ACL 2023 ~ The Year’s Best Winter Music

At A Closer Listen, we make a clear distinction between winter music and music that is released in winter.  Winter music is evocative of the season and latitudes in which snow and ice take up permanent residence.  The catch is that some

Eldbjørg Hemsing, Arctic Philharmonic ~ Arctic

If Arctic already sounds like an award winner, it’s no coincidence; the album includes compositions from Jacob Shea (Blue Planet) and Frode Fjellheim (Frozen).  But the connecting tissue is the splendid vision of Norwegian violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing, who has arranged the work