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2 days ago · from the BBC programme Desert Island Discs, 29 May 2011. [1] George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English musician and singer-songwriter. In 1965, he co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd as the bassist. Following the departure of the songwriter, Syd Barrett, in 1968, Waters became Pink Floyd's lyricist, co-lead vocalist and ...
5 days ago · This is a list of singer-songwriters who write, compose, and perform their own musical material. The list is divided into two sections to differentiate between artists categorized as singer-songwriters and others who do not fall under the definition associated with the genre: Traditional singer-songwriters. Others who both write songs and sing.
3 days ago · In 2008–09, his 90th anniversary year, Bernstein was the second-most frequently performed American composer (behind Aaron Copland). In 2018, his centennial year, Bernstein was the third-most played composer worldwide for the year, alongside Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, and Brahms.
4 days ago · David Rogers is a guitarist and composer who The New York Times has described as “a prominent guitarist” and who The Washington Post praised for his “astonishingly florid” improvisations.
2 days ago · Vinyl’s Second Coming: Taking a Trip with Benevolent Antenna Records. thestrangebrew June 27, 2024. Today’s psychedelic and lo-fi music scene is fostered by a dedicated community of listeners and the desire... Read More.
1 day ago · That Shostakovich, for one, had let his guard down is evident in the events surrounding his Ninth Symphony, for which Stalin had ‘suggested’ the composer use Beethoven’s Ninth as a model. Shostakovich, unable to write the victory symphony expected, nonetheless felt safe enough to produce an ostensibly ‘light’ Ninth Symphony in 1945.
4 days ago · Boosey & Hawkes, a Concord company, welcomes Hannah Eisendle to its catalogue. The recently-concluded agreement with the Austrian-born composer who also enjoys international success as a conductor and pianist, includes both new and previously unpublished works. The collaboration is launched with the world premiere of Eisendle’s _Azinheira_ for orchestra on 6 July under Joana Carneiro at ...
