Divamensch

I am a MAJOR fan of Heart, I don't remember a time in my life when I didn't love them. I'm sure my brother Howard had Dreamboat Annie on vinyl pretty soon after it was released in 1975 - - I would have been seven years old, so I was infected pretty early. My favorite songs of theirs are from their early days: "Crazy On You," "Baracuda," "Magic Man," "Straight On," so many amazing songs. Nancy Wilson is a killer guitar player but can we all agree that Ann Wilson has one of th

Barbara and I heard the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center an all-Shostakovich program on Feb 1, 2026. I’ve always loved Shostakovich and clearly need to do a deeper exploration of his music. This was all new music to me and it knocked me out. The first piece was the one I thought I knew - - a Shostakovich piano trio. It turns out it wasn’t the famous trio but an early trio, written when he was sixteen! It had many of the distinguishing characteristics of a Shostakovich