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Glass Triangle: Blue and Sun-lights
by John Sharpe
The transatlantic trio of electric harpist Zeena Parkins, saxophonist Mette Rasmussen and drummer Ryan Sawyer, working under the moniker Glass Triangle, reunites for Blue And Sun-Lights. It is the second release as a group following an eponymous debut recorded in 2019. The band brings together a unique set of experiences--downtown sass from Parkins, European free jazz ...
James Brandon Lewis, Clean Feed, and Tomasz Stanko
by Maurice Hogue
This episode is packed with interesting new releases, starting with James Brandon Lewis and a new trio and a new label. You'll get a taste of several new albums from the latest batch from Clean Feed Records, as well as Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra, Aussies Alister Spence at the piano with drummer Tony Buck (The ...
Susan Alcorn, Patrick Holmes and Ryan Sawyer: From Union Pool
by Troy Dostert
The inimitable pedal steel guitarist Susan Alcorn seemingly knows no bounds when it comes to the range of textures, tones and timbres she can coax out of her instrument. She is also a consummate improvisational partner, whether working in free or composed contexts. And she has forged a terrific partnership with Relative Pitch Records, which has ...
Ancient Songs of Burlap Heroes
By Nate Wooley
Label: Pyroclastic Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: (…..); I Am the Sea that Sings of Dust; (…….); A Catastrophic Legend; (……..); Returning to Drown Myself, Finally;
(……………).
Columbia Icefield: Ancient Songs of Burlap Heroes
by Jerome Wilson
Trumpeter Nate Wooley can create impressive large-scale compositions. His Seven Storey Mountain VI, (Pyroclastic, 2021) is a massive work, dealing with the rights of women, that used fourteen musicians and singers. His group, Columbia Icefield, achieves similar results with just four members, Wooley himself on trumpet and amplifier, Mary Halvorson on electric guitar, Susan Alcorn on ...
Returning to Drown Myself, Finally
Album: Ancient Songs of Burlap Heroes
By Nate Wooley
Label: Pyroclastic Records
Released: 2022
Duration: 10:37
Columbia Icefield: Ancient Songs of Burlap Heroes
by Troy Dostert
Nate Wooley refuses to make trivial music. Whether the endlessly creative trumpeter and composer is rethinking the relationship between artistic production and community, as on Mutual Aid Music (Pleasure of the Text, 2021), or pursuing ways to re-envision music's spiritual potential, seen most recently on 2020's Seven Storey Mountain VI (Pyroclastic Records), he always provides his ...
Festival Music Unlimited 35 In Wels, Austria
by Ziga Koritnik
A collection of photos from Music Unlimited 35 Festival in Wels, Austria from November 5, 2021 to November 7, 2021 featuring Tumido Orchestra, (Susanna Gartmayer, Irene Kepl, Noid, Manu Mayr, Alexander Kranabetter, Thomas Berghammer, Lukas König, Mario Stadler, Bernhard Breuer, Gigi Gratt), Gabbro 4, (Hanne de Backer, Agnes Hvizdalek, Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø, Raphael Malfliet), Irreversible Entanglements, ...
Pedernal
Album: Pedernal
By Susan Alcorn
Label: Relative Pitch Records
Released: 2020
Duration: 5:47
Pedernal
By Susan Alcorn
Label: Relative Pitch Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Pedernal; Circular Ruins; R.U.R.; A Night in Gdansk; Northeast Rising Sun.
