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Album Review

Kristijan Krajnčan Quartet: Honey Sparks In The Dark

Read "Honey Sparks In The Dark" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
April 15, 2026

The hit of honey on tastebuds and the met gaze of a homeless man may seem like curious seeds of inspiration for an album, but Kristijan Krajnčan is no run-of-the-mill artist. A double threat as a virtuoso cellist and drummer, Krajnčan is also a filmmaker and soundtrack composer. What perhaps best defines his artistry is an organic appreciation of music that recognizes no boundaries between genres, or between past and present. For the Slovenian multi-instrumentalist, everything belongs in the great ...

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Album Review

Milan Stanisavljevic: Awakening

Read "Awakening" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza
November 26, 2011

Milan Stanisavljević evokes the intimacy of a trio to set up some evocative images on his debut CD, Awakening. The pianist has his vision and his focus in clear perspective; this is a jazz recording, the music well within the mainstream, even as Stanisavljević finds his calling in swing and blues. Tempering that approach is the solid empathy that he has with drummer Andjelko “Djele" Stupar and bassist Milan Nikolić. Stanisavljević began playing piano when he was eight ...