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David Brittan is a writer and editor, and curator of The Necessary.
Charley Pride, Vince Gill, John Pardi against a desert backdrop
February 25, 2021June 17, 2021

Great country voices

February 12, 2021March 15, 2021

Schubert and the sea of choices

Carol Krauss B/W portrait against orange phonograph horn
January 20, 2021March 9, 2021

Lyrical landscapes

November 24, 2020March 15, 2021

ALL HANDS / News & reflections: Jobim’s Waters

A man and woman sit on a large slab of rock
November 19, 2020November 24, 2020

WONDER OF THE DAY / Against Geologies

Hazel Scott at the piano with bass in background
November 18, 2020March 15, 2021

SUBLIME-A-TRON / Hazel Scott at 100

Black and white upshot of seven tall birch trees
October 22, 2020March 17, 2021

I think that I shall never see

J.S. Bach in gray tones with yellow hightlights
October 10, 2020March 15, 2021

Powered by Bach

Brass servants' bells mounted on a wall
September 13, 2020March 19, 2021

Bells are ringing

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Street in Florence, Italy, with BAR sign in foreground and Palazzo Vecchio tower in background. Photo by Steve Netsky.
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