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Article: Bailey's Bundles

The Charles Ives Songs Series 2: Theo Bleckmann and Kneebody / Naxos, Vol. 1

by C. Michael Bailey
May 20, 2009

Fortunate for the recently completed cycle of songs by Charles Ives on Naxos' Charles Ives: Songs, Vol. 1 are Theo Bleckmann's re-imaginings of 12 of Ives' better known vocal compositions, Twelve Songs by Charles Ives. These two releases provide stark contrast between traditional and progressive performances of not only Ives, but of “art songs" in general. ...

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Article: Album Review

Melissa Morgan: Until I Met You

Read "Until I Met You" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

by Woodrow Wilkins
April 21, 2009

Many young jazz vocalists reach into the book of standards for their first recording. Melissa Morgan follows the tradition, but in a way that works to her advantage. Morgan, 29, grew up on Teaneck, N.J. She became a jazz fan upon hearing her grandmother's old records--the music of such inspirational vocalists as Nancy Wilson, ...

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Ben Wendel: Simple Song

Read "Simple Song" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
April 8, 2009

Reedman Ben Wendel plays music that sings in different idioms. He has collaborated with the renowned conductor, Kent Nagano in a series of concerts in Germany, and has toured with Cuban drummer, Ignacio Berroa, electronica artist, Daedelus and rapper, Snoop Dog. He is also founding member of the indefinable band, Kneebody, which has been described as ...

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Tiny Resistors

By Todd Sickafoose

Label: Cryptogramophone
Released: 2008
Track listing: Future Flora; Invisible Ink, Revealed; Bye Bye Bees; Pianos of the 9th Ward; Everyone is Going; Cloud of Dust; Warm Stone; Paper Trombones; Whistle; Tiny Resistors; Barnacle.

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Blood Orange

By Todd Sickafoose

Label: Secret Hatch Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Serpentine One; Entering the Wild; Repeater; Moonfruit; Serpentine Two; Blood Orange; Microscopic Horses; Serpentine Three; Monkey Wrench of the Future; Serpentine Four; Resolve.