Balmorhea talk about their music which has moved from ambient country into a more classically refined sound. Their latest album, Pendant World, is on the classical Deutsche Grammophon Label.
We remember Carla Bley. The jazz composer provocateur created one of the most varied and exploratory body of works in jazz, spanning seven decades. She passed away at 87.
Darkside is the trippy electronica duo of Nicolas Jaar & Dave Harrington who released their debut album 10 years ago. It’s getting reissued in a deluxe edition. We revisit our 2014 interview.
Oboist Russel Walder talks about his new album, Speak to the Storm. It’s a deep world fusion journey, spiked by sampled Middle Eastern and Indian instruments, percussion and voices.
Enter the monastery with Kevin Keller’s November CD of the Month. It’s called Evensong and it is centered around chants from the medieval Abbess, Hildegard von Bingen.
The artist known as BT is a polymath who gets into the code of his music. He has a new album, The Secret Language of Trees, and although it’s forest inspired, it’s not a pastoral romp.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, Delay Tactics. This trio that includes guitarist Carl Weingarten made their last album 38 years ago. Recently, they returned with a new recording.
Music to soothe your soul by Lis Addison. Her latest album is Songs from the Mara, inspired by Kenya and her environmental work there. It’s part of the chilled environment of Echoes.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by David Arkenstone from what may be the best seasonal album of 2023, Winterlüde. It will bring you a warm fire to counter the chill with all original music.