Video: Auguste Rodin Sculpting in his Studio (rare footage)
This is a unique film of the father of modern sculpture, Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), working in his studio in Paris. What is particularly interesting is the close up of the … Continue reading
Video: Marlene Dietrich’s screen test for The Blue Angel
In 1929, Josef von Sternberg began assembling the cast for the first major German sound film – Der Blaue Engel. A classic of Weimar cinema, the 1930 film featured Marlene … Continue reading
Video: 1959 — The Year That Changed Jazz Forever
In 1959, four albums were recorded that took music in a new direction : Kind of Blue by Miles Davis; Time Out by Dave Brubeck; Mingus Ah Um by Charles … Continue reading
Video: B.B. King animated by Blank on Blank
In this animated video by Blank on Blank, B.B. King tells the story behind the naming of his legendary guitar Lucille and talks about his attitude toward life and music. … Continue reading
Jose Padua: Sabotage
In the middle of the crowd this woman standing next to me swinging her hips, doing a dance that looks like a leisurely swim except she’s standing, keeps saying over … Continue reading
Jose Padua: What’s Best About True Greatness Is How Fragile It Is
Strings tuned just right, they can break apart. What keeps the notes together, the words opposing, confronting, complementing, informing one another is this. It’s not just scale or grammar, score … Continue reading
Video: “War Music” by Kate Tempest
Poet Kate Tempest performs “War Music” with improvised accompaniment by Tongue Fu.
Video: “Peace Piece” by Bill Evans
Hailed as one of the most beautiful and evocative solo piano improvisations ever performed, Bill Evans’s “Peace Piece” is an unrehearsed modal composition that he recorded for his “Everybody Digs … Continue reading
Video: “Renegade” by Kate Tempest
Kate Tempest is the most exciting thing to happen to the English language in a long time.
