by Bert Seager | December 14, 2020 | News
I couldn’t help noticing the convergence of two big reassuring national news stories today: the electoral college vote – as constitutionally required asserting Biden’s official designation as the next president – and the vaccine’s introduction today into...
by Bert Seager | July 22, 2020 | News
Most people who have seen me play in public over these past ten years would probably agree that I do my best to welcome an audience into a convivial space, one that over the course of an evening becomes sacred – which I define as sanctified by the deep listening...
by Bert Seager | February 7, 2020 | News
In 1985, when I was coming up as a young musician in Boston, I went to a local recording studio with “my” band to make my first record. I was able to sell the music to a jazz label, get a contract for a second record, and even a great review in the New York Times,...
by Bert Seager | December 29, 2019 | News
I imagine you are waist deep in the excellent “decade’s-end” Sunday New York Times – with special sections on what just happened, who died, and what we might be looking forward to. There is even excellent children’s section on the body. As you know, we are all...
by Bert Seager | July 22, 2019 | News
I am writing from my little studio apartment on the 20th floor of a 23-story building here in north Shanghai. This apartment is a welcome refuge from the lively and often chaotic streets below. I am into my eighth and final week here in China. Feeling so grateful...
