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Been splitting and stacking since July, and now the wood shed is almost full and ready for the winter to come. Somehow satisfying to go out and smack those logs around an get them into shape when so much is uncontrollable.

Two conversations between Dave Douglas and Curtis Macdonald on composing, playing, and technology.

In his lifetime, Aaron Copland gave us so much music, and so much specifically American music. We just heard Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man once again played at an important national moment: the memorial ceremony in Tucson, Arizona. It was uplifting to once more hear that piece under such powerful circumstances.