Posts Tagged: Richard Allen
Max Richter ~ In a Landscape
Max Richter would not mind at all if you curled up with a good book while listening to his music. His new album is intended to be a bookend to The Blue Notebooks, one of the artist’s earliest and best loved
Max Richter ~ In a Landscape
Max Richter would not mind at all if you curled up with a good book while listening to his music. His new album is intended to be a bookend to The Blue Notebooks, one of the artist’s earliest and best loved
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
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
Francesco Leali ~ Let Us Descend
Halloween is still more than two months away, but it arrives early on this release. Considering the fact that Christmas flyers are already landing in our mailboxes, it seems fair game. Not everyone is a child of summer, and this
Francesco Leali ~ Let Us Descend
Halloween is still more than two months away, but it arrives early on this release. Considering the fact that Christmas flyers are already landing in our mailboxes, it seems fair game. Not everyone is a child of summer, and this
Party Dozen ~ Crime in Australia
It’s hard to believe that the first video from this album debuted nine months ago, but that’s how long it takes to prepare a baby. Now this party-rocking, riff-happy album is ready to be unleashed upon the world. And while
Party Dozen ~ Crime in Australia
It’s hard to believe that the first video from this album debuted nine months ago, but that’s how long it takes to prepare a baby. Now this party-rocking, riff-happy album is ready to be unleashed upon the world. And while
Masayoshi Fujita ~ Migratory
The widely esteemed vibraphonist and marimba player Masayoshi Fujita has enlisted the aid of some astonishing collaborators on Migratory, but the greatest guest star may go unnoticed by those who only stream the recording. Renowned travel writer Pico Iyer (A Beginnier’s Guide
Masayoshi Fujita ~ Migratory
The widely esteemed vibraphonist and marimba player Masayoshi Fujita has enlisted the aid of some astonishing collaborators on Migratory, but the greatest guest star may go unnoticed by those who only stream the recording. Renowned travel writer Pico Iyer (A Beginnier’s Guide
Johnny Bell ~ Field Trips
“Banjo drone” is the very definition of a micro-genre, currently so small we’re not aware of any other album in it. This is the solo territory of New Mexico’s Johnny Bell, who approaches music with a collector’s ear and offers
Johnny Bell ~ Field Trips
“Banjo drone” is the very definition of a micro-genre, currently so small we’re not aware of any other album in it. This is the solo territory of New Mexico’s Johnny Bell, who approaches music with a collector’s ear and offers
Glacier ~ A Distant, Violent Shudder
A camera crew captures an astonishing moment. At first there is the large, imposing mass, shattering all sense of scale. Then, by a stroke of serendipity, the glacier cleaves, a huge segment, as wide as tall as a skyscraper, falls
Glacier ~ A Distant, Violent Shudder
A camera crew captures an astonishing moment. At first there is the large, imposing mass, shattering all sense of scale. Then, by a stroke of serendipity, the glacier cleaves, a huge segment, as wide as tall as a skyscraper, falls
Lia Kohl ~ Normal Sounds
Many people find solace in the sounds of nature; but what about the ordinary and maudlin sounds of turn signals, checkout counters, refrigerators and the like? Lia Kohl is attracted to such sounds, and places them in musical settings on her
Lia Kohl ~ Normal Sounds
Many people find solace in the sounds of nature; but what about the ordinary and maudlin sounds of turn signals, checkout counters, refrigerators and the like? Lia Kohl is attracted to such sounds, and places them in musical settings on her
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