Posts Tagged: Richard Allen
ACL 2023 ~ The Year’s Best Winter Music
At A Closer Listen, we make a clear distinction between winter music and music that is released in winter. Winter music is evocative of the season and latitudes in which snow and ice take up permanent residence. The catch is that some
ACL 2023 ~ The Year’s Best Winter Music
At A Closer Listen, we make a clear distinction between winter music and music that is released in winter. Winter music is evocative of the season and latitudes in which snow and ice take up permanent residence. The catch is that some
ACL 2023 ~ The Year in Review
Music offers stability in unstable times, but in 2023, the ground beneath the music industry continued to shift. This year’s top stories: an explosion in musical releases, the sale of Bandcamp, the publication of an ACL-related book and a glimpse
ACL 2023 ~ The Year in Review
Music offers stability in unstable times, but in 2023, the ground beneath the music industry continued to shift. This year’s top stories: an explosion in musical releases, the sale of Bandcamp, the publication of an ACL-related book and a glimpse
Gil Sansón ~ con richard (por la adversidad a las estrellas)
Note to recording artists: when you include a staffer’s name in the title of your release, someone is bound to notice and smile. con richard (por la adversidad a las estrellas may have been written for another Richard, but I’d like
Gil Sansón ~ con richard (por la adversidad a las estrellas)
Note to recording artists: when you include a staffer’s name in the title of your release, someone is bound to notice and smile. con richard (por la adversidad a las estrellas may have been written for another Richard, but I’d like
Ká ~ Pilgrims to the Kingdom of Heaven (Poutníci do Království Nebeského)
Pilgrims to the Kingdom of Heaven is an album about war and peace, past and present, fear and trust. It is an album about faith, but it is also an act of faith. The invasion of Ukraine has reopened young wounds
Ká ~ Pilgrims to the Kingdom of Heaven (Poutníci do Království Nebeského)
Pilgrims to the Kingdom of Heaven is an album about war and peace, past and present, fear and trust. It is an album about faith, but it is also an act of faith. The invasion of Ukraine has reopened young wounds
Action Pyramid & Jack Greenhalgh ~ Mardle: Daily Rhythms of a Pond
Oceans, lakes and streams get all the glory, but Action Pyramid & Jack Greenhalgh are interested in ponds: specifically, the ways in which ponds offer their own take on the dawn and dusk chorus. In Mardle: Daily Rhythms of a Pond, hydrophones capture
Action Pyramid & Jack Greenhalgh ~ Mardle: Daily Rhythms of a Pond
Oceans, lakes and streams get all the glory, but Action Pyramid & Jack Greenhalgh are interested in ponds: specifically, the ways in which ponds offer their own take on the dawn and dusk chorus. In Mardle: Daily Rhythms of a Pond, hydrophones capture
Meitei ~ Kofū III
Back in 2020, we believed Kofū to be the end of a trilogy when it was instead the beginning of a new one. Kofū III concludes Meitei‘s mighty opus, and switches from the electronic realm to the field of experimental ambience, a
Meitei ~ Kofū III
Back in 2020, we believed Kofū to be the end of a trilogy when it was instead the beginning of a new one. Kofū III concludes Meitei‘s mighty opus, and switches from the electronic realm to the field of experimental ambience, a
DELREI ~ Desolation and Radiation
The immediate association is with the spaghetti western scores of Ennio Morricone, but younger listeners may connect Desolation and Radiation with the music from Red Dead Redemption. It’s no surprise that DELREI (Alessandro Mercanzin) is from Italy, as his music is soaked in
DELREI ~ Desolation and Radiation
The immediate association is with the spaghetti western scores of Ennio Morricone, but younger listeners may connect Desolation and Radiation with the music from Red Dead Redemption. It’s no surprise that DELREI (Alessandro Mercanzin) is from Italy, as his music is soaked in
Mikael Tobias ~ As Breath
An exciting release that slides from modern composition to post-rock, As Breath starts with a weighty theme, but can’t hide its exuberance. The morphing tones are the result of a collaboration between Mikael Tobias and friends Crush String Collective (Maria Martine Jagd, Pauline Hogstrand
Mikael Tobias ~ As Breath
An exciting release that slides from modern composition to post-rock, As Breath starts with a weighty theme, but can’t hide its exuberance. The morphing tones are the result of a collaboration between Mikael Tobias and friends Crush String Collective (Maria Martine Jagd, Pauline Hogstrand
a closer listen 