Originally published in the April 2011 issue of Zocalo Magazine. From the dawn of humankind, music has been tightly woven into our species’ history. Might it even be stamped into our DNA? Intentional sounds are certainly created by our planet’s other inhabitants – from birds, cetaceans, cicadas, lizards, frogs, et al. It’s up for debate if those creatures are creating music. Dated examples of early Homo sapiens deliberately creating music are contested archeologically, but if … [Read more...]
City Week: Dancin’ in the Streets
(Published by Tucson Weekly on Dec. 9, 2010.) 2nd Saturdays Downtown 5 to 10 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 11 Various downtown locations 2ndSaturdaysDowntown.com Downtown is the place to be — at least it is on the second Saturday of every month, thanks to 2nd Saturdays Downtown. This month, the festival is showing off a holiday theme. Downtown merchants are preparing decorations to make windows and streets jolly and bright—and there will even be a Horrible Holiday Sweater contest, with … [Read more...]
Metal Rhythms & Spanish Beats
(Published by Zocalo Magazine on Dec. 1, 2010.) Domingo DeGrazia is buttoned down at this lunch interview, but the visual belies a multifaceted character that cannot be defined by shirt-and-tie attire. Attorney by day, Spanish guitarist by night, DeGrazia is a man with passions of robust depth and breadth which translate to his performances. Live shows are utterly captivating – gorgeous notes by his band of adept musicians fly deftly about. DeGrazia’s style culls from many eclectic … [Read more...]
Tucson Weekly Nine Questions: Daniel J. Rylander
Tucson Weekly Music Editor Stephen Seigel invited Dan for a Nine Questions interview after his legal work led to a Supreme Court hearing and decision that led to a 9-0 victory for the case United Student Aid Funds, Inc. v. Espinosa.) Daniel J. Rylander is a bankruptcy attorney with Robinson and Rylander PC, a firm that fought a case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, and won a 9-0 ruling in March (United Student Aid Funds, Inc. v. Espinosa). An avid fan and supporter of the local … [Read more...]
A Future of Family, Friends, Music and Fire
Published by Saint Cloud Times April 19, 2010. by Edith Rylander I'm just back from a wedding in Tucson. Arizona, like Minnesota, is a more complex and diverse place than you might think from reading brochures. There is a tourist Arizona, and a farming and ranching and mining Arizona. There is an Arizona of sunburned old desert rats, and an Arizona of New Age seekers, a Hispanic Arizona that goes back hundreds of years, and a Native American Arizona that goes back thousands. Then there … [Read more...]
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