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Emil Brandqvist Trio: Layers of Life
by Neil Duggan
It seems to be increasingly common for drummers and bassists to take eminence in piano trios. Swedish drummer Emil Brandqvist is the creative lead of the Emil Brandqvist Trio. His elegiac, cinematic and atmospheric compositions are showcased on Layers of Life. His constant partners over six albums are Finnish pianist, Tuomas Turunen and double bassist, Max Thornberg. Many tracks feature additional textures provided by the Sjöströmska String Quartet and Maija Kauhanen, playing kantele, voice and harmonium. Brandqvist occasionally adds his ...
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by Neil Duggan
There seems to be a strong desire to place music into a defined category: swamp blues, emo rap, indie-folk etc. Sometimes this can be useful, but occasionally an artist comes along who can blur those boundaries and be successful in many areas. One example would be Ludovico Einaudi, who has opened up classical music to many, but struggles to find total acceptance within the classical music world, despite, at the time of writing, having over a million downloads a day. ...
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