Haythem Mahbouli ~ Last Man On Earth

There was a time when the apocalypse seemed far enough away that movies like The Road and series like The Walking Dead were, whilst undoubtedly horrifying, still entertaining. There was a macabre fun to be had from imagining how we

ACL 2020 ~ The Year’s Best Winter Music

Winter music is more than a seasonal score; it also represents a state of mind. We’ve all been wintering this year: hunkering down, staying in, waiting for the storm to pass.  Will we simply survive, or will we be able

Jochen Tiberius Koch ~ Astoria

Astoria is the second concept album in as many years from Jochen Tiberius Koch, whose last album was a reflection on Walden.  The new subject is the Astoria Hotel, once a crown jewel of Leipzig architecture and hospitality.  While tracing the history

Haythem Mahbouli ~ Catching Moments in Time

A Tunisian composer, living in Montreal, recording an album with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, released on a Japanese label ~ this is the essence of multiculturalism.  Such fluidity is a welcome sign in a world that seems to