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Adagio Grooves puts Peter Xifaras on keys beside Justin Chart’s sax and the Budapest Symphony, and it treats the line between concert hall and jazz club like a sliding door. The record has a clear throughline. Strings set the scene, the sax steps in with warmth, and the rhythm pulse nudges everything forward. The handoff…
Tomas Raae’s latest release, …før de spredtes, is built on the melodic DNA of Nordic folk music, but with a clear eye on the present. Featuring vocalist Eline Hellerud Åsbakk, the album draws from centuries of Danish and Norwegian song traditions without sounding like a museum piece. These nine tracks carry old ballads from as…
Michael Keane, under the name Textbook Maneuver, delivers Adrenaline Slip as a debut that leans into emotional momentum and spatial awareness. Across twelve tracks, Keane blends electronic composition with his classical piano background, creating an album that feels methodical and alive. The record draws a line between structure and spontaneity – a balance that comes…
Stoneshoes (aka Nigel Rhys Watson) returns with First Light, a 9-track self-produced album that opens with “Wildfire.” It’s the first music from Watson since a near-death medical crisis left him hospitalized for seven weeks. The experience reshaped his approach to music entirely. What follows isn’t a comeback story – it’s a reset. “Now Is the…
Joe Hodgson’s new album, Fields of Redemption, is a clear step forward from his 2020 debut Apparitions. While Apparitions was shaped by emotional weight and turbulent history, this record is more open in tone and richer in color. It still carries his signature blend of rock, blues, jazz, country and Irish traditional influences, but nothing…
With Zenit, Ukrainian-born, Prague-based composer and opera vocalist Liza Liakh presents an EP that fuses folklore and electronics with a clear sense of purpose. Originally composed for a dance performance, the four-track release is structured around the themes and symbols of Ivana Kupala, the Ukrainian midsummer celebration rooted in ritual and transformation. Each piece in…
With Phraxia, Nick Pike moves further into his neoclassical style, this time combining solo piano with electronic textures and subtle synth work. It’s his third album, following Norastoria and Evergreen, but it feels more direct in its balance between traditional piano writing and ambient elements. The album shifts between acoustic-led compositions and electronically enhanced pieces…
Peter Daniel steps into the spotlight with his debut solo album, Quartets, and it’s packed with everything that’s made him one of the Pacific Northwest’s go-to collaborators for years. Known for his saxophone work with acts like ODESZA and The True Loves, Daniel now brings his own compositions to life, backed by rotating rhythm sections…
Joel Veena (Joel Eisenkramer), a Vermont-based slide guitarist steeped in the Hindustani tradition, returns with Cardinal, an eight-track collection that pulls from deep traditions and newer collaborations. Eisenkramer has built his career around the 20-string Indian slide guitar, and with Cardinal, he moves with quiet assurance – tracking ideas that matter to him, in a…
Golem Dance Cult’s latest offering, “Call of the Wendigo,” steps out of their new album Shamanic Faultlines and into the shadows. The track opens with a low, rumbling riff that feels like distant thunder, then shatters into gritty guitars draped in reverb. Vocal lines slide through the mix with a wet, haunted quality – part…