Posts Tagged: piano and coffee records

Klangriket & Sjors Mans ~ Origami Birds

The sweet story of Sadako Sasaki and 1000 origami birds is translated to music and poem by Klangriket & Sjors Mans.  First popularized in the book Sadoko and the Thousand Paper Cranes, the tale of a Holocaust survivor attempting to complete the

Klangriket & Sjors Mans ~ Origami Birds

The sweet story of Sadako Sasaki and 1000 origami birds is translated to music and poem by Klangriket & Sjors Mans.  First popularized in the book Sadoko and the Thousand Paper Cranes, the tale of a Holocaust survivor attempting to complete the

Jaime del Adarve ~ Las Horas

The pairing of painting and music makes this a special little release.  The cover art comes from the Barcelona-based artist’s aunt, Conchi Escamilla, the internal art from a pair of other local artists, Adolfo Lozano Sidro and Snorri Arinbjarnar.  We

Jaime del Adarve ~ Las Horas

The pairing of painting and music makes this a special little release.  The cover art comes from the Barcelona-based artist’s aunt, Conchi Escamilla, the internal art from a pair of other local artists, Adolfo Lozano Sidro and Snorri Arinbjarnar.  We

Hara Alonso ~ Notions of Hope

Hope. Such a positive word. Yet, as Hara Alonso writes in the thoughtful introduction to her new album, when different groups have different hopes, serious conflict can arise. While many in our parents’ generation hoped that hard work would secure

Hara Alonso ~ Notions of Hope

Hope. Such a positive word. Yet, as Hara Alonso writes in the thoughtful introduction to her new album, when different groups have different hopes, serious conflict can arise. While many in our parents’ generation hoped that hard work would secure

Anna Salzmann & Garreth Broke ~ Healing + Hiding (Reworks)

Valentine’s Day is the perfect day to cover an album by a couple.  Healing, from abstract painter Anna Salzmann and pianist Garreth Broke, is a pairing of eleven paintings and pieces, a doubling of miniatures.  Hiding (Reworks) is a half-dozen re-imaginings of the track

Anna Salzmann & Garreth Broke ~ Healing + Hiding (Reworks)

Valentine’s Day is the perfect day to cover an album by a couple.  Healing, from abstract painter Anna Salzmann and pianist Garreth Broke, is a pairing of eleven paintings and pieces, a doubling of miniatures.  Hiding (Reworks) is a half-dozen re-imaginings of the track

Adriaan Swerts ~ One

For those of us high up in the northern hemisphere, the nights are drawing in and the temperature has begun falling towards its winter low. We’re more than usually aware of the cold to come: the heat that we’ve taken

Adriaan Swerts ~ One

For those of us high up in the northern hemisphere, the nights are drawing in and the temperature has begun falling towards its winter low. We’re more than usually aware of the cold to come: the heat that we’ve taken

Jakob Lindhagen ~ Memory Constructions

Who are we? Do we construct who we are? Hit play on this beautiful new album from Jakob Lindhagen and consider that it might not all be as simple as you first thought. There’s a fascinating episode of Revisionist History,

Jakob Lindhagen ~ Memory Constructions

Who are we? Do we construct who we are? Hit play on this beautiful new album from Jakob Lindhagen and consider that it might not all be as simple as you first thought. There’s a fascinating episode of Revisionist History,

ACL 2021 ~ Top Ten Modern Composition

This year, we reviewed more modern composition albums than those in any other genre ~ not because more were submitted, but because their overall quality was so high.  We read this trend early in our Spring Music Preview, and it

ACL 2021 ~ Top Ten Modern Composition

This year, we reviewed more modern composition albums than those in any other genre ~ not because more were submitted, but because their overall quality was so high.  We read this trend early in our Spring Music Preview, and it

Plïnkï Plønkï ~ Psalms for a Sunken Moon

Plïnkï Plønkï‘s lunar album is a tiny treasure, a cassette in an A5 box, like the moon eclipsed by the sun.  Ana Stefaniak lends illustrations, Amanda Nordqvist reads verses, and guest musicians from around the world flesh out the compositions

Plïnkï Plønkï ~ Psalms for a Sunken Moon

Plïnkï Plønkï‘s lunar album is a tiny treasure, a cassette in an A5 box, like the moon eclipsed by the sun.  Ana Stefaniak lends illustrations, Amanda Nordqvist reads verses, and guest musicians from around the world flesh out the compositions