Nils Frahm returns with an expansive new album, ‘Music For Animals’, his first fresh studio material since 2018’s ‘All Melody’ and 2019’s associated ‘All Encores’, and his first full length album of brand-new music for LEITER. Containing ten tracks and clocking in at over three ...
Genre: Electronic
Subgenre: Ambient
Following on from their highly successful disc ‘A Winter’s Tale’, viola virtuoso Roger Benedict and renowned pianist Simon Tedeschi present a new studio album reimagining masterpieces by Debussy and Ravel for the rich, mellow tone of the viola – the ‘melancholy dreamer’, ...
Composer: Claude Achille Debussy (1862-1918), Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Arkells releases their seventh studio record, Blink Twice. The brand new companion album to the band’s current release, Blink Once, Blink Twice showcases a new collection of songs where Arkells continue to push their sound and creativity to a new level. ...
Genre: Alternative
Subgenre: Indie Rock
An unimpeachable classic considered to be the pinnacle of Rastafarian inspired music. Master drummer Count Ossie's band, including the incomparable tenor saxophonist Cedric 'I'm' Brooks, recreate a Rasta grounation, or gathering, playing and chanting a sublime supplication, including Bible readings, in praise of Emperor Haile Selassie I. ...
Genre: World Music
Subgenre: Worldbeat
A strong feeling of anticipation, followed by unbridled curiosity and imaginations of evocative landscapes real and otherwise immediately possess one's heart after the first few bars of "Fairytale", the opening piece of this exquisitely unique album. The programme, performed by cello / piano duo, Duo Arnicans, includes the world premiere recordings. ...
Composer: Paul Juon (1872-1940), Janis Kepitis (1908-1989)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Simply put, Samara Joy is next. Her Verve debut shows that, at just 22 years old, with a voice, tone, and phrasing that harkens back to the most iconic jazz vocalists of all time, Samara belongs in the company of iconic label mates from Ella Fitzgerald to Sarah Vaughan to Billie Holiday. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Vocal
Ports Of Pleasure (Mono Remastered Version)
Here's Les Baxter's incredible 1957 exotica album "Ports Of Pleasure". "Here, in an album of compositions by [Les] Baxter, he calls forth fascinating impressions of the mysterious East -- those small dots on the globe where one's index finger lingers longest." Hard to top that, suffice it to say that Ports of Pleasure evokes a Far East that seems almost ...
Genre: Easy Listening
Subgenre: Lounge
Fresh from the release of her eagerly anticipated and warmly received 2021 EP, Paranoia, pop-punk polymath Maggie Lindemann felt the creative bug gnawing at her heels; eager to create – no matter what came of the creation process – she booked a week's worth of studio time with her trusted team of cowriters and let the songs begin to flow, with the record ...
Genre: Alternative
Subgenre: Indie Rock
Trombonist/composer Steve Turre was passed the jazz torch early in his career by some of the music’s greatest masters – Art Blakey, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Woody Shaw, and Ray Charles, among others. In recent years he’s kindled the same flame in a younger crop of rising stars. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
The air shimmers and glows, and somewhere in the mists, a solitary horn gives a lonely call. The stuff of fairytales? The truth is, it’s impossible to write about Bruckner’s majestic Fourth Symphony without letting the imagination soar; he never wrote anything ...
Composer: Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Los Angeles-based artist Daniele Luppi and Cigarettes After Sex's Greg Gonzalez have announced their collaborative project, Charm of Pleasure. The five-track EP takes both artists into new creative terrain, blending their elegant songwriting and dream-pop ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Contemporary
GDRN and Magnús Jóhann have performed a lot in recent years, both as a duo and with a band. On Friday, they release their album Ten Icelandic Songs, and as the name suggests, the album contains ten songs sung by GDRN accompanied by Magnús in their arrangements. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre:
A guiding force behind the venerated Black Jazz catalog, bassist Henry “The Skipper” Franklin has left an indelible mark as a sideman and leader, having appeared on many of the label’s most recognizable releases, as well as having recorded with Hugh Masekela, Stevie Wonder, Freddie Hubbard, Hampton Hawes, and many other luminaries. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Nu Jazz
The members of the legendary original 1990s Joshua Redman Quartet—Joshua Redman (saxophone), Brad Mehldau (piano), Christian McBride (bass), and Brian Blade (drums)—reunited after twenty-six years for 2020’s RoundAgain; they return now with LongGone, featuring six original songs written by Redman. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Free Jazz
Revealer is full of confessions, intimations, and hard truths. It's a warts-and-all self-portrait of a young artist who is full of doubt and uncertainty, yet bursting with exciting ideas about music and life; who has numerous GRAMMY nominations but still feels like she has far to go; who turns those misgivings into songs that are confident in ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Contemporary
Émilie Tiersen has, over the course of two albums and several years, made music as Tiny Feet and is now, with the release of Seim, her debut for Mute, known as QUINQUIS. The name change is symbolic; simultaneously paying homage to her personal and family history by referencing her maiden name, as well as representing ...
Genre: Electronic
Subgenre: Electro-Pop
His energy and creative power are simply unparalleled: Roland Kaiser has just enchanted his audience of millions with the Top 3 album "Weihnachtszeit" (Christmas Time), and with his brand new single "Gegen die Liebe kommt man nicht an" (You Can't Go Against Love) in March, the exceptional musician is also ringing in his own personal anniversary year musically, announcing his ...
Genre: Vocal
Subgenre: Vocal Pop
Mozart Violin Concertos, Vol. 2
Following their critically acclaimed first volume of Mozart’s violin concertos (CHAN 20234), Francesca Dego and Sir Roger Norrington complete the set, once again with outstanding support from a reduced Royal Scottish National Orchestra. This cycle not only represents the first time Sir Roger has recorded these concertos, but ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Violinist/composer Sarah Bernstein presents the debut release from her new ensemble, Veer Quartet. Chamber jazz string quartets represent a fascinating sub-genre, a small cross section of string players who are improvisers and have absorbed a diversity of stylistic feels with those inclined to apply those skills to this venerated instrumentation. ...
Composer: Sarah Bernstein
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Crossover Jazz
Matt Arthur and Jara Holdert’s journey started with a serendipitous meeting on a midsummer evening and has evolved into a deep musical and personal relationship bridging the North Sea. They write and sing songs together in two-part harmony about time, love, life and the universe. ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: New Acoustic
