Interview with Eli Winter
Eli Winter’s A Trick of the Light was one of my favorite albums of last year. Winter’s previous work had demonstrated his artistry, virtuosity, and unique musical perspective, but the 2025 record advances Winter’s vision further. It’s a tour de force throughout as Winter presents a sweeping musical portrait of his regular band — Sam…
2026 Big Ears Preview
Everyone has a different Big Ears. There are so many different choices to acknowledge when determining one’s path through the more than 250 individual performances that make up the festival. This has become apparent while covering Big Ears over the past few years and talking to the instantly new music nerd best friends that I’m…
The Many Beginnings of Tortoise’s “Cliff Dweller Society”
If on a winter’s night a traveler, the 1979 novel by Italo Calvino, consists of delineated chapters, each of which are divided into two sections. The first section of the individual chapter is a narrative of the reader trying to read a novel called If on a winter’s night a traveler while the second section…
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