Posts in the "Music" Category

  • A Tribute to the Courage of Barbara Orbison

    Music

    Barbara Orbison died earlier this month – not a name that most of you will recognize, but a real heroine to me.  Barbara Orbison was a new widow with three young sons when she produced an amazingly powerful memorial concert in 1990 for her late husband, legendary musician Roy Orbison. It was her first huge [...]

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  • Optimism in America – Interesting Insights from Soledad O’Brien and Jane E. Brody

    Music

    I write a lot about optimism in my blog, because I’ve found in my career that economic upheaval was usually downplayed when it started, then it was overblown when it hit full force.  Finally, amnesia set in as soon as things got better. Whether it was the recovery from the ’87 crash, or the aftermath [...]

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  • Horse of the Year– Make that a Filly!

    Music

    You know something’s afoot in thoroughbred horse racing when the two top contenders for Horse of the Year honors are fillies – and one of them has beaten the top colts in the land, including this year’s Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winners, Mine that Bird and Summer Bird. I wrote this spring about the [...]

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