ACL 2022 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year

Thousands of submissions, hundreds of reviews, and it all comes down to this: The Top 20 Albums of 2022!  Our headlines: women dominate, filling the top five spots, and a former champion returns to the top. The top three albums

ACL 2022 ~ Top Ten Experimental

This year’s selections are eclectic and exciting, and feature an array of uncommon instruments, radio transmissions, field recordings, experimental voice and even opera.  These artists represent the cutting edge of music ~ the outer fringe that may seem strange today

ACL 2022 ~ The Year’s Best Album Covers

Physical albums have never been harder to find.  So why are album covers more important than ever? The answer is simple: people shop for music online, and the first thing they see is the image.  While few people have the

Hatis Noit ~ Aura

Aura is the exemplar of the human voice as instrument.  While Hatis Noit often seems to be singing words, her debut album is wordless and otherwise instrument-free.  A sample of the ocean near Fukushima is the only adornment.  Her vocal range, applied to