A Thank-You to Reviewers for Musical Voyages

John Roos’ pop music review of Irish harpist Kim Robertson’s concert at Shade Tree (“World Tour--With String Attached,” March 2) is a critique that’s done just right. Though I missed the concert (and too many others because travel is difficult), I did not miss it altogether: Roos’ description was like an “out of body experience” (see Jim Washburn’s story about “journeys into consciousness” in that same day’s View section). While reading Roos’ review, I could almost feel that I was there at the concert.

Previews, too, are much appreciated by this music lover in North County. Some have pushed me into going to concerts that have changed my life. One was Washburn’s preview in January, 1993, of a Richard Thompson concert. “GO SEE HIM!,” Washburn admonished. Another was Mike Boehm’s interview in 1992 with Rosalie Sorrels. I might have skipped that concert, but the interview was too compelling.

Thanks, Calendar section, for my chance to “journey into concert(ness).”

BETTY GLASSER

Anaheim