Smithsonian Folkways is gearing up for another epic release - this of Robert "Mack" McCormick's "unruly collection" that he called "The Monster." - Washington Post
Generally speaking, a sudden cancellation could mean an arena loses out on roughly $500,000 in revenue, according to some estimates. For music’s largest shows—stadium events—a dark night could mean the venue misses out on up to $1 million or more. - The Wall Street Journal
"In this, the 148th season of the company, the tiny core of remaining artists" – most of them escaped to Lithuania and are touring Europe to earn cash – "is battling on in Kharkiv to bring live music, song and dance to the city." - The Guardian
The city's own Baroque-instrument ensembles seem to run out of energy and money after no more than ten years. (The venerable Music of the Baroque persists in playing modern instruments.) But Cleveland-based Apollo's Fire now has a growing concert season and school residency in Chicago. - Chicago Sun-Times
When repeated listenings do deliver, the satisfaction can be deeper than the feeling the easier kind of music brings, at least for me. - The New York Times
Mostly well, writes Peter Dobrin. The three major offerings got a very warm reception from audiences and critics alike; one sold out its last three performances. But one of them — "one of Opera Philadelphia’s best-ever productions" — played to a large but only half-full house. - MSN (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
As the nonprofit world shrivels in importance, mass media consolidates and grows more influential, and its stars grow ever more powerful, as the economic tidal waves accompanying the summer’s two largest concert tours, by Swift and Beyoncé, have demonstrated. - San Francisco Classical Voice
A COVID stabilization reserve fund set up by the orchestra's board has covered that budget hole, but with government pandemic aid over and attendance not all the way back, difficult times do lie ahead. Said the executive director, "We've known this was coming." - CBC
Epic Games (maker of Fortnite) purchased the streaming site for independent musicians 18 months ago. In late September, Epic announced the sale of Bandcamp to audio licensing company Songtradr. That day, most Bandcamp employees lost access to the site; that includes engineers who keep it running. - Wired
The orchestra, with conductor Daniel Harding filling in for Franz Welser-Möst, was to have performed in Haifa, Tel Aviv, and Jerusalem during the last week of October; the engagements have been canceled due to the ongoing attacks by Hamas. Scheduled performances in Austria the previous week will proceed. - Cleveland.com
Discogs is a fairly clunky, definitely old-fashioned website devoted to even older technology: a vestige of an earlier, more idyllic internet that has spent the last decade walking the record-needle-thin line between 2020s algorithmically driven tech monolith and niche unprofitable obscurity. - The Verge
“It’s not that there is no money. There’s a lot of money. It’s just that there must be a reason to spend it. To say, ‘We’re going to have another symphony concert’ is excellent. But what else are you offering?” - Waterloo Record
