Archives for November 7, 2012

Memo, or tweet, to Ben Ratliff: I owe you one. Somehow, I managed never to have heard of Cécile McLorin Salvant until Mack Avenue, a record company, sent a message announcing that it has signed her. The announcement included a link to a Sunday New York Times story by Mr. Ratliff. In … [Read more...]

I am a radical, having a nature that leads me to perpetual revolt. One thing I can’t understand is why people have such trouble with modern music. It seems to me to be perfectly intelligible. When I hear one of my pieces again, or listen to the record, I don’t see why people could … [Read more...]