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Among the new releases, I'm especially excited by the lute recording by Francesca Torelli. The composer is John Dowland, who was the "hitmaker" of the renaissance, and is usually seen as the most significant composer for the lute. These are tremendously difficult works to play, and Torelli plays them with a grace and lightness that makes you forget that and simply listen to the music. Very melancholy.
I am also very into the remake of Rocket City Riot's first album, being released today. It is boiling over with the same obnoxious punk rock energy that reminds me of the Sex Pistols, and the raspy and raw production perfectly captures the brashness.
I'm also re-mentioning the album from Uncle Pooch, which was released 3 weeks ago. It's a fusion of jazz and heavy metal, and isn't the kind of music you might stumble upon. Well done, interesting, and definitely something different!
John Dowland (1563-1626) was one of the most important English
composers of the past: although some printed editions of his works and various
recordings are available on the market today, his music is still not much known
to the large public. Francesca Torelli selected some songs for voice and lute
she sings while accompanying herself on the instrument, as well as a number of
pieces for solo lute. Among the latter, some are free-form pieces (e.g. the
Praeludium and the Fancy), others were composed on ballad tunes (e.g. Fortune
and What if a day), and some others in dance form (e.g. the Galliards and the
Pavin).
Recording in August 2008 at Rocca, Sala Baganza (Parma), Italy
Sound enginer: Erich Galliani
Recording consultant: Stefano Vezzani
Booklet graphic design: Giorgio Aldini on a drawing by Rossana Milani
Snotty punk rock reminiscent of the Sex Pistols. This album is a re-imagining of RCR's first record, We Name the Guilty Men, originally released in 1999 by Twenty Stone Blatt Records. Immediately after the record's release, the band recorded a slew of demos that eventually made their way to the collection named Middle Age Suicide, in 2001 (also available at Magnatune). The band always wanted to take the best of these two recordings and lay the songs down right.
This 10th-anniversary redux of We Name the Guilty Men is just that, raw and vital rock and roll from the end of the century that shakes your teeth and taps your feet. You will hear roots that go way down to NYC of 1977 and beyond with songs about love, death and drinking, the holy trinity of punk rock. Indeed, this is not the kind of music that RCR makes anymore, so get it while the getting is good.
David Modica aims to heal your mind through music. You should set aside a full hour of uninterrupted listening pleasure and let "Native Intuition" take you on an acoustic journey.
From the moving "Falling Leaves" and the ethereal "Meditation" to the mysterious "Middle Path" and very poignant "Reverence." Using acoustic guitar, piano, keyboards, native flute and percussion, Native Intuition is a journey into the inner depths of inspiring, beautiful music.
This recording is a collection of sacred and secular songs performed by Kitka, Tzvetanka Varimezova, and some very dear musician-friends in a series of cathedral concerts that took place in resonant spaces throughout California and the Midwest. The tracks on this CD were recorded live in the exquisite natural acoustics of St. Stephen's Church in Belvedere, California. Kitka offers these songs with the intention of creating a sonic sanctuary, a place of refuge where the spirit can soar.
Description:
masterpieces that graced the courts of Europe, played with style and passion
Two of the most dramatic and emotional cantatas of the Baroque period for alto voice share this album with a colorful variety of sonatas from Handel and Caldara. Countertenor Jay Carte joins the Kingsbury Ensemble in this celebration of two of the most successful of Italian opera: GF Handel and Antonio Caldara.
Cool Aberrations is a tribute to the
power of collaboration. The tracks range from soothing melodies to raging
funk jams. Every track has at least one collaborating artist on it.
Echoes,
a nationally syndicated radio show on NPR, ranked Cool Aberrations #5 on
their 25 essential echoes cds for 2007.
It was also ranked #20 on their 2007 listener
poll.
Uncle Pooch releases its debut album "Conduct Unbecoming" on Magnatune.
Mixed and mastered by Kevin Jenkins (The West Exit) this full-length album includes guest appearances by vocalist Kimo Muraki (17th Chapter) and guitarist RL Heyer (RL Heyer Trio, Flowmotion). It features the Naked City-esque track "Assault & Battery Acid", the epic middle-eastern slammer, "Fallujah" and the bone crushing "Shame Spiral" which in the end is swallowed by a swamp of feedback and thousands of strange little critters.
Conduct Unbecoming is not for the faint of heart. Its twisted melodies are accompanied by face-melting riffs and ferocious improvisations. This is a ground breaking album by a metal band that has dared to cross genres and erase boundary lines forever expanding its musical playground.
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