Songs From The Wood (40th Anniversary Edition, Steven Wilson)
Jethro Tull’s tenth album was inspired by Ian Anderson’s departure to a more rural environment in a transition which bore clear influence on the writing and recording process, with the band notably doffing ...
Genre: Folk
Subgenre: Folk Rock
“Rruga” is the ECM debut of an exceptional group, bringing fresh energy and new ideas to the piano trio tradition. Pianist Colin Vallon (born in Lausanne in 1980), has led his own trio since 1999, inviting bassist Patrice Moret (born in Aigle in 1972) and Samuel Rohrer ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
500 years of Protestant Reformation: On 31 October 1517 Martin Luther (1483-1546), a rebellious monk from Thuringia in east Germany, nailed his famous 95 theses to the church door in the town of Wittenberg, in an act of protest against what he saw as the oppressive religious practices of his time. ....
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Crossover Jazz
Ibiza Airlines - Music to Fly For
Fresh and Exciting Electronic Music from the Magical Island Ibiza. Ehud Graf is a visual artist. Born and raised in the suburbs of Tel Aviv Ehud absorbed the urban atmosphere. As a second child to a middle class family his mum have chosen to let him ...
Genre: Dance
Subgenre: Trance
Jaime Wyatt’s newest release Felony Blues, whose title is a nod to records like David Allan Coe’s Penitentiary Blue, is largely an autobiographical collection of convict love stories, prison songs, and honky-tonk laments. ...
Genre: Country
Subgenre: Alternative Country
The mbira maestro from Zimbabwe Jacob Mafuleni and his wife Martha Thom on vocals and percussion team up with French electro-funk prodigee Gary Gritness for a fresh and surprising take on traditional Shona music. Gary Gritness' subtle electronic arrangements ...
Genre: World Music
Subgenre: Worldbeat
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 - Piano Concerto No. 4
Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony follow their recently completed Mahler cycle with a series of new live recordings, including an all-Beethoven disc featuring the Fourth Piano Concerto with Emanuel Ax, and Symphony No. 5. ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Boston art-rock sextet acclaimed by the Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, NPR, and BBC release fourth album of expansive songcraft. Bent Knee is unlike any band you’ve ever heard. Its borderless sound combines myriad influences from across the rock, pop, minimalist, and avant-garde ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos.20 & 21
The Deutsche Grammophon debut of Canadian phenomenon, Jan Lisiecki, who is at the age of 16 already a household name in his home country. Born to Polish parents, Jan is fluent in three languages and, in lightning speed, ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Worlds collide as Penguin Cafe and Japanese producer Cornelius' mutual admiration for one another led to them joining forces for this four-track 'Umbrella EP'. The pair reworked and reimagined existing tracks of their own, alongside two new Penguin Cafe songs. ...
Genre: Electronic
Subgenre: Ambient
On her new album “Russian Light”, Olga Peretyatko presents favourite arias and songs from her homeland Russia – by Glinka, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninov, Stravinsky and Shostakovich. Many of them are well known (Rachmaninov’s Vocalise) but ...
Composer: Michail Glinka, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakow, Sergej Rachmaninow, Igor Strawinsky (1882-1971), Dmitrij Schostakowitsch
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Rosedale is a rock and blues band formed in 2016 by singer Amandyn Roses and guitar player/songwriter Charlie Fabert, longtime guitarist of Fred Chapellier, but who also toured with Paul Cox, Janet Robin, Dave White.... Together they revisit American roots ...
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Bluesy Rock
Pokey LaFarge tries to make sense of trouble he's seen and trouble he's been in. This is the Great Why of his unending passion for songwriting. Each chord, each riff shades the stories he sets up in his lyrics, always in search of the purest truth within ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Jazz Blues
From London to Venice via Leipzig and The Hague, with Grand Tour – Baroque Road Trip, Simon Murphy and the New Dutch Academy take a fascinating journey through Europe in a sumptuous programme of Baroque musical treasures. Using authentic instruments in an immersive ...
Composer: George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
The euphoric buzz of New York, over cocktails on the edge of evening, alive with possibilities…anything goes. Vocalist, trumpeter and songwriter Bria Skonberg re-imagines it all on her new album, „With a Twist“. Coming off a recent Juno Award (Canada's version of The Grammys) ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
Two bearded Austin, TX musical misfits with an affinity for D.I.Y. electronic/altproduction, clever lyrical quips, and sticky alternative hooks, Missio regularly subvert expectations. Case in point, an upbeat lullaby-esque melody about, ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
