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...English folk music threatened to swallow itself in maudlin tokenism. The Caucus gave Broza an ominously exoticizing introduction: “We want to give you a taste of what Israel is all about.” Fortunately, Broza, a disarmingly charismatic performer, proved that he and his acoustic guitar have universal appeal—although a little knowledge of Spanish and Hebrew couldn’t hurt...
It’s easy to classify Broza as a folk singer, but that label is ultimately too restrictive. He sees the guitar not as a piece of machinery, but as a living body that can produce music in varied and frequently surprising ways. Broza opened the set with a hailstorm of frenzied flamenco-like sequences that rose and fell in intensity and speed. His musical relationship with flamenco is complex and profound (Broza spent much of his childhood in Spain), with even his gravelly voice bearing a striking resemblance to that of Gipsy Kings front man Nicolas Reyes...
...Sonata for Cello Solo (1948, 1953)” on his 1702 Bolognese violoncello in stylish fashion. The first movement, “Dialogo—Adagio, Rubato, Cantabile (1948),” opened with a pulled string that was vaguely reminiscent of my guitar-tuning days. However, Lipkind executed the note—and the rest of the movement—with confidence and extreme command. The continuation of the music explains how the composer has fallen hopelessly in love and is desperately trying to converse with the woman of his heart. However, as Lipkind jokingly noted...
...play—stripped down and open for interpretation. We have some original Flamenco music that I composed with my dad, and that’s going to be the kind of narrator of the show. All of the transitions are going to be a single guitar playing. In line with the subtlety of the music, the technical aspects of the show cater to the directors’ minimalist philosophy. Salas: Our style for the show, which is also our credo, is to give more agency to the actors than the director. Everything is stripped down, the timing is neutral...
...it’s a little weird. Once known as the forerunners of punk, the band seems—on first listen—to have absorbed the musical styles of just about every trend-setting artist of the last two decades. Filled with fast beats and poppy guitar melodies, “The Weirdness,” while maintaining the key elements of the band’s sound, has a distinctly modern feel to it. This mixture has its upsides and its downsides. The Stooges’ infamously primal, sexually explicit lyrics are still there, as is front...