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Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Featured, Nonfiction, Story

Bracing for the Silence of an Empty Nest

by Michelle Cruz Gonzales April 12, 2019October 19, 2022

As her son finishes high school and prepares to leave for college, Michelle Cruz Gonzales looks back on his early years as a pianist and anticipates a future without the sound of his playing filling the house.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction

Bracing for the Silence of an Empty Nest

by Michelle Cruz Gonzales April 12, 2019October 19, 2022

As her son finishes high school and prepares to leave for college, Michelle Cruz Gonzales looks back on his early years as a pianist and anticipates a future without the sound of his playing filling the house.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Bracing for the Silence of an Empty Nest

by Sari Botton April 12, 2019October 19, 2022

In this personal essay, as her son finishes high school and prepares to leave for college, Michelle Cruz Gonzales looks back on his early years as a pianist, and anticipates a future without the sound of his playing.

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story

Shelved: Bill Evans’ Loose Blues

by Tom Maxwell October 8, 2018October 19, 2022

An album that took five months to record sat in the vault for 20 years before finally getting pressed to vinyl.

Posted inBooks, Featured, History, Nonfiction, Story

The Brief Career and Self-Imposed Exile of Jutta Hipp, Jazz Pianist

by Longreads August 4, 2017October 19, 2022

Europe’s “First Lady of Jazz” moved to New York in 1955, played for five more years, then disappeared — while royalty checks piled up with her record label.

Posted inNonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

His Heart, Her Hands: A Pianist Helps a Musician with Fading Memory to Save the Songs in His Head

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands April 15, 2017October 19, 2022

Steve Goodwin was a talented musician, but he never recorded or wrote anything down. As his memory began to fade, his family found a professional pianist to help save the music in his head.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Nonfiction, Quotes

His Heart, Her Hands: A Pianist Helps a Musician with Fading Memory to Save the Songs in His Head

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands April 15, 2017October 19, 2022

Steve Goodwin was a talented musician, but he never recorded or wrote anything down. As his memory began to fade, his family found a professional pianist to help save the music in his head.

Posted inEditor's Pick

His Heart, Her Hands

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands April 14, 2017October 19, 2022

Steve Goodwin was a talented musician, but he had never recorded or written anything down. As his memory began to fade, his family found a professional pianist, Naomi LaViolette, to work with him to save the music in his head.

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