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In #41 we look at tradition. Tradition - but not peasantish, nostalgic turns, yet folklore unveiled and dissected. How it was, how it is, how it will be.
In #41 we look at tradition. Tradition - but not peasantish, nostalgic turns, yet folklore unveiled and dissected. How it was, how it is, how it will be.
"Sugar, Spice & All Things Nice" is a piece about sexism; about sexual harassment, comments between the lines, and offensive jokes based on gender stereotypes. The piece contains stories from people I know personally; it is a collective story, as most of these situations could have happened to any of us. The statements I collected have remained almost completely unchanged. In my music, I prefer a multiplicity of meanings and interweaving of themes, but in this case, the directness of the message was important.
The vision of Sacrum Profanum, especially this year’s edition, catalyzes our thinking on the contemporary issues which we face on […]
Jimmy Smith’s flourishes on the Hammond organ; Herbie Hancock’s and Chick Corea’s experiments with the Rhodes piano; Jon Lord playing […]
I recall an interaction when I was travelling to Montreal for the first time in the summer of 2017, when a fellow […]
Festivals are one of my favorite forms of musical reception. I like listening to music performed live. I like listening to the […]
As much as many would doubtlessly disagree, I have always felt Kraków to be quite a healthy place for both underground music […]