09 April 2007

Joshua Bell Plays in the Subway: A Commentary on American Modernity

This is ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL reading.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html?hpid=topnews

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

brilliant.

D0nnaTr0y said...

I saw this today in the Post! But admit I bypassed it for the crossword...

D0nnaTr0y said...

Ok, crossword is finished (thanks to my dad and oneacross.com) and I read the article. Wow. And not at all surprising.

Wonderful issues raised regarding aesthetics; issues we as musicians should be concerned about.

Think I'll link this on my blog, too!

Anonymous said...

There is a great response to the Joshua Bell article by a NYC subway musician in her blog: www.SawLady.com/blog
She interprets the situation differently from the Washington Post reporters... I thought you might find it interesting.