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Vijay Gupta’s Path To Music

Being “in dialogue with an audience that otherwise would never have access to that music” opens up what Gupta calls “a mutual space of listening.” - Strings

Who, And What, Will Be Nominated For An Emmy?

Let the predictions - and snub predictions: Small Axe and WandaVision, perhaps? - begin. - Los Angeles Times

Where Are All Of The Great Black Concert Films?

Though parts of Summer of Soul were on YouTube for years, most of the recordings languished in a basement. In those decades, white filmmakers made Woodstock an icon. - The Guardian (UK)

Broadway Is So Ready To Open Back Up

Wow: "Just two months ago, only one Broadway show had plans to open in the new 2021-2022 season. Now there are 43." - Washington Post

An Oral History Of The Weird Movie That Became A Feminist Classic

That's right: Legally Blonde. - The New York Times

The Attacca Quartet Made It Through The Pandemic

They even recorded, while collaborating over Zoom and using other tools, a new album. "This whole record is sort of like poster child of pandemic production." - NPR

Turns Out Everything We ‘Knew’ About Kids And Reading Was Wrong

For instance, boys like fiction just as much as girls do. And developing brains need stories - that is, fiction - in order to grow. - LitHub

The UK Suddenly Has A Lack Of Filming Space

Disney and Netflix need the UK, but they're not alone, according to a new report that says it's time to build more studios and soundstages. - The Guardian (UK)

Vinyl Is A Perfect Medium For Discovering Classical Music

Why? "The rough edges of a medium are what allows us to get a grip on it. When I hold a record in my hands, there’s no getting around its physicality, its presence, its here-ness." - Washington Post

Why Netflix Movies Look So Weird

It's technical: The company "requires narrative feature films made for Netflix be shot on cameras with a 'true 4K UHD sensor.'" - Fast Company

An Investigation Into Sony Music Australia Yields Hordes Of Complaints

More than 40 former employees have contacted the investigating law firm "since allegations of a toxic workplace culture first aired and its Australian chief executive was removed in June." - The Guardian (UK)

At Last, Bringing A Native Perspective To The Met

Patricia Marroquin Norby (Purépecha) lives to "show you how a 19th-century ceramic, textile, carving or painting is made and how it is connected to the contemporary works." - The New York Times

Anti-History Is On The Rise

History needs context - but not according to a certain faction on the American right-wing political spectrum. - The Atlantic

Creating An Opera About The Ugly Side Of Desire

Composer Amanda Feery got a range of advice about composing her first opera, and she decided to ignore almost all of it. - Irish Times

The New TV Series ‘Schmigadoon’ Tries To Sing Away Problems Of American Musicals

And that only works because its musical-theatre-loving creator writes all of its songs - every single one. - American Theatre

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