Thursday, 12/13/12

by musicclipoftheday

 passings

Ravi Shankar, sitarist and composer, April 7, 1920-December 11, 2012

With Ali Akbar Khan (sarod), et al., “Bangla Dhun,” New York (The Concert for Bengladesh), 1971

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lagniappe

art beat: Art Institute of Chicago 

Here’s my one-word review of the newly opened gallery of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Art, where, Tuesday morning (after a hearing at the nearby federal court building), sunlight was streaming through the windows: stunning.

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