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Other Matters: Bell In The Metro

April 11, 2007 by Doug Ramsey

It was not my intention today to serve as a referral service to other peoples’ work, but the two blogs mentioned in the above item deserved referral. The next recommendation demands it. Gene Weingarten wrote the story for last Sunday’s Washington Post. It is about the classical violinist Joshua Bell playing for tips in the Metro, Washington DC’s subway. It is about much more. It is about us, what is important to us and what we make time for in the United States in 2007. The story is long. It has a video component. To read, see and hear it, click here.
I thank Hotel Pianist for pointing us toward this remarkable piece of work.

Doug Ramsey

Doug is a recipient of the lifetime achievement award of the Jazz Journalists Association. He lives in the Pacific Northwest, where he settled following a career in print and broadcast journalism in cities including New York, New Orleans, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, San Antonio, … [MORE]

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