In the wake of the horrible violence committed this week in Boston and the ongoing manhunt for the second bombing suspect, we wanted to share a song about hope and peace. This is one of our favorites: One Day by Matisyahu.

Matisyahu has said about the song:

‘One Day’ is the song I’ve been wanting to make since I started my career…it is an anthem of hope with a big beat — the kind of song that makes you bob your head and open your heart at the same time. (source)

Take a few minutes today to enjoy and share this message.

 
McKinley Morganfield, aka Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician born 100 years ago today. We love this video of him playing an impromptu show with The Rolling Stones in 1981!

From Pete Welding’s “Muddy Waters: Gone to Mainstreet”:

Waters performed almost uninterruptedly, invariably giving of his best and often, when circumstances conspired to allow it, setting the night on fire with the strength, passion and conviction that only he could muster. He carried his message to countless listeners, first in Chicago, then all the rest of the U.S. and finally, the world. When he died quietly in his sleep on April 30, 1983, in his home in suburban Westmont Illinois, America lost one of the greatest, most influential and enduringly important musicians of the century, one who had reshaped the course of the blues, set it on a new path and, through the influence he exerted on so many other who followed in his trailblazing wake, completely altered the sound, substance and very character of all modern popular music.

The Russian composer was born on March 18, 1844. We love playing his short composition, “The Flight of the Bumblebee” in our music classes.

Watch how fast this pianist’s fingers move!

 

Happy Birthday, Antonio Vivaldi!

The Italian composer and virtuoso violinist was born on March 4, 1678. This is one of our favorite excerpts from “The Four Seasons” played by Joshua Bell on violin!