In Part I, we celebrated two dazzling effects of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s landmark musical Hamilton: with his theatrical retelling of our founding era, he has managed to make American history 1) hot-blooded and 2) cool – at the same time! A third jewel in Mr. Miranda’s crown
Thank goodness, we’re almost through the lull in Hamilton news. After the multi-week coverage of its record number of Tony nominations and many wins, we had extensive coverage on the early July departure of Lin-Manuel Miranda and others from the original cast just a few
Jeanne McCafferty began writing and editing in the midst of her 25 year career in the music and video businesses. Three out of her four novels that were published in the U. S. and the U.K. between 1995 and 2001 are set in the music
When I started on this mission of writing about songwriters and how they weren’t being properly acknowledged, I had absolutely no idea that I’d still be writing on the same topic – singing the same song, as it were – more than two years later. The
If you follow economic or political news at all, you know there has been a lot of discussion about our national infrastructure and the need to rebuild it: our roads, bridges, airports, train stations, cell towers, internet lines – all those things we need to
Admittedly, I'm not a music streaming customer. While I channel some (but not most) of my entertainment through my computer, I actually prefer watching television on a television, and listening to music via CDs or my iPod. Music streaming had not been on my radar
For the first decade of this century I didn't pay much attention to the music business. After close to 30 years in the business – both publishing and records – I was strictly a consumer. I bought my CDs, reluctantly got used to the fact
Talk about being overly optimistic. My previous TheTVolution post seems positively Pollyanna-ish. The headline read: "The Voice Finally Acknowledges Songwriters." Actually, what the December finale managed to do was exactly the opposite – they erased songwriters altogether. We'll get back to The Voice shortly, but the
I'm a huge fan of The Voice, let me say that to begin. The elements of the blind auditions that start each season – the coaches listening to the contestants with their backs turned, the dramatic button pushes that swing the chairs around and the
