The breakdown was once again romantic, sweet, but this time also tense and subdued, giving a sense that a lot of potential energy lurked within.
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I Shall Be Released: My Chemical Romance, Neil Diamond, AleeN ROSE (Daughters of Willie Nelson & Leon Russell), Fanny Mendelssohn’s Complete Piano Works
Amy Lee Nelson, daughter of Willie Nelson, and Tina Rose Bridges, daughter of Leon Russell, have released their first single as newly-formed duo AleeN ROSE.
Read More »Music Reviews: Gwendoline Blondeel and Quito Gato with ‘Amor Eterno’; ORA Singers, ‘Songs of Angels’
French soprano Gwendoline Blondeel's incandescent voice embodies warmth as well as reserve, excitement but also resignation – emotions across the gamut.
Read More »Music Review: SydeBoob Duo – ‘Au Naturel,’ New Music for Voice and Flutes
Sometimes musicians create an atypical instrument combination simply because they have similar tastes or just like working together. Not so here – there's no sense of anything forced, or absent.
Read More »Music Reviews: Abigail Lapell Sings Her Way to Motherhood, plus a Rockabilly Anthology
On the new 'Shadow Child' Lapell turns entirely inward for a soft-spoken standout about her journey to motherhood.
Read More »Music Review: Michael Jones – ‘The Promise of Escape,’ Percussion Works
The placement of the different instruments in the listener's ears creates a sense of surrounding space; the bleed of one tone's decay into the attack of the next seems to smooth over the passage of time.
Read More »I Shall Be Released: Josh Groban, Jon Batiste, Neil Young, Min Kwon, and More
Groban takes on movie music, Batiste reinterprets popular Mozart melodies, and pianist Min Kwon commissions 76 variations on "America the Beautiful."
Read More »Concert Review: Gene Pritsker’s Sound Liberation with Anne Akiko Meyers
It was clear in this vibey number that the violinist and the band were feeling the spirit of the mariachi rhythms.
Read More »Concert Review: Gustavo Dudamel Conducts the New York Philharmonic and Chorus in Stravinsky’s ‘Firebird’ and NY Premiere of ‘Earth Between Oceans’ by Ellen Reid
Despite the presence of Stravinsky's 'Firebird,' it was a large new work by Pulitzer Prize winner Ellen Reid that proved the program's creative centerpiece.
Read More »Bowie, Dylan, Eagles, Pretenders, Hank Williams, Grateful Dead and Much More: 21 Stupendous Big Box Sets for Music Fans
Here are 21 of popular music’s most spectacular gargantuan anthologies, each featuring 10 or more discs.
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