Posts Tagged: ii

ACL 2016: The Happiest Music of the Year

After a year such as this, we could all use some happy music.  But we don’t want silly music; we just want our moods to be lifted so that we can begin to see the good in the world again.  These ten

ACL 2016: The Happiest Music of the Year

After a year such as this, we could all use some happy music.  But we don’t want silly music; we just want our moods to be lifted so that we can begin to see the good in the world again.  These ten

Jean-Michel Blais ~ II

Just ignore the fact that this bright, endearing set has been named II; it’s the debut album by Montreal-based composer-pianist Jean-Michel Blais.  With so many piano albums being released as of late, this one comes as a breath of fresh air.  Multiple tempos

Jean-Michel Blais ~ II

Just ignore the fact that this bright, endearing set has been named II; it’s the debut album by Montreal-based composer-pianist Jean-Michel Blais.  With so many piano albums being released as of late, this one comes as a breath of fresh air.  Multiple tempos

Innercity Ensemble ~ II

Innercity Ensemble‘s II is a study in black and white, but in these improvisations the colors are not always what one might expect.  Each entry comes across as a riff on a theme.  The contrast yields to synthesis, much in the same

Innercity Ensemble ~ II

Innercity Ensemble‘s II is a study in black and white, but in these improvisations the colors are not always what one might expect.  Each entry comes across as a riff on a theme.  The contrast yields to synthesis, much in the same

ACL 2012: Top Ten Electronic

It would appear that the Electronic section of A Closer Listen is the poor relation of the site, which in a way is no bad thing; certainly the remit when the site was founded was to give those artists who

ACL 2012: Top Ten Electronic

It would appear that the Electronic section of A Closer Listen is the poor relation of the site, which in a way is no bad thing; certainly the remit when the site was founded was to give those artists who

Bersarin Quartett ~ II

The musician in me is thinking ‘Why the hell didn’t I think of that??!!’, the music reviewer is dying to find something to criticize, while the human just sits hoping those two would shut up and bask in the brilliance

Bersarin Quartett ~ II

The musician in me is thinking ‘Why the hell didn’t I think of that??!!’, the music reviewer is dying to find something to criticize, while the human just sits hoping those two would shut up and bask in the brilliance