The widespread positive response to “Lampedusa Lullaby”, KUU!’s 2018 label debut on ACT also gave rise to enthusiastic, imaginative and telling descriptions of the band’s music: “An alchemically complex jazz punk alloy. […] Really rather wonderful.”( PROG magazine). ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Crossover Jazz
Sounds from the Ancestors, is a multi-faceted album. The music, however, doesn’t lodge inside the tight confines of the jazz idiom, which is not surprising considering the alto saxophonist and composer acknowledges the likes of Aretha Franklin and Marvin Gaye as significant touchstones. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Vocal
In the burgeoning contemporary repertoire for percussion, the work of a group of North American composer-performers has a special place. Classically trained but influenced as much by rock and jazz as by the Western canon, they have found a stellar exponent in the Scottish marimba player Calum Huggan. ...
Composer: Michael Burritt (1962), Ivan Trevino (1983), Emmanuel Sejourne (1961), Eric Ewazen (1954)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Musical Rarities: String Chamber Music from Zurich & St. Petersburg
The trio was founded in 2017 by violinist Marina Yakovleva, her fellow-violinist and brother Mikhail Yakovlev and cellist Lev Sivkov. They chose the name “Trio Amani” in honour of the Russian composer Nikolai Amani (1872-1904), whose String Trio they discovered in 2018 and premiered that year in Zurich. After a highly successful concert ...
Composer: Nikolai Amani (1872-1904), Hans Schaeuble (1906-1988), Paul Müller-Zürich (1898-1993), Serge Prokofieff (1891-1953)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Enescu, Shostakovich & Campos: String Octets
Bambú Ensemble was expressly created as a string octet and its players are trained in the careful cultivation of the distinguishing features of their literature – from Mendelssohn or Gade to more contemporary offerings. On this album, therefore, they demonstrate an intuitive and eloquent ability to deliver ...
Composer: George Enescu (1881-1955), Dmitri Schostakowitsch (1906-1975), Javier Martinez Campos
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
The Italian pianist Filippo Gorini took advantage of the world health crisis to immerse himself in The Art of Fugue, Johann Sebastian Bach’s unfinished mystical masterpiece: ‘The view that it should be seen solely as a theoretical marvel is misguided: as the counterpoints and canons ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Lully, Charpentier & Desmarets: Passion
This programme marks the eagerly awaited return of Véronique Gens to Baroque music and Lully, in which she made a name for herself at the start of her career. It presents airs from Atys, Persée, Alceste, Proserpine, Le Triomphe de l’Amour and other works by Louis XIV’s famous composer, but also several by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (Médée), ...
Composer: Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687), Pascal Collasse (1649-1709), Henry Desmarest (1661-1741), Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
After their acclaimed recording of Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin, Ian Bostridge and Saskia Giorgini present a programme of rarely-recorded songs by Ottorino Respighi. This selection of songs demonstrates Respighi’s stylistic versatility and broad literary inspiration, from settings of Ada Negri’s compact ...
Composer: Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Rage, confusion, despair, self-deception, and introspection—Madi Diaz cycles through the full spectrum of emotions on History Of A Feeling, her debut on ANTI-. It’s an album that undeniably marks Diaz’s status as a first-rate songwriter, a craft she’s spent years refining, and one wherein Diaz establishes herself as an artist capable of distilling profound ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: New Acoustic
Inside In, Inside Out (Remastered 2021)
To celebrate its 15th anniversary in 2021, The Kooks releases a reissue of their seminal debut album "Inside In / Inside Out". Originally released in 2006, the quadruple-platinum-selling album spawns timeless hits including BRIT nominated ‘She Moves In Her Own Way’, ‘Seaside’ and the band’s top five single ‘Naive’. ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Britpop
Marianne Faithfull: The Montreux Years (Live)
The magnificent and incomparable Marianne Faithfull has performed five legendary concerts at the Montreux Jazz Festival between 1995 and 2009. Each of these historic concerts were recorded. Marianne Faithfull’s name is synonymous with the authenticity, artistry and individuality of the festival and this collection is a celebration of her unique talent. ...
Genre: Vocal
Subgenre: Vocal Pop
"Who’d Have Guest?" is the clever, intriguingly titled new album from respected UK drummer ELLIOTT HENSHAW. Henshaw has worked with all kinds of people across all kinds of genres – most interesting to us David Benoit, the Drifters, Gwen Dickie, Georgie Fame and Beverly Knight. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Fusion
Euphoric west coast indie-folk duo Ocie Elliott return today with the title track from their upcoming EP A Place, out August 27th. The song was born from a specific night in the summer of 2020 after the pair played one of their only live shows of the year. "It was a clear and warm night on a small, beautiful island and a certain feeling was ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: New Acoustic
Brian Setzer will release Gotta Have The Rumble, his first solo album in 7 years, on August 27 via Surfdog Records, with the vinyl out this fall (estimate Oct.29). Produced by Julian Raymond (Glen Campbell and Cheap Trick), Gotta Have The Rumble contains songs, all written or co-written by Setzer, and was recorded in Minneapolis (Setzer's adopted hometown) ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Singer
GRAMMY nominated OneRepublic releases their highly anticipated new studio album, Human as deluxe edition. Includes previously released singles "Rescue Me", "Somebody To Love", and "Wanted." Along with their album announcement, OneRepublic also released their new single, "Didn't I," via Mosley/Interscope ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
Nils Petter Molvær is one of the most prominent performers within an electroacoustic jazz hybrid that has, since the 1990s, become a genre all of its own. In this domain, sometimes referred to as ‘future jazz’ or ‘nu jazz’, the Norwegian composer is both a pioneer and a veteran having been one of the first jazz musicians ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
The Neal Morse Band are releasing their much-anticipated fourth album, “Innocence & Danger”, on 27th August 2021. The band comprise Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy, Randy George, Bill Hubauer & Eric Gillette. With NMB’s previous two releases being concept albums, it’s perhaps remarkable that “Innocence & Danger” ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
Was the golden age of the piano that of a defeat for female composers? If they occupied an important place in ancient and baroque music, the bourgeois society which emerges from the Enlightenment limits their access to the conservatory and to the quarry. ...
Composer: Louise Farrenc (1804-1875), Helene de Montgeroult (1764-1836), Anna Bon di Venezia (1738-1767), Amy Beach (1867-1944), Agathe Backer-Gröndahl (1847-1907), Clara Schumann (1819-1896), Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-1847), Ethel Smyth (1858-1944), Melanie Bonis (1858-1937), Jeanne Barbillion (1895-1992), Lili Boulanger (1893-1918), Henriette Bosmans (1895-1952)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
The "Before Bach" project brings together Erik Marchand and Rodolphe Burger both share a taste for the unusual and the singular. Erik Marchand is a 'master' of Traditional Breton song with a well documented passion for the music of the Balkans and modal music. Rodolphe Burger, ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Adult Contemporary
"Midnight Sun" is the much-anticipated new release from Billboard Magazine Critics’ Choice artist Bryan Lubeck. Weaving Bryan’s signature Spanish guitar sound with pop, funk, and urban influences, Midnight Sun’s 11-track collection delivers immersive, front-to-back listening pleasure. Collaborations with guitarist Felton Offard ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Smooth Jazz
