Robert Kirby's first commissioned work as a string arranger was for his former college friend Nick Drake's debut album Five Leaves Left, which he decorated with sublime, autumnal and quintessentially ...

Writes Peachy of Cottage Grove: “Just like Aunt Bean’s mom [BB, 2/25/2009], my parents called anyone curmudgeon-like a ‘Crabby Appleton.’ “Those of us who are OTD will remember him from a cartoon that ...

Music Week's round-up of the latest album reissues and catalogue releases. This week we take a look at The Orchestrations Of Robert Kirby, Crabby Appleton and The Very Best Of ...

I planted a crabapple tree in our front yard in 1995 because I wanted to make crabapple jelly once before I die. This bewilders my friends, who have begun to snicker, but the crabapples are finally ...