Optimism is high regarding a return to something that might resemble our pre-pandemic normal, so feel free to celebrate with a tentative high five – it is National High Five Day, after all – or by checking out one of this week’s live, in-person events. This is still mostly a list of the best
virtual bets, but as the city continues to baby step closer to more safe, in-person art experiences we’re all for it too.
Apollo Chamber Players will close their digital season on Thursday, April 15, at 7:30 p.m. with
Music of Exile, a virtual concert featuring new commissions from Syrian-American composer Malek Jandali and Israel-born composer Gilad Cohen, and a world premiere from Rice faculty composer Richard Lavenda. The performance, presented in partnership with Holocaust Museum Houston and Rice University’s Jewish Studies program and Bonuik Institute for Religious Tolerance, also marks Apollo’s return to in-person activities since the beginning of the pandemic. Though limi
Crowded House and the alchemy of the band: An interview with Neil Finn by Jonathan Pearce of the Beths thespinoff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thespinoff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By: Gideon Gottfried
Emma BanksEmma Banks is the co-head of CAA’s London office. Her roster includes Florence + The Machine, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Muse, System Of A Down and more. She’s one of the few agents who’s set foot inside the Royal Albert Hall during this past year: As host of ILMC’s Arthur Awards, which were streamed from an empty Hall on March 4, Banks had the entire building almost to herself for one evening.
She’s also part of the Hall’s anniversary committee in charge of curating the celebrations. Despite being mad busy navigating this crisis (“we’re cracking on with it, we’ll get there,” she says), she found the time to share some of her experiences at the London landmark venue.
Sunday morning coming down
Eating lunch at Vellee’s in the skyway during a break in the Chauvin trial last week, I heard a good cover version of the Crowded House hit “Don’t Dream It’s Over.” I loved that song for its craft and uplifting spirit when it hit the charts in 1987 and later went to see Neil Finn (the group’s primary songwriter) when he performed solo one Monday night at the old Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis.
I thought if I ever put a 60-minute setlist together, as the artists featured on WUMB’s Guest Mix show do, that song would have to be on it. Here is a setlist exploring a few of the nooks and crannies of my taste in popular music for my own mix this morning.