“The biography became, in effect, two stories: one, in which Harss deftly traces the formative patterns of Ratmansky’s distinctive and prolific career, and a second shadow story, in which Harss herself grapples with the unfolding conflict, the changing international landscape of the ballet world, and, most compellingly, the shifting identity of her subject.”
A Magpies’ Mix Tape featuring female instrumentalists over the years.
A collection of all the articles we’ve published over the past month, for those who like to savor their Magpies’ tidings as an issue.
Luke Lawrence takes stock of the world’s most forward-thinking record label’s recent releases.
When you’re an artist, when you care about something very much and have no one to share it with, the world can feel very cold.
A collection of all the articles we’ve published over the past month, for those who like to savor their Magpies’ tidings as an issue.
A Magpies mix tape of rambling songs.
“Folklore rules the mythical landscape of Mike Ejeagha’s music; his lyrical calibrations are more about the prosody of folksongs and folktales; his language of the music is Igbo, and the purpose is didactic,” Brilliant essay about Mike Ejeagha by Chimezie Chika.
A collection of all the articles we’ve published over the past month, for those who like to savor their Magpies’ tidings as an issue.
The liner notes of Jimmy Smith’s Home Cooking describe a certain song as a series of blue truths. And here we are, all exploring our blue truths. All of us turning to music and art and literature for comfort when those truths become too blue.
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