Fall Music Preview 2023 ~ Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz

Post-rock fans will have plenty to rejoice about this fall as a host of big names are preparing new albums.  Explosions in the Sky, world’s end girlfriend, Grails and Spurv are just the tip of the iceberg.  We’ve been waiting

Fall Music Preview 2023 ~ Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz

Post-rock fans will have plenty to rejoice about this fall as a host of big names are preparing new albums.  Explosions in the Sky, world’s end girlfriend, Grails and Spurv are just the tip of the iceberg.  We’ve been waiting

Fall Music Preview 2023 ~ Modern Composition

Fall is a wonderful time to catch modern composition artists on tour, from solo pianists to full orchestras.  The spectrum of moods seems to score the colors of the season.  As the leaves offer one last burst of color before

Fall Music Preview 2023 ~ Modern Composition

Fall is a wonderful time to catch modern composition artists on tour, from solo pianists to full orchestras.  The spectrum of moods seems to score the colors of the season.  As the leaves offer one last burst of color before

Fall Music Preview 2023 ~ Experimental

This season’s experimental albums showcase an incredible wealth of sounds, including tap dancing, suitcases, buckets, scaffolding, woodblock, lemurs and a variety of homemade instruments.  One album is based on the alphabet, while another is inspired by a series of glass

Fall Music Preview 2023 ~ Experimental

This season’s experimental albums showcase an incredible wealth of sounds, including tap dancing, suitcases, buckets, scaffolding, woodblock, lemurs and a variety of homemade instruments.  One album is based on the alphabet, while another is inspired by a series of glass

Fall Music Preview 2023 ~ Electronic

Does any genre ever truly die?  Everything old is new again this fall, as the slate reads like a classic DJ Mag list: trip-hop, breakbeat, electro, psychedelic trance, drum ‘n’ bass.  The 80s and 90s continue to cast long shadows.

Fall Music Preview 2023 ~ Electronic

Does any genre ever truly die?  Everything old is new again this fall, as the slate reads like a classic DJ Mag list: trip-hop, breakbeat, electro, psychedelic trance, drum ‘n’ bass.  The 80s and 90s continue to cast long shadows.

Fall Music Preview 2023 ~ Ambient & Drone

Could this be the best fall slate we’ve ever heard?  We started to get this impression in mid-summer, as the autumn announcements gained momentum.  While summer may be the biggest season for movies, fall is the biggest season for music.

Fall Music Preview 2023 ~ Ambient & Drone

Could this be the best fall slate we’ve ever heard?  We started to get this impression in mid-summer, as the autumn announcements gained momentum.  While summer may be the biggest season for movies, fall is the biggest season for music.

Jóhann Jóhannsson ~ A Prayer to the Dynamo

Hearing new music from Jóhann Jóhannsson is a bittersweet honor; we never know when it will be the last.  A debt of gratitude goes to Daniel Bjarnason, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and the sublime imprint Deutsche Grammophon for sharing this treasure.

Jóhann Jóhannsson ~ A Prayer to the Dynamo

Hearing new music from Jóhann Jóhannsson is a bittersweet honor; we never know when it will be the last.  A debt of gratitude goes to Daniel Bjarnason, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and the sublime imprint Deutsche Grammophon for sharing this treasure.

Paavoharju ~ Yön mustia kukkia

Hearing new music from Paavoharju comes as an unexpected treat.  The Finnish collective made a big splash with Yhä hämärää (2005) and Laulu laakson kukista (2008), both on Fonal Records, and the ascetic Christian brothers and their friends seemed ready to cross over to

Paavoharju ~ Yön mustia kukkia

Hearing new music from Paavoharju comes as an unexpected treat.  The Finnish collective made a big splash with Yhä hämärää (2005) and Laulu laakson kukista (2008), both on Fonal Records, and the ascetic Christian brothers and their friends seemed ready to cross over to

Matthew Halsall ~ An Ever Changing View

As the title and cover art suggest, Matthew Halsall’s ninth album celebrates a subtle change in approach to his music. In contrast to much of his earlier work, he didn’t write this album in his studio in Manchester but in

Matthew Halsall ~ An Ever Changing View

As the title and cover art suggest, Matthew Halsall’s ninth album celebrates a subtle change in approach to his music. In contrast to much of his earlier work, he didn’t write this album in his studio in Manchester but in