Music

Arnold Schoenberg on Gershwin

11 June 1998

Arnold Schoenberg wrote this remarkable appreciation in 1938, the year after Gershwin’s death.

A conversation with Dave Van Ronk

By David Walsh, 7 May 1998

The name of Dave Van Ronk is inextricably linked, first and foremost, to the folk music scene in New York City's Greenwich Village in the 1960s. He played with and knew virtually everyone of musical significance in that decade.

Music should not be a selfish thing

An interview with Sleepy LaBeef

By David Walsh, 16 December 1996

Sleepy LaBeef is as gracious in an interview as he is generous in performance. After the show I asked him:

The country boogie-woogie of Sleepy LaBeef

By David Walsh, 16 December 1996

The recent appearance by Sleepy LaBeef at the Magic Bag in Ferndale, Michigan, confirms his status as one of the greatest living performers of American popular music. It is hard to imagine anyone surpassing LaBeef in honesty, enthusiasm and intensity. All this accomplished at the age of 61, after 40 years as a professional musician.