Maier’s Chicago
The Vivian Maier exhibit at the Chicago History Museum, titled Vivian Maier’s Chicago, is contained in one gallery space, which feels small and restrained considering her stunning and extensive talent, her simple yet mysterious life, and the fact that her work was virtually unknown until it was discovered after her death. Though Vivian went viral in […]
Springtime Can Kill You with Wine Dark Sea: Jolie Holland in Conversation (Part 1)
Jolie Holland has a new record called Wine Dark Sea. Due for release some time next year, it’s sort of a return, but in the same it’s a continued expansion of an ever-widening grip on the varied elements of music that make up her universe. I spoke with her a week before going into the […]
Working in the BBC Soundscape: An Interview with Sarah Class
Recently I got ahold of music for the BBC documentary series Africa and was immediately struck by its quality and talent. Composer Sarah Class, a veteran of BBC as well as many other ventures into disparate territories, manages a landscape of orchestration that is beautiful, compelling, and far beyond what I’ve grown to expect from […]
Diving Down The Rabbit Hole: Hanan Townshend Talks Malick (Part 2)
[Continued from Part 1] GT: Now, according to IMDb, there are some classical pieces that you performed for To the Wonder as well, am I correct? HT: Yeah. GT: Was that brought out from the process of The Tree of Life or was it completely separate? HT: There was a Bach piece and a piece […]
