New York-based composer Nico Muhly teamed up with the Aurora Orchestra and folk singers Robyn Stapleton and Sam Amidon to explore songs from Scotland and the US
Now this sounds like a nice change of pace: Instead of the usual harsh, gloomy winter with icy blasts of wind and dirty snow piled up into April, northern Illinois may be on track for some welcome relief. Let’s go, El Nino. We’re counting on you to deliver some mild weather for our famously chilly metropolis, even as you wreak havoc elsewhere around the world. El Nino refers to a warm-up in .
As I remember it, each year’s first perfect day arrives without warning, fanfare, or prior notice. I observed the brilliance heading toward Toomsuba, Mississippi in 1984, while winding along Highway 64 near the Ocoee River in 1993, and when stretching my legs on the Blue Ridge Parkway one morning in 2005. I probably experienced