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Steve Reich Awarded Pulitzer Prize

Steve Reich has been awarded the 2009 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his piece Double Sextet: "a major work that displays an ability to channel an initial burst of energy into a large-scale musical event, built with masterful control and consistently intriguing to the ear." (Pulitzer citation)

John Zorn on Equinox Festival

The line-up for Equinox, a new UK festival dedicated to “spiritual discovery and mystical tradition” will have John Zor n along with z’ev , Rob Mazurek and many others. Personally, I got really curious about Pestrepeller , an experimental drone-rock Noise group made up with musicians, broadcasters, writers and designers, including Edwin Pouncey (aka Savage Pencil). Equinox - London, Conway Hall, 12–14 June EquinoxFestival.org

New Tom Waits bio

The May issue of The Wire is out now! On the Print Run section there is a new biography of Tom Waits by Barney Hoskyns - Lowside Of The Road: A Life Of Tom Waits : "A ventriloquist, but no dummy" ! The Wire -  May 2009