Classical crossover is big right now, and Ben Folds proves an uncommon master on these eight fascinating songs.
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Blues is the easy way to describe Shemekia Copeland's new album, but she's a master of musical dialects.
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Cellist Inbal Segev, oboist Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida, and pianist Jeffrey Biegel help make this collection an appealing album of modern classical music with a good balance of accessibility and sophistication.
Read More »Reader Giveaway: Silver Lake Chorus LP – New Songs by Sia, Flaming Lips, Aimee Mann, Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard, More
The Los Angeles indie-choral group recently released its debut self-titled album, produced by Australian singer-songwriter Ben Lee and featuring arrangements of rare and new tracks written for the chorus by a "chorus" of pop-music luminaries.
Read More »EXCLUSIVE: Video Premiere: Inbal Segev – ‘Allemande’ from Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major from ‘Bach: Cello Suites’
The celebrated cellist unveils another selection from her new recording of Bach's Cello Suites, which she describes as '[m]asterpieces by perhaps the greatest composer who ever lived.'
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Something gets into these elite climbers' blood and makes the next great challenge impossible for them to resist.
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Dystopian visions are everywhere on stage and screen these days, but the powerful and disturbing 'Mercury Fur' stands out.
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For fans of Jorma Kaukonen, Paul Simon, Ellen McIlwaine, Leo Kottke, John Fahey, and acoustic guitar mastery in general, discovering Hulburt's only solo album will be a treat as well as a rewarding time capsule (timeless capsule?) too.
Read More »EXCLUSIVE: Video Premiere: Inbal Segev – ‘Prelude’ from Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major from ‘Bach: Cello Suites’
Bach's Cello Suites, says the cellist, are '[m]asterpieces by perhaps the greatest composer who ever lived' that 'give every cellist who plays them not only a lesson on the magnificent possibilities the instrument offers but also a glimpse into the world beyond...'
Read More »Music Review: Bridge Chamber Virtuosi – ‘Bridge Chamber Virtuosi’
Asian folk music and 20th century history inform this collection of modern classical works for Western strings and the Chinese lute called the pipa.
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