In Iceland, summer is a magical season. The sun never sets, and the shadows are sublime. The temperature is never too hot or too cold. For morning and night people alike, it’s a perfect time to explore the land of fire and ice. This summer, Ólafur Arnalds travelled around his native land, recording one track a […]
No need to comment on David Bowie’s instrumental masterpiece except to say that it is truly sublime listening.
I love being a music sponge, but even with my rather vast knowledge of strange music, some things slip through the cracks. The Russian band Sepsis is a case in point. Apparently, the band was from Leningrad (now St Petersburg), and created a sound which would be familiar to fans of Rock-In-Opposition and avant-progressive music.
The Queen of Funk, Betty Davis, lets it be known she wants Daddy home!
Roy Harper was (and is, as he’s very much alive) an incredible folk singer out of England. This particular piece is his magnum opus to my ears.
Turkey’s master percussionist Okay Temiz teams with the late South African bassist Johnny Dyani for a short, mindbending ethno-jazz excursion.
For my ears, Edward Artemiev’s Solaris soundtrack is absolutely perfect listening, especially this interpretation on the work of Johann Sebastian Bach (the chorale prelude to Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (BWV 639)) using an ANS synthesizer.
Terrible news to report, with a hat tip to my friend Terje, who dropped the bombshell. One of Finland’s finest composers, Einojuhani Rautavaara, has died. NPR has more on his passing.
I’ve never quite heard Can covered in such an interesting way. Susheela Raman steals the show.
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