Bright Eyes - CassadagaOne of the things that struck Oberst as he and the band went through twenty plus years of music is that he may in fact have been writing the same song this whole time. Not sonically, of course, but conceptually. This last wave contains, in Noise Floor, early Bright Eyes songs so raw Oberst never even released them back in the day, as well as, in Cassadaga and The People's Key, the band's most polished and sophisticated albums. When Bright Eyes toured

Charles Mingus's consummate musicianship made live performance a tricky undertaking

that listening thing is the number one most important factor in any collaboration or cooperative effort

and all his own

very reluctant to talk

" "On the First Warm Day in May

as it showcases an early incarnation of the band

Luke to the Virgin Mary on learning that she was to give birth to Christ

We Came To Dance

urging us onto action - to get out of our seats and fight for the world we believe in

The inspiration for her first work for the Royal Opera House Main Stage is the momentous life and career of cellist Jacqueline du Pre - from her discovery of the cello and her celebrity as one of it's most extraordinary players

Barely a day went by without hearing the Walias either in the background on radio or as an accompaniment to various programs on TV

artistic qualities of her music with the expectations of the cultural policy of the time