Joshua Van Tassel ~ Dance Music Volume Two: More Songs for Slow Motion

Volume One (2014) was a gift to Joshua Van Tassel‘s wife, a dancer and craniosacral therapist; Volume Two is a gift to us all.  More Songs for Slow Motion is “beauty composed as a response to the world’s ugliness,” softly uplifting and romantic at

ACL 2018 ~ The Year’s Best Packaging

During the giving season, we remember the importance of packaging.  Not only do we want our gifts to look well-wrapped, we want what’s inside to appeal as well.  One can’t wrap a stream or a digital download.  This brings us to one

Joshua Van Tassel ~ Crossworlds

The album was already a blast ~ a dramatic orchestral rock project featuring underwater field recordings from Newfoundland and a generous array of newly created instruments.  But then they went ahead and added a hardback book, pumpkin colored, gold gilded

A Backward Music Trio

This season, the Backward Music label is trying something new: releasing music every few weeks in different formats.  The latest trio includes a slice of pink vinyl, a digital download and a download with zine. Upon seeing the logo of