Voyageur – Ali Farka Touré (CD Review)
Voyageur Ali Farka Touré Work Circuit Records The late Ali Farka Touré (1939-2006) was one of the most venerated of West African guitarists. His work combined the musical culture…
James Romig’s The Complexity of Distance (CD Review)
James Romig The Complexity of Distance Mike Scheidt, electric guitar New World Records James Romig is best known for his solo piano piece Still, an hour long meditation on…
Ferenc Snétberger and Keller Quartett on ECM (CD Review)
Hallgató Ferenc Snétberger, guitar; Keller Quartett: András Keller, Zsófia Környei, violins; Gábor Homoki, viola; László Fenyő, violoncello; Gyula Lázár, double bass ECM Records Recorded live in the Grand Hall…
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Best Chamber Recording 2017
Terry Riley and Stefano Scodanibbio The Dark Queen Mantra Del Sol String Quartet; Gyan Riley, guitar Sono Luminus On this Sono Luminus CD, Terry Riley’s chamber works are…
Best Rock Recording 2017: Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s Luciferian Towers
Godspeed You! Black Emperor Luciferian Towers Constellation CD/LP/DL Canadian instrumental post-rock leftist collective Godspeed You! Black Emperor brings something old and something new to the musical anti-fascist fray on Luciferian…
Maderna and Berio on ECM (CD Review
Now, and Then Orchestra Della Svizzera Italiana; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor Pablo Márquez, guitar ECM 2485 November 17 sees the release of Now, and Then, an ECM recording of transcriptions…
RIP John Abercrombie (1944-2017)
The extraordinary jazz guitarist John Abercrombie, has died at the age of 72. A player equally comfortable in acoustic and electric settings and in the roles of leader and accompanist, Abercrombie…
Timbre Tantrum (Composers Concordance Festival)
Next week is the third annual Composers Concordance Festival in New York City. They’ve called it ‘Timbre Tantrum,’ organizing the concerts by instrumental family: PERCUSSION Dec. 1 – 3pm ArtBeat…
Houston’s Liminal Space Contemporary Ensemble present The Music of David Lang
(Houston, TX) Liminal Space Contemporary Music Ensemble is continuing what has become a welcome and well-received series of innovatively staged and programmed concerts of contemporary music. Featuring the core duo…
Stretched perceptions: Mari Kimura & Elliott Sharp in concert
Violinist Mari Kimura has built a career fearlessly taking the violin to places still little-explored. from her work with sub-harmonics (using precise but difficult bowing techniques to obtain notes up…