Saxophonist and vocalist Fabia Mantwill has already become an important part of the German Jazz Scene - with a large international focus. In May 2021 she will release her debut album entitled ‘EM.PERIENCE’ featuring the 23-piece Fabia Mantwill Orchestra and guest soloists Kurt Rosenwinkel, Ben Wendel und Nils Landgren. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Crossover Jazz
I’ve never been at a session like the one that we had in June of 2017 with Skúli Sverrisson and Bill Frisell. Sometimes you can really sense a connection between two musicians, some fitting together or a frisson of common experience and spontaneous invention. But this was of another order—a quiet and profound communion. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Rock singer-guitarist Ayron Jones releases his 12-track debut album Child of the State via Big Machine / John Varvatos Records. With his raw emotion laden songwriting, Jones has created the new sound of Seattle. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
Standing in the Doorway - Chrissie Hynde Sings Bob Dylan
Standing In The Doorway: Chrissie Hynde Sings Bob Dylan will comprises nine renditions of Dylan’s songs and it’s due for release on 21 May – a few days before the icon’s 80th birthday. Hynde made the record “almost entirely by text message” with her Pretenders bandmate James Walbourne who, ...
Composer: Bob Dylan
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Singer
For Better Days (Deluxe Edition)
"You can't judge a book by its cover, you have to read it!" is not only a well-known truism but also a quote from Big Youth on track 11. Only that, in the case of For Better Days, it is not entirely true. This album is one of the rare instances in which the cover conveys perfectly the overall mood of the music it encases: ...
Genre: World Music
Subgenre: Worldbeat
The Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra and conductor Reuben Blundell release American Discoveries, a continuation of their series of promoting previously unrecorded orchestral repertoire. This collection features music by three female composers: Priscilla Alden Beach, Linda Robbins Coleman, and Alexandra Pierce. ...
Composer: Priscilla Alden Beach, Linda Robbins Coleman, Alexandra Pierce
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Philadelphia indie punk band Mannequin Pussy will release their new EP Perfect on May 21. The EP is the follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2019 album Patience which landed the band on End of Year lists for Flood, NPR, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Spin, Vogue, and more. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
The story of BluesShack begins in a cozy local pub, on the corner of a small street, hidden just outside the city centre. In this little cafe, run by volunteers, a group of people come together every third thursday of the month, to celebrate the blues in dance and music. ...
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Electric Blues
newfamiliar, so lautet der Name einer Band, mit dem man sich tatsächlich mal vertraut machen sollte, denn mit ihrer Kombination aus zeitlosem Songwriting, aufrichtigen Emotionen und leidenschaftlichem Soul hat sich die im britischen Wakefield beheimatete Band direkt mit ihrem Debüt-Track ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Folk Rock
Hideko Udagawa’s latest album for Russian label Northern Flowers celebrates rich legacy of Russian music with world premieres and rare works for violin and piano. Recording includes first recordings of new transcriptions of Rachmaninov’s Elégie and Tchaikovsky’s Romance. ...
Composer: Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky (1840-1893), Eduard Napravnik (1839-1916), Sergej Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), Igor Strawinsky (1882-1971), Nikolai Rimsky-Korssakoff (1844-1908), Anton Arensky (1861-1906), Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915), Dmitri Schostakowitsch (1906-1975), Dimitri Kabalewsky (1904-1987)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
For her debut album, pianist Joanna Sochacka performs works by Grazyna Bacewicz, including the world phonographic premieres of the Sonata (1930) and the Etude (1949). "It is not very common to come across a composer whose genius is being praised, but whose music is more often discussed than performed at the same time. ...
Composer: Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-1969)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
J.S. Bach & Brahms: Complete Works for Viola & Piano
Internationally respected musicians Daniel Palmizio (viola) and Nicolas van Poucke (piano) join forces in a double-album featuring Bach's complete gamba sonatas and Brahms two clarinet sonatas. Palmizio (recently described as a player of 'instrumental mastery' characterized by 'unselfconscious refinement') ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Mozart: Sonatas for Fortepiano & Violin, Vol. 3
By modifying the balance of the dialogue between the two protagonists, whom he turns into genuine alter egos, Mozart leads the genre of the sonata for fortepiano and violin onto the road to modernity. Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov present here the third volume of an exciting ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Following on from gentle second album ‘Feeding Sea Horses By Hand’, Billie Marten flexes her sense for adventure on third album ‘Flora Fauna’. Taking her resonant sound deeper into broody territory and switching things up ever so slightly by opting for bass-led rhythms, Billie paints vivid images of blooming landscapes and endless valleys. ...
Genre: Alternative
Subgenre: Indie Rock
Als optimistischen Melancholiker beschreibt sich Johannes Enders, romantisch und gefühlvoll nennt er die im akustischen Duo mit Rainer Böhm eingespielte Musik. Beide kennen sich lange, beide lehren heute als Professoren ihrer Instrumente, beide haben vor gut anderthalb Jahrzehnten schon einmal im Duo aufgenommen ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
The return of pianist Michael Dussek to explore the music of his ancestor Jan Ladislav Dussek and its relationship to one of the piano repertoire’s most illustrious champions, Fryderyk Chopin. This fascinating recital reveals Dussek – a colourful character and favourite of Marie Antoinette ...
Composer: Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Schubert: The Small Song Cycles
In addition to his famous large-scale song cycles, Schubert also composed and published numerous smaller song compilations. Some of these “miniature cycles” consist of songs written at different times and under different circumstances, but which Schubert himself assembled ...
Composer: Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
It was a significant step: the decision of the French composer Erik Satie, in 1884, to write his first name henceforth with a “k”. He was born on 17 May 1866 as Eric Satie in Normandy’s Honfleur, from where England lies almost in view. His mother, born in London, had English and Scottish blood ...
Composer: Erik Satie (1866-1925)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
“The city is an untamed beast, and we are creating it one cell at a time” (Mischa Blanos). Attuning between two music worlds, clubbing and concert halls, Mischa Blanos is set to instill his own view on the well sought-after alliance between classical and electronic music. ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Classical Crossover
