Philip Glass News and Photos

Cohabiting: Pete Doherty and Macaulay Culkin? There goes the neighbourhood

Thu, May 09 2013 10:08am - Source: The Independent - Music

The odd couple met through New York singer Adam Green, after they both starred in Green's iPhone-filmed, ketamine-inspired flick, The Wrong Ferarri (sic).

Celebrate Brooklyn! announces 2013 line-up (Big Boi, Calexico, Dan Deacon, Waterboys, Mavis Staples, TMBG + more)

Wed, May 08 2013 5:58pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

American folk icon Patty Griffin's timeless songs are "sharp character sketches whose surface modesty often belied a piercing heart" (Boston Globe) that stand among the wonders of the modern songwriting world.

Clash Gigs Of The Week - 6th May

Mon, May 06 2013 1:02pm - Source: ClashMusic.com

Mos Def returns to London this Tuesday, prompting a typically enthusiastic response from hip-hop followers.

A Kick In The Baltics: Estonia Exports Rock, Of Sorts

Thu, May 02 2013 3:46pm - Source: Mojo

Estonia's capital Tallinn is strategically located.

Brooklyn Youth Chorus playing stuff by Arcade Fire/National members w/ Kronos Quartet & in Bang on a Can Marathon

Wed, May 01 2013 6:23pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

PLUS Bang on a Can's social engagement wing Found Sound Nation hosts its Street Studio - a mobile recording studio equipped for passersby and Marathon musicians alike to spontaneously create and record original music!

“Dance Can’t Be Stored”

Wed, May 01 2013 5:28pm - Source: Disquiet

From May 1 through May 7, this stream of Peter Kirn 's forthcoming album, Music for Dance , will play exclusively here on Disquiet.com. Below, Kirn talks at length about the album, which collects music he wrote for choreographers between 2002 and 2011: Many thanks to Kirn for sharing his music with this website's readers.

Amy Dickson: Siren of seductive, late-night sax

Mon, April 29 2013 7:15am - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

The saxophone was only invented in the mid-19th century, so it's a mere bawling infant alongside the violin or the piano.

Big Sur Brooklyn Bridge festival is coming (Philip Glass, Van Dyke Parks, comedy, readings, short films & more)

Thu, April 25 2013 3:51pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

19th - Pop-up book store, including rare Miller manuscripts, letters, and documents, at City Reliquary, 10 am - 6 pm.

Smashing The Philip Glass Ceiling: Verity Susman Interviewed

Tue, April 02 2013 11:04am - Source: The Quietus

When I was eleven years old, my oldest sister lost all movement and sensation in one side of her body.

Park Chan-wook Talks Differences Between Korean & American Films, How 'Stoker' Fits In With His Filmography & More

Tue, March 19 2013 11:19pm - Source: The Playlist

If there is one movie that has caused unending debate around The Playlist water-cooler, it's Park Chan-wook 's English-language debut " Stoker."

Villagers, Philip Glass playing Nico Muhly mini-fest

Tue, March 19 2013 12:03pm - Source: CMU - Complete Music Update

NYC-based composer Nico Muhly is curating a programme of six classical/contemporary live recitals entitled 'A Scream And An Outrage'.

Ólafur Arnalds - Live At The Barbican, London

Wed, March 13 2013 2:25pm - Source: ClashMusic.com

This week sees new ITV drama Broadchurch coming to our screens, a series whose eerily beautiful soundtrack, scored by Icelandic composer-instrumentalist Ólafur Arnalds, is already grabbing attention in its own right.

Madonna's conical bra to go on show at the Barbican

Tue, March 05 2013 2:31pm - Source: The Independent - Music

The singer donned the famous bra and corsets on her 1990 Blonde Ambition World Tour. They will feature in a major exhibition devoted to the French couturier at London's Barbican next year.

Approved: Emily Wells

Mon, March 04 2013 11:16am - Source: CMU - Complete Music Update

Hey, are you excited about Chan-wook Park's first English-language film 'Stoker'?

Week In #Instagigs

Sun, March 03 2013 2:30pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Music

When it comes to commanding stage presences, few indie pop stars hold a candle to Solange.

Christopher Purves interview: From doo-wop to new opera

Sat, March 02 2013 8:36am - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

In 1997, he undertook his first major assignment: a central role in James MacMillan's Inés de Castro.

Interview: Lady Lamb the Beekeeper

Tue, February 26 2013 5:18am - Source: Consequence of Sound

We've had our eyes and ears on Aly Spaltro, the self-taught musician behind Lady Lamb the Beekeeper , since she was just heading for pastures outside of her Maine home.

Patti Smith, Jim James Top Tibet Benefit in New York

Fri, February 22 2013 6:17pm - Source: Rolling Stone

Six monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery opened Thursday's event with a chant blessing, a meditative introduction to a prolific, if jarring, handful of musicians Tibet House co-founder Philip Glass recruited from a list of 80.

Ariel Pink, Rahzel And Patti Smith Join Philip Glass' Tibet House Benefit

Fri, February 08 2013 7:28pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

If there's one thing Philip Glass knows how to do besides compose an avant-garde masterpiece, it's curate an impressive musical showcase.

A guide to Terry Riley's music

Mon, January 28 2013 4:17pm - Source: The Guardian Music Blog

Grand Theft Auto IV, the radio series of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the Who have one thing in common; one composer, in fact – the visionary musician, improviser and creative-consciousness-expander who is Terry Riley.

Book Notes - Todd Hasak-Lowy "33 Minutes"

Fri, January 25 2013 4:39pm - Source: Largehearted Boy

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book.

Serafina Steer - The Moths Are Real

Wed, January 09 2013 11:27am - Source: BBC Music

Serafina Steer plays a harp and sings in a dew-fresh style that lends itself well to storytelling.

LA Philharmonic Fetes Brooklyn

Wed, January 09 2013 5:34am - Source: Bumpershine.com

Because Brooklyn boosterism is in decline, our friends on the West Coast have decided to the fete the Borough of Kings with a week long music festival in our honor.

Philip Glass - Live At Union Chapel, London

Tue, December 18 2012 12:29pm - Source: ClashMusic.com

It's easy to take the Union Chapel for granted, to forget the extent to which live music in the capital would suffer if it were to disappear.

Philip Glass at 75, Union Chapel, London, review

Mon, December 17 2012 4:39pm - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

Can it really be true that Philip Glass , inventor of a "minimalist" style of repeating patterns imitated on a thousand pop albums and film and TV scores, is 75 years old?

Settling the score: Meet the musical brains behind TV's top dramas

Sat, December 15 2012 12:27am - Source: The Independent - Music

In fact, at awards ceremonies or preview screenings, or on the rare occasions when Lunn has to visit the Downton Abbey set (arranging the Scottish dancing music for a ceilidh in the upcoming Christmas special, for example), even the cast don't recognise him.

The Friday Morning Listen: Ravi Shankar – The Sounds Of India (1968)

Fri, December 14 2012 11:59am - Source: Something Else!

For many years, any mention of Ravi Shankar would bring me all the way back to sixth grade.

R.I.P. Ravi Shankar

Wed, December 12 2012 3:41pm - Source: KEXP 90.3 Blog

Perhaps no other artist has brought Eastern music to the West like sitar master Ravi Shankar.

A guide to Philip Glass's music

Mon, December 03 2012 3:27pm - Source: The Guardian Music Blog

But I can't hear anything in Philip Glass 's symphonies – and there are now a mighty 10 of them at the time of writing – apart from windily grandiose bombast, mind-numbing note-spinning, and time-filling composing-by-numbers.

A guide to Morton Feldman's music

Mon, November 12 2012 7:07pm - Source: The Guardian Music Blog

Something strange starts to happen when you listen to American composer Morton Feldman's long, long – and I mean long – late chamber pieces.

A Real Guitar Hero: Jason Becker Interviewed

Mon, November 12 2012 11:00am - Source: The Quietus

The word 'hero' has been bandied about far too much this year, thanks to the Olympics and other displays of pageantry.

Desert Island Discs: Records to Chill By

Wed, November 07 2012 3:20pm - Source: Something Else!

Everybody has their own definition of a "chill" record.

Mike Ragogna: Monday Magic: Conversations With Gary Clark Jr., The Bad Plus' Ethan Iverson, Kaki King and Lindi Ortega

Mon, November 05 2012 6:44am - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

Mike Ragogna : We've got the pianist from that rad, mad and badass group, The Bad Plus. Hey there, Ethan!

Under the Radar Announces Fall Issue Featuring Animal Collective on the Cover

Fri, November 02 2012 9:28pm - Source: Under The Radar Magazine

The exclusive photo shoot was conducted by Tommy Kearns in New York. "From the beginning, we wanted it to be positive energy or positive experience. Along the way some people have viewed some of the things we've done as dark, but for us the energy and joy has always been a part of it."

LIVE REPORT: Tyondai Braxton

Mon, October 29 2012 5:59pm - Source: The Quietus

The record, now almost four years old, was released to much fanfare and an expertly crafted PR campaign – and then Braxton dipped below the parapet again, emerging only occasionally to remix Philip Glass or perform with The Wordless Orchestra.

“If I Hit You, You'd Feel It”: Leslie Winer, Trip Hop's Forgotten Pioneer

Mon, October 29 2012 4:59pm - Source: The Quietus

It is, as we'll no doubt be frequently reminded by its forthcoming deluxe reissue, 21 years since Massive Attack released Blue Lines , giving birth – history insists – to the genre now known as trip hop.

A Strange Love: Depeche Mode's Music For The Masses Revisited

Thu, October 25 2012 9:47am - Source: The Quietus

In the six-year time span between their debut single (1981's 'Dreaming Of Me') and the release of a mighty sixth album, Music For The Masses , Depeche Mode went through a major artistic metamorphosis.