by Malcolm Pullan | Nov 1, 2010 | Classical Composers, Classical Music, Country, Live Music, Modern, Russia, Shostakovich
It was Halloween last night. And last night I watched a bunch of kids dressed in black scare me witless. These kids didn’t just scare me—they terrified me! I’m not kidding. I was really really scared. And the kids didn’t even say a single...
by Malcolm Pullan | May 11, 2010 | Classical Composers, Classical Music, Country, Hugh Masekela, Jazz, Jazz Artists, Modern, Russia, Shostakovich, South Africa, Theme
Did you catch my news artcle about anti-bullying a few weeks ago? If not, you may want to look at it (click here). In that article I talked about someone called Annie Lynn who has written music to say ‘Stop That!’ to bullies. Well today I want to tell you...
by Malcolm Pullan | Apr 19, 2010 | Classical Music, Live Music, Modern, Opera
If you ask an adult about opera, most of them will make comments like, opera is boring, or opera is only for old people with too much money. To most adults, opera is a mysterious world which only mysterious people enter. They certainly wouldn’t think it’s...