Posts Tagged: Richard Allen

ACL 2025 ~ Spring Music Preview: Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz

The world intrudes on every genre of music this season, but the artists we adore resist fascism and dehumanization with every fibre of their being.  By offering a counterpart to the world’s madness, these musicians seek to soothe, inspire and

ACL 2025 ~ Spring Music Preview: Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz

The world intrudes on every genre of music this season, but the artists we adore resist fascism and dehumanization with every fibre of their being.  By offering a counterpart to the world’s madness, these musicians seek to soothe, inspire and

ACL 2025 ~ Spring Music Preview: Modern Composition

Whether celebrating the new season or extending a feeling of peace, composing works about the color blue or new parenthood, or addressing our current societal crisis, these composers create a feeling that maybe everything will turn out all right.  Connected

ACL 2025 ~ Spring Music Preview: Modern Composition

Whether celebrating the new season or extending a feeling of peace, composing works about the color blue or new parenthood, or addressing our current societal crisis, these composers create a feeling that maybe everything will turn out all right.  Connected

ACL 2025 ~ Spring Music Preview: Experimental

Over a year ago, we predicted that experimental music would head in an even more multi-cultural, collaborative direction; this spring’s albums are the proof.  Musicians from disparate genres guest star on each other’s albums, and in many cases co-compose.  The

ACL 2025 ~ Spring Music Preview: Experimental

Over a year ago, we predicted that experimental music would head in an even more multi-cultural, collaborative direction; this spring’s albums are the proof.  Musicians from disparate genres guest star on each other’s albums, and in many cases co-compose.  The

ACL 2025 ~ Spring Music Preview ~ Electronic

Is industrial music making a comeback?  From the sound of this season’s slate, it is.  The darkness of the world seems to dictate its resurgence.  We’ve chopped this preview into Light and Dark halves in order to highlight the contrast.

ACL 2025 ~ Spring Music Preview ~ Electronic

Is industrial music making a comeback?  From the sound of this season’s slate, it is.  The darkness of the world seems to dictate its resurgence.  We’ve chopped this preview into Light and Dark halves in order to highlight the contrast.

ACL 2025 ~ Spring Music Preview: Drone

After yesterday’s massive article of ambient album announcements there arrives a smaller but no less potent collection of drone.  Ironically, despite being a smaller segment of the market, drone recordings tend to find disproportionate success in our Year-End Lists. Two

ACL 2025 ~ Spring Music Preview: Drone

After yesterday’s massive article of ambient album announcements there arrives a smaller but no less potent collection of drone.  Ironically, despite being a smaller segment of the market, drone recordings tend to find disproportionate success in our Year-End Lists. Two

ACL 2025 ~ Spring Music Preview: Ambient

Stay calm; there is still beauty in the world.  One can glean this message in this season’s ambient releases, many of which draw inspiration from springtime, the great outdoors, the environment and the cyclical nature of the seasons.  There are

ACL 2025 ~ Spring Music Preview: Ambient

Stay calm; there is still beauty in the world.  One can glean this message in this season’s ambient releases, many of which draw inspiration from springtime, the great outdoors, the environment and the cyclical nature of the seasons.  There are

Halvcirkel & Anders Lauge Meldgaard ~ Spirit

Spirit reunites Copenhagen composer Anders Lauge Meldgaard with string trio Halvcirkel, following the År & Dag collaboration Fragment 94.  But something’s a little different this time; violinist Pernille Kristiansen is on parental leave (congratulations!) and Meldgaard is stepping up on New Ondomo, billed

Halvcirkel & Anders Lauge Meldgaard ~ Spirit

Spirit reunites Copenhagen composer Anders Lauge Meldgaard with string trio Halvcirkel, following the År & Dag collaboration Fragment 94.  But something’s a little different this time; violinist Pernille Kristiansen is on parental leave (congratulations!) and Meldgaard is stepping up on New Ondomo, billed

Hekla ~ Turnar

Turnar may contain glimmers of sunlight, but it is not a daylight album; this is music for the depths of night and the soul, music of desolation and heartfelt prayer, music for long winters yearning for spring.  Partially recorded in

Hekla ~ Turnar

Turnar may contain glimmers of sunlight, but it is not a daylight album; this is music for the depths of night and the soul, music of desolation and heartfelt prayer, music for long winters yearning for spring.  Partially recorded in