David Wallace

Conosciamo già molti elementi del surriscaldamento globale: dalle cause, le emissioni di carbonio nell'atmosfera e l'inquinamento dell'aria, agli effetti, le sempre più ricorrenti crisi idriche e i limiti della produttività agricola e alimentare, l'accelerato scioglimento dei ghiacci polari, l'innalzamento del livello dei mari e il moltiplicarsi delle inondazioni lungo le coste, gli incendi disastrosi e i fenomeni temporaleschi estremi, la mutazione di alcune malattie e la loro diffusione, l'instabilità economica, i conflitti e le guerre civili per il controllo delle risorse, le conseguenti e inarrestabili migrazioni. Basta questo per intravedere un futuro spaventoso per il pianeta e per la nostra esistenza. Un futuro di cui il giornalista David Wallace-Wells ci offre una mappa dettagliata attraverso il resoconto dei molteplici «effetti a cascata» del riscaldamento globale e delle sfide che esso comporta..

Blues Music Award-nominated vocalist Nora Jean Wallace shows us all how it’s done on her new album Blueswoman. Released October 30th, 2020 on Severn Records, the record is a knock-down drag-out blues party that shines a bright light on Wallace’s big voice and bold presence. The set was produced by Severn label boss David Earl, who also contributes guitar work on four songs, and was tracked at Severn’s studio in Annapolis, Maryland. Legendary blues star Kim Wilson of The Fabulous Thunderbirds adds his always-incredible harmonica talents to one song and the Severn studio band, which is Johnny Moeller (guitar), Steve Gomes (bass), Kevin Anker (organ), Steve Guyger (harmonica), Stanley Banks (keyboards), and Robb Stupka (drums), handles the rest of the album with ease and expertise. The resulting record is ten tracks of perfectly-handled straightforward blues that’ll grab you by the headphones and stand your hair on end.

GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2015 - BAROQUE INSTRUMENTAL RECORDING OF THE YEAR. This recording is the first time that the five-stringed Amati has been used to record the 6th suite and it is the only original five-string cello in existence in the UK and unique in being the only one by this maker. The Cello Suites are performed on two gut-string cellos Suite Nos. 1-5 on a Francesco Ruggieri from 1660 and Suite No. 6 the five-stringed Cremona cello by A. & H. Amati from c.1600, both tuned to Baroque pitch. Bachs cello suites are renowned as the pinnacle of the instruments repertoire and are performed here in period performances by the internationally acclaimed cellist, David Watkin. David Watkin has been performing Bachs Cello Suites in concert for 35 years, and Bachs unaccompanied cello repertoire has taken him all over Europe, from the Palace of Frederick the Great at Potsdam to the Prague Spring Festival, and, as part of Sir John Eliot Gardiner's Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, included performances sitting by the font in which Bach was baptised.

Con questa raccolta, uscita la prima volta negli Stati Uniti nel 1999, Wallace fa ancora un passo avanti estremizzando ulteriormente la sua cifra stilistica. Qui le tecniche d'avanguardia sono messe al servizio di una visione crudele almeno quanto assurda è la realtà che mostrano. La scelta della formula "intervista" non potrebbe essere piú sarcastica.