May is typically the month when our season begins to wind down, and although we might have a couple of summer gigs, the most intense and nutso stuff is usually behind us, and we can enjoy the slow emergence from...

I recently wrote an article for KUSC’s May Newsletter, which has just been published, about the experience of planning the 2009 Ojai Festival. You can read it here, but I’ve also posted it below: eighth blackbird was named Music Director of...