Saturday, November 11, 2023

A disciplined plea for peace – and quiet – from composer Arvo Pärt

The new album of music by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt is a warm blanket of comfort in troubled times.

A new album of music by the 88-year-old Estonian mystic seems to put an arm around you and whisper, "In troubled times, music can help."

(Image credit: Luciano Rossetti/ECM Records)



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Friday, November 03, 2023

The Beatles' 'Now and Then' is a wistful curiosity, 45 years in the making

The Beatles, pictured here in 1969, just released what

The Beatles' final song could never live up to the body of work that precedes it. But it could never diminish it, either.

(Image credit: Bruce McBroom/© Apple Corps Ltd.)



* This article was originally published here