Two pieces of musical magic for Wednesday morning. First up Chet Baker's Almost Blue. Chet's doing a Miles pastiche but man can he make that horn sing. And then there is Daniel Kahn's Yiddish version of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. Personally I think the lyrics are better than the original. Kahn also does a nice line in Yiddish worker's songs, but I admit that might be a bit of an esoteric taste. L'chaim.
What should I ask Philip Ball?
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Yes I will be doing a Conversation with him. Here is Wikipedia: Philip
Ball (born 1962) is a British science writer. For over twenty years he has
been a...
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