Word: accompanimental
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Topics ranged widely, from the internal rhymes of John Prine to the difficulty of self-accompaniment to getting an inspiration at 3 a.m. The group talked about song form, about working through mediocre ideas and about the need to avoid preachiness. Various people also took out their guitars, ran through...
Squabbles between two presidential advisers are common, but they rarely reach melodramatic heights. In recent months, however, a battle between Ronald Reagan's two closest counselors has been airing regularly, like a soap-opera accompaniment to news of the Iran-contra scandal. As the sniping between First Lady Nancy Reagan...
Something Wild. (MCA) Sound-track albums are usually a flat-out marketing ploy to give movies a spurious Top 40 identity. This one is different, as kicky and eccentric as Jonathan Demme's inverted thriller (starring Jeff Daniels and Melanie Griffith), which it accompanies. Hearing these ten tunes is like...
No nonsense here. The blues have no tolerance for fancy language or extravagant rhythms. This is music in hard focus and precise form, haiku for voice and guitar. "All my love's in vain," Robert Johnson sang, and whenever that feeling comes around to anyone, it is always to a...
The diversity of Chinese cookery has always been an astonishment, especially for its virtually limitless variations on noodles, dumplings and breads. Those stimulating creations are the subject of Florence Lin's Complete Book of Chinese Noodles, Dumplings and Breads (Morrow; $19.95). Lin has taught cooking at the China Institute in...