ACL 2025 ~ The Year’s Best Album Covers

There will never be enough time to listen to all the music being released, even in the instrumental field; but there is enough time to check out all of the album covers.  A winning album cover immediately gives an album

Lila Tirando a Violeta ~ Dream of Snakes

Kate Bush once sang, “let me sleep and dream of sheep.”  In contrast, Uruguayan composer Lila Tirando a Violeta dreams of snakes.  But in true gothic-industrial fashion, she welcomes the vision, connecting it with her ancestors while translating it into