Writing on The Altantic magazine’s website, Deborah Fallows pays a fine tribute to composer-pianist Philip Aaberg, and a fine tribute to Chester, the Hi-Line town where Aaberg was born and where he now lives again. The piece is part of American Futures, a project I had not previously heard of. It involves Fallows and her husband, longtime Atlantic contributor James Fallows, flying all over the country in a single-engine plane, sort of a technologically upgraded version of “Travels with Charley.” Here’s a good excerpt from the article, which also has plenty of links to Aaberg’s music:
“Aaberg says, ‘I love this land. There is something about this country that really opens me up.’ Continue Reading →
