Category Archives: Modern Composition

Jakob Lindhagen, Vargkvint, Boris Rogowski ~ a cottage at the end of the road

Late last winter, three musicians drove to the end of a narrow, unlit road in a Swedish forest, where they found a desolate, snow-covered cabin.  They unpacked their instruments, stumbled through the darkness, and were never heard from again.  Just

Jakob Lindhagen, Vargkvint, Boris Rogowski ~ a cottage at the end of the road

Late last winter, three musicians drove to the end of a narrow, unlit road in a Swedish forest, where they found a desolate, snow-covered cabin.  They unpacked their instruments, stumbled through the darkness, and were never heard from again.  Just

Magda Drozd ~ Divided by Dusk

Divided by Dusk is a mysterious, otherworldly album that sounds like a folktale and feels like walking into the forest just as the sun is setting, not knowing what wonders may await.  Will one encounter enchanting creatures, gypsy caravans, a traveling

Magda Drozd ~ Divided by Dusk

Divided by Dusk is a mysterious, otherworldly album that sounds like a folktale and feels like walking into the forest just as the sun is setting, not knowing what wonders may await.  Will one encounter enchanting creatures, gypsy caravans, a traveling

Yamila ~ Noor

Noor is an Arabic word meaning light or divine light. This light comes into play on Yamila‘s album, as the artist seeks to find connection in all things, informed by her time in an ecologist community.  The album has a remarkable fluidity of

Yamila ~ Noor

Noor is an Arabic word meaning light or divine light. This light comes into play on Yamila‘s album, as the artist seeks to find connection in all things, informed by her time in an ecologist community.  The album has a remarkable fluidity of

Natalia Tsupryk ~ Are We Alive?

Ukrainian composer Natalia Tsupryk has appeared twice on Top Ten Modern Composition chart, most recently with Neil Cowley.  Are We Alive? sees her return to the intertwined subjects that characterize her work: opposition to the invasion of Ukraine and reminders that life under

Natalia Tsupryk ~ Are We Alive?

Ukrainian composer Natalia Tsupryk has appeared twice on Top Ten Modern Composition chart, most recently with Neil Cowley.  Are We Alive? sees her return to the intertwined subjects that characterize her work: opposition to the invasion of Ukraine and reminders that life under

The Soft Pink Truth ~ Can Such Delightful Times Go On Forever?

Michael Jordan wore the number 23, which was also the name of a 2007 psychological thriller starring Jim Carrey.  There are 23 flavors in each bottle of Dr. Pepper, 23 pairs of chromosomes in the human body, and 23 players

The Soft Pink Truth ~ Can Such Delightful Times Go On Forever?

Michael Jordan wore the number 23, which was also the name of a 2007 psychological thriller starring Jim Carrey.  There are 23 flavors in each bottle of Dr. Pepper, 23 pairs of chromosomes in the human body, and 23 players

Husk Husk ~ Agnus Dei (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Agnus Dei premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2025, and concentrates on a very singular subject: the blessing of lambs whose wool will later be woven into liturgical garments.  This ancient Benedictine practice is portrayed with great reverence by Italian

Husk Husk ~ Agnus Dei (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Agnus Dei premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2025, and concentrates on a very singular subject: the blessing of lambs whose wool will later be woven into liturgical garments.  This ancient Benedictine practice is portrayed with great reverence by Italian

Kris Davis and the Lutosławski Quartet ~ Solastalgia Suitę

Dramatic, confrontational and unapologetic,Kris Davis and the Lutosławski Quartet‘s Solastalgia Suite tackles the climate crisis head on, with the intention of shaking listeners from their apathy before it is too late. The title is a new word coined by philosopher Glenn Albrecht

Kris Davis and the Lutosławski Quartet ~ Solastalgia Suitę

Dramatic, confrontational and unapologetic,Kris Davis and the Lutosławski Quartet‘s Solastalgia Suite tackles the climate crisis head on, with the intention of shaking listeners from their apathy before it is too late. The title is a new word coined by philosopher Glenn Albrecht

Kyle Preston ~ Music for Disappearing Coastlines

Music for Disappearing Coastlines is two things at once: on the surface, the mini-album is an elegy for the land lost by devouring seas, but as composer Kyle Preston writes, this is also a “meditation on loss – of memory, of the

Kyle Preston ~ Music for Disappearing Coastlines

Music for Disappearing Coastlines is two things at once: on the surface, the mini-album is an elegy for the land lost by devouring seas, but as composer Kyle Preston writes, this is also a “meditation on loss – of memory, of the