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• Interview
  on Dec 19, 2016 in Books Interviews Interview Japan Japanese Literature
  An interview with yours truly on the not-so-gentle art of translation. Click the cover of my latest to read on.
• Recognition of Mr. Turtle
  on Dec 12, 2016 in Books Japan Japanese Literature Translation
  As some of you may know, I am a professional translator of Japanese fiction into English (a new translation project has, in fact, kept me from reviewing as of late…but stay tuned). My latest translation is of Yusaku Kitano’s science-ficti...
• Hommage à Eberhard Weber (ECM 2463)
  on Sep 4, 2016 in ECM Releases Jazz Eberhard Weber ECM Records
  Hommage à Eberhard Weber Pat Metheny guitars Jan Garbarek soprano saxophone Gary Burton vibraphone Scott Colley double bass Danny Gottlieb drums Paul McCandless English horn, soprano saxophone Klaus Graf alto saxophone Ernst Hutter euphoniu...
• Daniel Diaz review for RootsWorld
  on Sep 2, 2016 in Non-ECM Reviews Daniel Diaz Reviews World Music
  My latest review for RootsWorld online magazine is of multi-instrumentalist and composer Daniel Diaz’s Swan Song. As a side note, the album’s cover photograph was taken by Juan Hitters, who is a frequent ECM cover art contributor. Clic...
• Living Vividly: The Music of Autumn’s Grey Solace
  on Sep 1, 2016 in Non-ECM Reviews Autumn's Grey Solace Cocteau Twins Ethereal Reviews
  Since the release of Within The Depths Of A Darkened Forest in 2002, vocalist Erin Welton and multi-instrumentalist Scott Ferrell have been conjuring some of the most ethereal spells in the history of the craft. As Autumn’s Grey Solace, they hang n...
• Eberhard Weber review for The NYC Jazz Record
  on Aug 28, 2016 in DVD Live Eberhard Weber Jazz
  At the summit of a prosperous career on stage and, following a decades-long stint with ECM Records, German bassist Eberhard Weber suffered a stroke and has not played since 2007. In October of 2015 (a year in which he also received the Landesjazzpre...
• Two Elliott Sharp reviews for The NYC Jazz Record
  on Aug 28, 2016 in Non-ECM Reviews Elliott Sharp Spoken Word Steve Buscemi William S. Burroughs
  Coming up on four decades as composer and performer, New York’s Downtown deacon Elliott Sharp is at a creative peak. Tranzience documents four semi-recent chamber pieces, the earliest being Approaching the Arches of Corti (1997). Scored for four so...
• Shameless self-promotion
  on Aug 28, 2016 in Personal Game Development Indie Gaming MOBA Mobile Gaming Video Games
  In addition to my music reviewing, translating, and academic activities, I am excited to be a part of a new indie gaming company called Fight or Flight Games. We are currently developing an innovative MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) for mobile...
• Heinz Holliger: Machaut-Transkriptionen (ECM New Series 2224)
  on Aug 25, 2016 in Classical ECM New Series Releases ECM Records Heinz Holliger
  Heinz Holliger Machaut-Transkriptionen Muriel Cantoreggi viola Geneviève Strosser viola Jürg Dähler viola The Hilliard Ensemble David James countertenor Rogers Covey-Crump tenor Steven Harrold tenor Gordon Jones baritone Recorded November 2...
• Liaisons: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano (ECM 2470-72)
  on Aug 24, 2016 in Classical ECM Releases Jazz ECM Records Stephen Sondheim
  Anthony de Mare Liaisons: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano Anthony de Mare piano All pieces were commissioned expressly for The Liaisons Project, Rachel Colbert and Anthony de Mare, Producers. Producer for The Liaisons Project: Rachel Colbert Re...

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