Author

Andrew Lee

R. Andrew Lee is an avid performer of minimal piano music and records for Irritable Hedgehog Music.
Image
Image

Zero, Minimal Music for 2 Pianos by Jeroen Elfferich (Arabesque)

First, if you’ll allow a brief diversion before I begin this review, I must say it is good to be bac...
Author
Andrew Lee
Image

F*ck you. Pay me: Some Thoughts on Musicians and Money.

Yesterday morning, Ellen McSweeney wrote an excellent piece detailing payment trouble she and others...
Author
Andrew Lee
Three Preludes Cover

Leah Kardos: Three Preludes on Bigo & Twigetti

It was just over two years ago that Leah Kardos released her first album, Feather Hammer. Kardos dre...
Author
Andrew Lee
Three Solo Pieces

Lubomyr Melnyk: Three Solo Pieces on Unseen Worlds

The music of Lubomyr Melnyk (b. 1948) has enjoyed a resurgence of late. In 2007, the fantastic label...
Author
Andrew Lee
Lonesome Roads Cover

Dan Visconti: Lonesome Roads on Bridge Records

My first encounter with Dan Visconti's music was courtesy of the Aeolus Quartet and their debut albu...
Author
Andrew Lee
Leah Kardos: Machines Cover

Leah Kardos’ Machines on Bigo and Twigetti

I invited David D. McIntire, composer and founder of Irritable Hedgehog, to review Leah Kardos' soph...
Author
Andrew Lee
Lisa Moore

Lisa Moore: Stainless Staining on Cantaloupe

Some albums are good. They are worthy of a listen, enjoyable, and an excellent way to pass the time.
Author
Andrew Lee
Randy Gibson

5 Questions to Randy Gibson (composer, co-founder of Avant Media)

Randy Gibson is a composer and performer living and working in New York City. He is the co-founder o...
Author
Andrew Lee
Bruce Brubaker

Bruce Brubaker at the University of Denver

This is a review that I hadn't intended to write. I've had the pleasure of hearing Bruce Brubaker pe...
Author
Andrew Lee
Record Grooves Under Microscope

2012 in Review: Listening

It's that time of year again. Electric companies are excited about the diminishing daylight and the...
Author
Andrew Lee
Image

Minimalism is Boring (and that’s OK)

Last May, I had the wonderful opportunity to present at a conference on time and the arts in Caen, F...
Author
Andrew Lee
Weirdo Records

Music I’m Buying: France Jobin’s Valence

Music I’m Buying is a series dedicated to reviewing albums that are not sent gratis to I Care if You...
Author
Andrew Lee
Arvo Pärt - Photograph by K. Kikkas

Arvo Pärt: Creator Spiritus on Harmonia Mundi

Minimalist music seems a natural fit for setting texts of the Orthodox and Catholic churches. Both h...
Author
Andrew Lee
William Duckworth - Source: http://www.theurbanlist.com

William Duckworth (1943-2012)

I, like so many will, received the news of William Duckworth's death via Kyle Gann's blog. If you ar...
Author
Andrew Lee
Christopher Campbell

Sound the All-Clear by Christopher Campbell

Other evils there are that may come; for Sauron is himself but a servant or emissary. -Gandalf, The...
Author
Andrew Lee
Weather Duo

Music I’m Buying: From Field to Platter by Weather Duo

Music I'm Buying is a series dedicated to reviewing albums that are not sent gratis to I Care if You...
Author
Andrew Lee
Photo (some rights reserved) by chriszak - Flickr

Music I’m Buying

Since joining the I Care if You Listen team, I have been privileged to have the opportunity to revie...
Author
Andrew Lee
counter)induction

Group Theory by counter)induction

CDs are not live music. CDs have to compete for our attention in ways that concerts never do. They n...
Author
Andrew Lee

Erdem Helvacioğlu, Eleven Short Stories

Let's play a word association game. If I say, "prepared piano," many of you might think "John Cage."...
Author
Andrew Lee
Image

Aeolus Quartet, Many-Sided Music

You might credit Leonard Berstein for inspiring this CD, who described the "many-sidedness" of Ameri...
Author
Andrew Lee

DYGONG – The E·Sessions

Question: When is a group not a group? Answer: Don't ask DYGONG. - CD Liner Notes The CD arrived in...
Author
Andrew Lee
Georg Friedrich Haas

JACK Quartet · In the Dark

I used to be able to count the number of profound, live musical experiences I've had on one hand. It...
Author
Andrew Lee
Alfred Brendel - Photo by Betty Freeman

Performers as Co-Composers

I am not a governess who treats the composer like a child and tells him what he should compose. I tr...
Author
Andrew Lee
Adrian Knight - Self-portrait

Time of My Life by Adrian Knight

Twitter has surprised me. I initially was one of the skeptics, assuming that the 140 character limit...
Author
Andrew Lee

Never Miss an Article

Sign up for our newsletter and get a weekly round-up of I CARE IF YOU LISTEN content delivered straight to your inbox every Friday.