With terse painful poignancy, Glenn Berger details in Esquire Magazine his memory of musicians being brutally humiliated by Bob Dylan forty years ago at the New York recording sessions for Dylan’s historic album Blood On The Tracks. Berger reports that Dylan called out to the players a song to rehearse, then without warning, switched midstream to a different song. If a musician made mistakes anticipating Dylan’s chords, Dylan waved his hands to silence them, signaling that they were off the album. This…
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Selection from Russell Steinberg's Sacred Transitions http://www.bostoncourt.com/events/220/red-hen-press Los Angeles, CA (June 6, 2014)—The American Composers Forum of Los Angeles (ACF-LA) announces the winners of its 2014 Composition Competition. In alphabetical order they are Mark Abel, Kevin Kelly, Leslie LaBarre, Jeffery Parola, and Russell Steinberg. Their contest entries for voice and piano are scheduled to be performed at Boston Court Performing Arts Center on Tuesday evening, July 15 (time TBA). In addition, Red Hen Press will present poetry readings on the program. The performance is free and open to the public (donations are welcomed). For membership to ACF and other information on the presenting organizations, visit the websites of the American Composers Forum, Red Hen Press, and Boston Court.
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