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March 16, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Sophie Hutchings: Scattered On The Wind
Sophie Hutchings Scattered On The Wind Mercury KX Sometimes a record finds you at just the right time. It’s been there – waiting. You’ve been where you are – searching. And then you connect. And it’s instantly like you’ve always been aware of this and always been listening to it. It’s also a yearning, you […]Archive
March 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Tyshawn Sorey: Pillars
Tyshawn Sorey Pillars Firehouse Records Tyshawn Sorey is the type of multi-instrumentalist and all-around musical force (composer, arranger, conductor, sideman and leader) that it’s nearly impossible for us mere mortals to wrap our thinking-gear around it really. There he is behind the kit making strange, alluring shapes with an improv legend like Roscoe Mitchell or re-inventing post-bop yet again as part […]Archive
October 1, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Jóhann Jóhannsson: Orphée
Jóhann Jóhannsson Orphée Deutsche Grammophon Billed as Jóhannsson’s return to the studio for a solo album, his first in a half-dozen years, Orphée (loosely based on Ovid’s version of the myth of Orpheus) arrives on the back of extensive studio work, Jóhannsson now one of the go-to names for Hollywood movie soundtracks. Prior to his […]Archive
June 29, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Milos Karadaglic: Blackbird – The Beatles Album
Milos Karadaglic Blackbird: The Beatles Album Mercury Classics Wait! Wait! This is a contemporary classical guitar album covering The Beatles. But this is the work of Milos Karadaglic – most often referred to as simply Milos. And he can sure play. Though some of the treatments might be a bit watery, a bit John Williams-esque […]Archive
November 24, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
A Winged Victory For The Sullen: Atomos
A Winged Victory For The Sullen Atomos kranky/Erased Tapes Dance choreographer Wayne McGregor has unusually wonderful taste when it comes to picking music to work with and musicians to work for. Here he has commissioned A Winged Victory For The Sullen to score his latest dance project and the result is an album that stands […]Archive
July 10, 2014 by Simon Sweetman