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Stellarays ~ Winter Resort Music

Winter vacations are on their way, and this album may help travelers to get in the mood.  Winter Resort Music, inspired by “a childhood passion” for watching winter sports on TV, evokes both the Great Outdoors and the Great Indoors:

Stellarays ~ Winter Resort Music

Winter vacations are on their way, and this album may help travelers to get in the mood.  Winter Resort Music, inspired by “a childhood passion” for watching winter sports on TV, evokes both the Great Outdoors and the Great Indoors:

Lavinia Meijer ~ Winter

We’ve been impressed at the versatility of harpists over the past year, from the ambient appeal of Mary Lattimore to the experimentalism of Kety Fusco to the remixes of Lara Somogyi.  This year, Lavinia Meijer follows three seasonal EPs with

Lavinia Meijer ~ Winter

We’ve been impressed at the versatility of harpists over the past year, from the ambient appeal of Mary Lattimore to the experimentalism of Kety Fusco to the remixes of Lara Somogyi.  This year, Lavinia Meijer follows three seasonal EPs with

Meg Mulhearn ~ Let It Burn Through the Night

Ceremony of Seasons returns this week with its seventh pairing, a celebration of the winter solstice that expands to encompass the entire season.  Again the winter wine was released on the solstice, and the album early in the new year.

Meg Mulhearn ~ Let It Burn Through the Night

Ceremony of Seasons returns this week with its seventh pairing, a celebration of the winter solstice that expands to encompass the entire season.  Again the winter wine was released on the solstice, and the album early in the new year.

R. Weis ~ The Reaper & Me

Where do people go after they die?  Is it possible to communicate with them? R. Weis‘ The Reaper & Me is a discussion of such things, as well as a love letter to loved ones lost during the A.I.D.S. crisis.  Recorded in

R. Weis ~ The Reaper & Me

Where do people go after they die?  Is it possible to communicate with them? R. Weis‘ The Reaper & Me is a discussion of such things, as well as a love letter to loved ones lost during the A.I.D.S. crisis.  Recorded in

aus & Danny Norbury ~ Better Late Than Never

The album begins as quietly as winter snow.  Soft piano notes fall from the sky, immersed in cloud-like ambience.  Then the cello notes start to play, yielding a reflective and slightly mournful tone.   By the end of “A Diary

aus & Danny Norbury ~ Better Late Than Never

The album begins as quietly as winter snow.  Soft piano notes fall from the sky, immersed in cloud-like ambience.  Then the cello notes start to play, yielding a reflective and slightly mournful tone.   By the end of “A Diary

Eva808 ~ ÖÐRUVÍSI

We’re only a week away from the Grapevine Music Awards, which will be presented on February 1 by Reykjavik Grapevine.  ÖÐRUVÍSI is one of four albums nominated for album of the year, along with entries from Laufey, Erin Hall and Neomne.  Three

Eva808 ~ ÖÐRUVÍSI

We’re only a week away from the Grapevine Music Awards, which will be presented on February 1 by Reykjavik Grapevine.  ÖÐRUVÍSI is one of four albums nominated for album of the year, along with entries from Laufey, Erin Hall and Neomne.  Three

Shelf Nunny ~ Pronoia

Pronoia is the opposite of paranoia: the idea that fate is conspiring for a person, that others’ intentions are benign, and that everything is working toward the good.  While this attitude, like paranoia, may exist outside of reality, it may also become a

Shelf Nunny ~ Pronoia

Pronoia is the opposite of paranoia: the idea that fate is conspiring for a person, that others’ intentions are benign, and that everything is working toward the good.  While this attitude, like paranoia, may exist outside of reality, it may also become a

Loula Yorke ~ Volta

The tone is ambient, the timbre electronic; Loula Yorke‘s modular synthesizer compositions create a trancelike state that is eminently relaxing, especially now that the occasional drums of Florescence have gone.  This is less of a sea change than a gentle shift,

Loula Yorke ~ Volta

The tone is ambient, the timbre electronic; Loula Yorke‘s modular synthesizer compositions create a trancelike state that is eminently relaxing, especially now that the occasional drums of Florescence have gone.  This is less of a sea change than a gentle shift,