ACL 2024 ~ The Year’s Best Winter Music

This year’s ACL selection of The Year’s Best Winter Music honors every aspect of the season, from gently falling snow to white-out conditions, from winter sports to Antarctic research stations.  Half of the entries are appearing here for the first time,

ACL 2018 ~ The Year’s Best Winter Music

Thanks to climate change, many of us are experiencing longer, colder winters.  It’s no surprise that winter music is also on the rise.  This was a particularly good year for the genre, as demonstrated in two early-year round-ups.  Now that

Terje Isungset ~ Beauty of Winter

It’s almost summer, an odd time to release an album titled Beauty of Winter.  But despite its cold pedigree, the music sounds warm.  The sound of an ice pick may remind some of shave ice, a summer treat drawn from the