As 2009 draws to a close, the inevitable flood of "best ______ of the year/decade" begins (or in the case of The Onion, The Top Ten Stories of the last 4.5 Billion Years). Clearly these lists will always generate controversy, based on opinion as they are,...

There will always be those who warn of the impending "death of classical music". But Variety reports on another genre of orchestral music undergoing hard times - the movie score. This may not be readily apparent to many movie goers, as music is still very...

This is one of those things that's probably not supposed to be on youtube... and I probably shouldn't be reposting it here... but what the heck! It makes me smile. Here's Ray Charles, in concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, circa 1981: ...