On this Fourth of July, here’s a little Americana, courtesy of Samuel A. “Skip” Livingston. Livingston, a self-professed admirer of the music of Jerome Moross (composer of “The Big Country”), captures some of that same open-air lyricism on his recent album, “Gentle Winds,” issued on Navona Records, the classical music division of PARMA Recordings.
As a clarinetist in The Blawenburg Band, Livingston has a busy summer ahead. The band will present its annual Independence Day concert at Yardley Community Centre, in Yardley, PA, this afternoon at 4:00. Its lawnchair series at Hopewell Train Station will commence on Monday at 7:30 p.m. On Tuesday, Livingston will direct the Blawenburg Dixieland Band at Mary Jacobs Memorial Library in Rocky Hill. And that’s just the tip of the snow cone.
Find out more about Livingston, the Blawenburg Band, and more, in my article in this week’s edition of U.S. 1 Newspaper – PrincetonInfo.