by Kile Smith | Oct 28, 2010 | Classical music, Music Criticism, Pop Music
The Author Events director at the Free Library of Philadelphia asked me if I would introduce Alex Ross, who was coming here on Tuesday night, October 26th, to talk about his newest book, Listen to This. I was happy to accept, since I enjoyed introducing Ross and John...
by Kile Smith | Nov 21, 2008 | Music Criticism, new music
Andy Kahan runs an outstanding author series at the Free Library of Philadelphia, and booked The New Yorker’s Alex Ross to interview the composer (and new autobiographer) John Adams. Andy asked me if I’d like to introduce the proceedings, which I was of course happy...