Accordion Crimes - Musique

Philosopher And Musician David Rothenberg Is The Author Of Why Birds Sing Basic Books 2005 Also Published In Italy Spain Taiwan China Korea And Germany. His Feature-Length Documentary Why Birds Sing Was Shown On BBC4 In June 2007. Rothenberg Is Also The Author Of Sudden Music Improvisation Art Nature Georgia 2002 Blue Cliff Record Zen Echoes Codhill Press 2001 Hand's End Technology And The Limits Of Nature California 1993 And Always The Mountains Georgia 2003 . His Most Recent Book Is Thousand Mile Song About Making Music With Whales. It Comes Out In May 2008. It Is Accompanied By A New CD Featuring Live Music Together With Whales Called Whale Music. He Was The Editor Of The MIT Press Journal Terra Nova Nature And Culture And Edited The Various Terra Nova Books Based On The Journal Including The Book Of Music And Nature Wesleyan 2001 And Writing The World On Globalization MIT 2005 . His Articles Have Appeared In Parabola Orion The Nation Wired Dwell Kyoto Journal The Globe And Mail Sierra And The New York Times. Rothenberg's Music Connects The Living Sounds Of The Natural World To The Traditions Of Global Rhythmic Innovation And Improvisation. Inspired By The Melodies And Beats Of Birds Insects Whales Water And Wind He Blends Spontaneous Musical Inventiveness With A Sense Of Rhythm Exhuberance And The Listening To Nature. As A Clarinetist DAVID ROTHENBERG Has Performed And Recorded With Marilyn Crispell Jan Bang Scanner Hamid Drake Glen Velez Karl Berger Peter Gabriel Ray Phiri Nils Økland And The Karnataka College Of Percussion. He Has Seven CDs Out Under His Own Name Including "On The Cliffs Of The Heart " Named One Of The Top Ten Releases Of 1995 By Jazziz Magazine. His Book And CD Why Birds Sing Have Received Much Attention In The USA England And Australia. The Book Has Come Out In Italian Spanish German Mandarin Taiwanese And Korean. It Was Turned Into A BBC Feature Documentary Featuring Laurie Anderson Beth Orton And Jarvis Cocker. Rothenberg Has Performed Many Concerts Of His Music Interwoven With Natural Sounds All Over The World. read less