Bobby McFerrin & Yo-Yo Ma's Hush (CD Review)
Who says classical music can't be fun, or that it's just old, slow, and uninvolving stuff fit for rich people with stodgy tastes? Considering that there are so few classical music commercial radio stations left, I suppose that's the popular notion of the genre. I mean, the section devoted to classical music in stores such as FYE and CD Warehouse is tiny when compared to the pop-rock, hip-hop, even country-western departments. And when has an American Idol contestant even bothered to offer a single aria from "Carmen" or "Madame Butterfly," hmmm? (The answer, of course, is "never.") Having been bitten by the classical music bug at the age of 14 after hearing several orchestral film scores, I am not one of those persons who prefers loud rhythmic confections over strongly melodic compositions. I also like to listen to artists who are able to shift musical gears as time goes by and refuse to be pigeonholed into one category such as "pop-roc