by David Evan Thomas | Mar 14, 2026 | Concerts, My Blog, Poets |
As spring inches toward us, deep In my earthworm heart I’m thinking about music and the rain. More specifically, I’m thinking about Music and the Rain, my song cycle of poems by Michael Dennis Browne for baritone and piano, which will be featured in a Schubert Club...
by David Evan Thomas | Sep 29, 2019 | Composers, Musicians, My Blog, Performers, Poets, Singers |
Listening to Anna Tivel Idon’t remember how I discovered the songs of the Portland-based folk-singer Anna Tivel. It was probably through Folk Alley, an internet radio station that keeps me company while I’m doing computer work. I admired the clear harmony and...
by David Evan Thomas | Jun 25, 2018 | My Blog, Poets, Public figures |
I had been thinking about Donald Hall, wondering how he was getting on. That usually means: pay attention. Twenty years ago, I wrote a song cycle for soprano and piano based on Hall’s baseball writings. In the Country of Baseball, a title I borrowed from one of...
