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Preacher's Daughter: Mourning and Spirituality in Steve Reich's Response to 9/11

Music post by Kristin Rawls on September 14, 2011 - 10:46am; tagged composers, death, grief, mourning, New York City, Preacher's Daughter, religion.

Responses to September 11 have been fraught from the start. As I thought through the problem of grief over the weekend, I was gratified that NPR posted the new work by minimalist musicians Steve Reich and the Kronos Quartet, WTC/9/11. Here's a sample: 

 

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Tuning In: Liz Phair, composer

TV post by Alyx Vesey on April 23, 2010 - 8:00am; tagged 90210, alternative rock, composers, Exile in Guyville, In Plain Sight, indie rock, Liz Phair, Marisa Meltzer, selling out.
A brief consideration for Liz Phair's burgeoning career in television as a composer.

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