Ancient practice through modern eyes and ears—the result is a success Andrew Druckenbrod, July 2009 The trend of writing new music for period instruments has passed through predictable stages of gi… more →
Kile SmithKile Smith wrote 1 week ago: Part 1 of the interview with Navona is here, Part 2 is here. My additional comments (now, four month … more →
Kile Smith wrote 1 month ago: Ancient practice through modern eyes and ears—the result is a success Andrew Druckenbrod, July 20 … more →
navonarecordsblog wrote 1 month ago: Navona Records artist Piffaro continues to enjoy positive reviews for their album Vespers, which fe … more →
Kile Smith wrote 2 months ago: In March the record company sent me questions, the answers to which would be included in a press pac … more →
Kile Smith wrote 2 months ago: Jim Cotter’s show Creatively Speaking runs every Saturday at 11am on WRTI, and I am constantly amaze … more →
Kile Smith wrote 2 months ago: First off, it’s for sale all these places: Amazon.com (No used copies for sale. Yet.) Allmusic.com A … more →
Kile Smith wrote 2 months ago: Vespers is now released. It’s on the Navona label, where it’s available on download; the CD is also … more →
Kile Smith wrote 2 months ago: I neglected to get to this until now, but our oldest daughter, who not only plays in Piffaro but is … more →
Kile Smith wrote 4 months ago: Just got the word—you can get the CD here. With the recording is a 24-page booklet with texts, tran … more →
Kile Smith wrote 4 months ago: …and this is how I found out that pre-release copies of Vespers were at liberty…a carton from Navona … more →
Kile Smith wrote 9 months ago: Michael Lawrence has posted some nice words, some awfully nice words, about Vespers at The New Litur … more →
Kile Smith wrote 10 months ago: Since the commissioning for the premiere of Vespers is due entirely to the unflagging efforts of Joan … more →
Kile Smith wrote 11 months ago: David Patrick Stearns of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Jim Cotter of WRTI’s Creatively Speaking put … more →
Kile Smith wrote 11 months ago: Okay, we did not record in the original church, as the photo in my pre-recording post indicated. St. … more →