in January 2015 with a survey that called upon archivists from across the UK to report their sound collections to the British Library before the ravages of time can further mar the fragile media formats.
  • String Musicians Turn to the Mirror for Practice Perspective and Help

    Recently, Elaine Fine of Musical Assumptions (an invaluable blog for professional musicians), has advocated a practice method for string players that, quite literally, changes their perspective. In order to better observe one's fingering at a profile when playing the violin, she proposes the use of a tilted mirror that aims toward the neck of the instrument.
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