We are going medieval on you! There is a musician out there that has taken an ancient instrument and turned it lose, he breathes new life and innovation into this old-world instrument. French musician Guilhem Desq, electrified his hurdy-gurdy and connected it to a sampler to create amazing sounds that seem to come straight … Read more
Tunisian oud master Anouar Brahem has released, Blue Maqams. The CD features Brahem with bassist Dave Holland, drummer Jack DeJohnette and pianist Django Bates. Although Brahem has never had ambitions to be a jazz player, he has long felt a sense of solidarity with the music’s practitioners. The aesthetics of jazz are very different than … Read more
Lights’ album Skin&Earth was created throughout a year long process, an unprecedented idea of writing and drawing her own comic book based around an alter ego of sorts and an album to coincide with the entire concept. Skin&Earth is the Canadian singer’s fourth record and her most open and vulnerable to date. Her songs speak … Read more