Here They Go Again
Their famous treadmill video made OK Go one of the Internet's first viral sensations. Now, they've had to fight their own record company so fans could see their new, mind-boggling video online. Today...
View ArticleGraham Parker
A 35-year veteran of the music industry, British rocker Graham Parker recently took his first stab at penning music for television. When the two TV theme songs he submitted were rejected by the shows'...
View ArticleListening to the Royal Wedding Music
In this week's Arts File, Kerry Nolan speaks with WQXR's Graham Parker and Elliott Forrest about the music played at this morning's Royal Wedding.Two billion people were estimated to have watched...
View ArticleAmerican Orchestras: Endangered Species?
In an effort to better understand the state of the American orchestra and where it's headed, WQXR welcomes four people working deep in the trenches:Anne Parsons, President and Executive Director of the...
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In Helsinki's Sleek New Concert Hall, Clarity Reigns
In a response to a question about what was still not perfect about the brand-new Helsinki Music Center, the architect responded humorously, “we have a problem with the men's toilet on the 4th floor.”...
View ArticleThe Philharmonic Delivers an Inspired Mahler 2nd for New York
Confession. I have worked hard to avoid most of the 9/11 tributes, reflections, reliving and agonies of the past weeks. I chose to watch the George Bush National Geographic interview, and was impressed...
View ArticleWQXR's Beethoven Awareness Month
Graham Parker, vice president of WQXR, and WQXR’s Elliott Forrest give details about the upcoming Beethoven Awareness Month, which includes a “Where’s Beethoven?” photo contest and a 12-hour marathon...
View ArticleRufus Wainwright's Prima Donna: The Plot Thickens
The reviews have been consistent, at least.Music: good/passable/tuneful/neo-romantic. Cast: Variable but overall "pat on the back." Plot: Missing. Clues to this are evident at many moments, but most...
View ArticleGraham Parker And The Rumour Reunited, Christian Scott In The Studio
Today on Soundcheck: In another case of art imitates life and vice versa, the upcoming Judd Apatow-directed comedy This Is 40 depicts veteran British rocker Graham Parker reuniting with his band The...
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Graham Parker And The Rumour's 'Long Emotional Ride'
They say that truth is stranger than fiction. Well, sometimes truth and fiction are the same thing. In the new film comedy, This Is 40, writer and director Judd Apatow imagines the veteran British...
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