With 'The Family,' Timber delivers imaginative, visibly supple coloration and ozone-like misty resonance.
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Music Reviews: Vox Clamantis – ‘Sacrum Convivium’; The Crossing – ‘Zealot Canticles’ by Lansing McLoskey
The monks retreated behind stone walls to chant their devotions. Composer Lansing McLoskey stands in the agora with his choral music on writings by Wole Soyinka.
Read More »Music Review: Joe Bonamassa – ‘Redemption’
The album focuses more on the songs than on shredding, with Bonamassa's six-string wizardry worked into the arrangements rather than blatantly front and center. Still, his masterful solos remind us that we're in the hands of one of our era's greatest blues-rock guitarists.
Read More »Music Review: Ultan Conlon Releases ‘Last Days of The Night Owl’ LP
'Last Days Of The Night Owl' is an elegantly striking album, full of nuanced floating colors and velvety energy, along with the appealing voice of Ultan Conlon.
Read More »Music Review: Mourning [A] BLKstar Drops ‘The Garner Poems’
'The Garner Poems' is exquisitely wrought, full of puissant aesthetic precepts and robust harmonics. Don’t miss this one.
Read More »Music Preview: Carter Sampson Drops ‘Lucky’
‘Lucky’ is a must-hear album for lovers of genuine country music, the kind that’s simple, charming, and evocative.
Read More »Music Preview: ‘Una Noche con Ruben Blades’
'Una Noche con Ruben Blades' is superb. If you’re into stellar music, fluent and elegant, then this is the album you’ve been seeking.
Read More »Music Review: Yoko Ono – ‘War Zone’
You may not 'like every song on 'War Zone' by Yoko Ono, but as with all the best art it will make you think and form an opinion.
Read More »Music Review: Lemon Bucket Orkestra – ‘If I Had The Strength’
'If I Had The Strength' is delightful, full of traditional textured tones, and compact, potent rhythms.
Read More »Music Review: Clutch – ‘Book of Bad Decisions’
'Book of Bad Decisions' continues Clutch's always reliable and consistent output of hard-driving rock and roll - with elements of funk, the blues, and a surprise or two.
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