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Rebekka Karijord / London Contemporary Orchestra ~ Songs of Earth
Many of our readers encountered Songs of Earth for the first time in our roundup of The Year’s Best Film Scores. As the film nears international release, we expect it will pick up steam. The same holds true for the
Rebekka Karijord / London Contemporary Orchestra ~ Songs of Earth
Many of our readers encountered Songs of Earth for the first time in our roundup of The Year’s Best Film Scores. As the film nears international release, we expect it will pick up steam. The same holds true for the
Folklore Tapes ~ Larksong / Brown Wardle Hill
Two new LPs from the ever-reliable Folklore Tapes connect music, history and landscape. One is a sonic collage that includes the score to a film; the other is a celebration of local legends played by a brass band. Larksong (pictured above)
Folklore Tapes ~ Larksong / Brown Wardle Hill
Two new LPs from the ever-reliable Folklore Tapes connect music, history and landscape. One is a sonic collage that includes the score to a film; the other is a celebration of local legends played by a brass band. Larksong (pictured above)
ACL 2024 ~ Winter Music Preview: Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz
We conclude our six-part Winter Music Preview with a slew of genres: not only those mentioned above, but doom, dub, raga, Afrobeat and more. During this trip around the world, we’ll meet performers who operate as sonic chefs, spicing their
ACL 2024 ~ Winter Music Preview: Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz
We conclude our six-part Winter Music Preview with a slew of genres: not only those mentioned above, but doom, dub, raga, Afrobeat and more. During this trip around the world, we’ll meet performers who operate as sonic chefs, spicing their
ACL 2024 ~ Winter Music Preview: Modern Composition
A change of direction, an anticipated collection and a slew of soundtracks mark the winter slate of releases in Modern Composition. This music may be elegant, but it’s not just for highbrow audiences; a few of the albums below have
ACL 2024 ~ Winter Music Preview: Modern Composition
A change of direction, an anticipated collection and a slew of soundtracks mark the winter slate of releases in Modern Composition. This music may be elegant, but it’s not just for highbrow audiences; a few of the albums below have
ACL 2024 ~ Winter Music Preview: Experimental
Here’s where the most unique music is found: the music that either captures the imagination or – in its use of abstraction, dissonance, atonalism and more – makes one swim back to the safety of shore. While the outer edge
ACL 2024 ~ Winter Music Preview: Experimental
Here’s where the most unique music is found: the music that either captures the imagination or – in its use of abstraction, dissonance, atonalism and more – makes one swim back to the safety of shore. While the outer edge
ACL 2024 ~ Winter Music Preview: Drone
If ambient music reflects the light of gently falling snow, drone represents the shift from gorgeous to dangerous: white-out conditions, howling winds, frigid temperatures, rattling pipes and overworked heaters. Not that beauty is lacking from drone; the genre finds beauty
ACL 2024 ~ Winter Music Preview: Drone
If ambient music reflects the light of gently falling snow, drone represents the shift from gorgeous to dangerous: white-out conditions, howling winds, frigid temperatures, rattling pipes and overworked heaters. Not that beauty is lacking from drone; the genre finds beauty
ACL 2024 ~ Winter Music Preview: Ambient
A new year, a fresh start, a clean slate: as we turn the page of the new year, we look forward to what it has to offer. We hope it will bring health and happiness, prosperity and peace; but we
ACL 2024 ~ Winter Music Preview: Ambient
A new year, a fresh start, a clean slate: as we turn the page of the new year, we look forward to what it has to offer. We hope it will bring health and happiness, prosperity and peace; but we
ACL 2023 ~ The Year’s Best Film Scores
In 2023, Hollywood strikes and the lingering effects of lockdown slowed the recovery of the movie industry. Audiences showed signs of superhero fatigue, though much of this had to do with scriptwriting. Indie films continued to gravitate to screening, while
ACL 2023 ~ The Year’s Best Film Scores
In 2023, Hollywood strikes and the lingering effects of lockdown slowed the recovery of the movie industry. Audiences showed signs of superhero fatigue, though much of this had to do with scriptwriting. Indie films continued to gravitate to screening, while
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