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February 14, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Tania Giannouli Trio: In Fading Light

Tania Giannouli Trio In Fading Light Rattle Greek pianist, composer and improviser Tania Giannouli has been part of the Rattle family for a decade now – this is her fourth release with the imprint, beginning with 2012’s Forest Stories and moving through 2015’s Transcendence on to a set of musical dialogues with Rob Thorne. Her […]
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July 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 34 – Yanni, “Live At The Acropolis”

Yanni, Live At The Acropolis, 1994 I’m not sure this is a crap album. I’m not sure it ever was. But I do know it was a guilty pleasure of sorts. And I do know a lot of people thought Yanni was crap. Probably without ever listening to him. And this was him at his […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged “Live At The Acropolis”, 1994, Ambient, CD, Charlie Adams, Crap, Crap Albums, Crap Albums I Love, Greece, Greek, Guilty Pleasure, Instrumental, Linda Evans, Neo-Classical, New Age, Orchestral, Shit That's Good, Shit That's Good - Crap Albums I Love, Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 34, Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 34– Yanni, Yanni ·

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November 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 216

John Williams / Maria Farantouri, Songs And Guitar Pieces By Theodorakis (1971) I would have bought this because I loved John Williams when I was a kid – and it was my essay-writing music at university – and I wouldn’t have known who Maria Faratouri was until I first heard this. Same with the composer […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1971, Antonio Torres Xepentia I, Classical, Folk, Greek, John Williams, LP, Maria Farantouri, Record, Silvios, Songs And Guitar Pieces By Theodorakis, The Vinyl Countdown # 216, Theodorakis, Vinyl ·

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