Archive for December 14th, 2013

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Teitur – Story Music (2013)

Teitur is the work of 36-year-old Faroese singer-songwriter Teitur Lassen, who returns with his sixth album Story Music — a very dark project, just right for winter evenings. You May Also Like: Pearring Sound – True Story (2017) Pixel – Golden Years (2015) David Philips, “Home” from Winter (2017): SomethingRead More

Forgotten series: The Strange Flowers - Aeroplanes In The Backyard (2008)

Forgotten series: The Strange Flowers – Aeroplanes In The Backyard (2008)

Imagine an amalgam of a psychedelic R.E.M. and the Grapes of Wrath, and you’ve got the Strange Flowers from Italy. You May Also Like: No related posts.

S. Victor Aaron’s Best of 2013  (Part 1 of 4, Non-Jazz): Harper/ Musselwhite, Robert Randoph, Steven Wilson

S. Victor Aaron’s Best of 2013 (Part 1 of 4, Non-Jazz): Harper/ Musselwhite, Robert Randoph, Steven Wilson

With so many major releases typically timed go on sale to take advantage of the holiday shopping season, you’d think that most of the choicest music of any given year are records issued during the September-November timeframe. You May Also Like: Robben Ford with Keb Mo + Robert Randolph, “Justified”Read More

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Vangelis and the Journey to Ithaka (2013): Movies

Vangelis is that rarest of soundtrack artists, one who can create not just involving themes but complete musical worlds that stand apart from the films.

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‘We let go of that a long time ago’: Fleetwood Mac welcomes unexpected talk of Christine McVie reunion

When Christine McVie started ruminating about a reunion with Fleetwood Mac, after making a rare appearance with her former band in London, fans weren’t the only ones shocked. So was Mick Fleetwood. You May Also Like: Fleetwood Mac’s overlong Say You Will sorely missed Christine McVie Lindsey Buckingham wants FleetwoodRead More

(Cross the) Heartland: Pat Metheny Group, "American Garage" (1979)

(Cross the) Heartland: Pat Metheny Group, “American Garage” (1979)