My old friend Mustafa Stefan Dill, a man whose work I once compared to a more metallic John McLaughlin (I still stand by that, and even more so these days) has a new project he is working with. Love Unfold The Moon is his latest band, with him on flamenco Continue Reading
Compassionizer – The Faithful of the Land
The band Compassionizer is the experimental/chamber/avant-prog project created by Ivan Rozmainsky of Roz Vitalis. Though I generally love most forms of progressive rock music, bands influenced by Rock-In-Opposition and avant-progressive are my favorites, and Ivan and company do a sterling job at making this album sound profoundly deep, whimsical, and Continue Reading
Various Artists – Death Is Not The End: In Search of Revolutionary Voices: Mexican Wax Cylinder Recordings, 1900-1910
Death Is Not The End is a magnificent archive label based in Bristol, England, that also releases some amazing reggae, dub, and experimental music. These recordings are archival pieces from the Mexican Revolutionary period. Though the sources are quite old, the label has done a fine job bringing out the Continue Reading
Ton de Leeuw – The Electronic Works
Ton de Leeuw was a microtonal composer who passed away in 1996. The Netherlands has produced an amazing array of composers and improvisers, but for all their wealth, such luminaries as de Leeuw rarely get promoted. Thankfully, the Dutch Oscillation Series, headed by the legendary Jos Smolders, is rectifying this Continue Reading
Costas Gadinis – We Seek Freedom: Western Macedonian Greek Clarinetist in New York ca. 1942-48
From the great Canary Records Bandcamp site: “A catalog published by Asllan in the ’40s gave Gadinis the honorific “The Greek Benny Goodman.” A story circulates that Dave Tarras took Goodman, who was both the most popular clarinetist of the 1930s-50s and one of the most popular and respected musicians Continue Reading
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I will be holding a series of classes and am preparing for a trip to Russia. You will see posts again tomorrow!
Alessandra Celletti – Lumen
Our beloved friend Alessandra Celletti has graced us with a new piano piece, a single called Lumen. There is a haunting, quiet minimalism on this track. It is dark, somewhat eerie, but achingly charming at the same time.
Jeff Gburek – Laments, Train-Wrecks & Adulation. A suite in homage to Tony Gatlif.
The legendary Romany filmmaker Tony Gatlif passed away a few weeks ago. Composer Jeff Gburek produced a stunningly good album of guitar music as a tribute. From his Bandcamp site: “My latest album here comes as a surprise even to me. Spontaneous acoustic guitar improvisations in a mode of commemoration Continue Reading
Clem Leek – Rest
Clem Leek’s music is beautiful in its simplicity. It sounds like something you would hear in a TV soundtrack or even a travel documentary. There is a post-rock and modern classical element to his work. Accessible and elegant.
Various Artists – The Abkhaz Of Caucasus
From the Shango Records Bandcamp site: “Waking up in the middle of the night, feeling the gentle touch of moss on your bare skin and overwhelmed by the eery yet calming atmosphere of unknown surroundings and civilizations. This is a location no one ever goes to, only exceptional people, a Continue Reading