New Blues News – 6/2/2020 Mike Dangeroux & Inetta Visor – It’s About Time (Raw Dog): Instrumentalist/singer Mike Dangeroux and singer Inetta Visor have joined forces and are making the club rounds. Dangeroux wrote nine of the songs on offer and Visor wrote five. When they are good, like on Dangeroux’s “Under My Skin” or […]

Franz Krommer lived somewhat in the shadow of Beethoven. In 1813 he replaced Leopold Kozeluch (a rival of Beethoven’s) as the Austrian Imperial Court Composer. And that meant his subsequent symphonies, string quartets, and concertos competed with Beethoven’s for the same audience. To my ears, it’s easy to hear Beethoven’s influence in these works. Symphony […]

New Jazz Adds – 6/2/2020 Whit Dickey Trio – Expanding Light (Tao Forms): “Free improvisation is as much an act of discovery as of creation. On their breathtaking debut the new Whit Dickey Trio shines their collective illumination into the heretofore unexplored darkness between them. The album teams the drummer with one of his most […]

Normally the Classics a Day theme for May involved May Day (#SovietaDay). Having a theme centered around social distancing/self-quarantine seemed more appropriate. The challenge for May is post works for unusual solo instruments or works about solitude. Here are my selections for the final week of #ClassicalDistancing 05/25/20 Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020) – Cadenza for solo […]

Moritz Moszkowski was one of the most successful concert pianists of the 1890s. His fame today rests mainly on a small selection of his piano works that test the virtuosity of the performer. But this Polish composer wrote so much more; chamber music, concertos, and orchestral music. With this release, Toccata Classics launches an ambitious […]

WTJU is pleased to host Radio Talks, a two-part series of music-related panel discussions this June featuring current and former WTJU hosts. These include: RADIO TALKS: The state of WTJU (and good music) in a pandemic Friday, June 5, 4 – 5 p.m. REGISTER HERE FM radio is remarkably resilient technology. It’s easy, it’s free, […]