Karlheinz Stockhausen 1928-2007

Karlheinz Stockhausen died on Wednesday 5th December at his home in Kürten, Germany. He was one of the most important figures in modern classical, avant-garde and electronic music.
I was lucky enough to see him in Glasgow in April 2005 when he performed two lengthy pieces at the Tramway as part of that year’s Triptych weekend. [...]

Albums of the year: #21

RICHARD THOMPSON: Sweet Warrior
Richard Thompson has never made a bad album. But many of them are dominated by a couple of classic songs to the detriment of the rest. His best songs seem to exist outside the albums they were drawn from. Sweet Warrior is as close as Thompson’s come for a long time to [...]