ACL 2017 ~ Top Ten Modern Composition

Modern Composition was our hottest genre this year, with 28 albums nominated for only ten spots.  From solo piano to full orchestra, consonance to dissonance, giving up to going on, these picks represent a grand variety of composed sound.  Their

haruka nakamura PIANO ENSEMBLE ~ Hikari

Haruka Nakamura‘s Hikari (Light) is the concluding segment of a trilogy, but it’s fair to call it a culmination rather than a sequel.  The 2-disc set revisits the artist’s best performances with Piano Ensemble, and at 85 minutes (plus bonus tracks) offers

Hior Chronik ~ Taking the Veil

If you want to know how to do a release right, just ask the divine Kitchen label. Taking the Veil is the complete package: an art book, promoted by lovely videos, and a beautiful CD, enhanced by numerous guest luminaries.  By

Pill-Oh ~ Vanishing Mirror

One of the recurring pleasures of year’s end is to discover a new pair of releases from the Kitchen label.  Kitchen doesn’t release a lot of albums, but it tends to do so just before the holiday season, which is