ACL 2024 ~ Music for Stained Glass

In our very first year (2012), ACL ran a year-end list called Music for Synagogues and Cathedrals.  Since then, the boundaries of spiritual music have greatly expanded.  From haunted organ to repurposed hymn, spoken meditation to abraded choir, these artists have experimented

Laurence Pike ~ The Undreamt-of Centre

While many great requiems have been written over the years, their form has remained staid.  How might one inject new life into an old musical form about death?  Can a modern requiem be both unique and reverent?  After losing his

ACL 2019 ~ The Year’s 10 Best Music Videos

The Golden Age of Music Videos ended with the decline of MTV; but as much as MTV launched the popularity of the format, it also delayed its evolution.  In the Silver Age, restrictions are gone.  Videos no longer need to

Laurence Pike ~ Distant Early Warning

The name may be only vaguely familiar but there is a good chance you will have an album (or at least a song) in your collection on which Laurence Pike plays. His regular gig as one-third of PVT (previously Pivot)