The Selected Ballads
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Slava + The Raj
›
I recommend watching the entirety of this BBC documentary on the cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, but if you need to be convinced, the two mi...
Friday, January 27, 2012
Recent Record Finds
›
Rounding up some of the better items I've found in recent record digs, stretching back to that annual colossus of record shows, the WFMU...
Monday, January 16, 2012
Best Live Music Seen in 2011
›
Once again, The Selected Ballads strives to be the last blog to submit a yearly Best Of list. The format this year is my top ten (or eleven,...
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Recent Live Music - Run Up to Year's End
›
I'm hoping to put together a year-end list of the best live music I saw in 2011, but in the meantime, here are a few notes on the most r...
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Paul Motian
›
I haven't tried to tally it up, but I may have written more about Paul Motian's music on this blog than any other subject. Before I ...
Saturday, October 22, 2011
The Trip
›
Steve Coogan plays "Steve Coogan" in a film (largely) about Steve Coogan. The relationship of Coogan and Rob Bryden, previously ex...
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Bob Cassilly
›
A few words about the great St. Louis sculptor/builder/doer/civic hero Bob Cassilly, who died this week in an accident while working on his ...
‹
›
Home
View web version