Happy Birthday, John Lennon – An Unforgettable Life

Today would have been John Lennon’s 70th Birthday. What a travesty he is not around to celebrate it and the world will never experience the music he would have created in the last thirty years. Like with President Kennedy (Elvis and Princes Diana, too), I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing … Read more

Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring – Music that Caused a Riot

Here’s how shocking becomes NOT shocking: Ninety-seven years ago today, a ballet created by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky was unleashed to an unsuspecting Parisian audience. The French audience was used to ballets like Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker Suite—music described as elegant and beautiful. Rite of Spring sounded nothing like those other … Read more