A collection of 11 titles unveiled one by one every month, each a jewel of pure emotion, will allow Riopy to enter into an uninterrupted conversation with the fans of his music. His inspiration has been guided by his will to pay tribute to the anonymous but true heroes of "normal life"…

The first longplayer by „Nina & the Hot Spots“ impressively documents which stylistic playground the German quintett feels most comfortable on: From Swing and Rockabilly up to Jump Blues and Jazz, the band confidently pulls out all the stops to explore every aspect of these Rock'n'Roll genres…

Dean Hurley is an American composer, sound designer, and music supervisor known for his collaborations with visionary director and musician David Lynch. He is responsible for building eerie, evocative soundscapes using electronics, tape loops, and field recordings. His sound design work was an integral part of the third season of Twin Peaks, and a digital collection of the material, Anthology Resource, Vol. 1, was released in 2017…

Among the many facets of Archie Shepp's distinguished career, it is notable that since his solo debut in 1964, he has been gigging and recording at a near-constant pace. For an 83-year-old saxophone player specializing in provocative and boundary-challenging improvisation, this is impressive enough, but that Shepp's creative, intellectual, and political fire has in 50-plus years remained undimmed, well, that is remarkable indeed…

Behind the Gardens - Behind the Wall - Under the Tree . . . . is a studio album by new-age artist Andreas Vollenweider, released in 1981. It is almost entirely instrumental, and centers on Vollenweider on harp…

DTx2 is a really varied and far-ranging album, and if you had a record shop or record library, twould be difficult to know where to shelve it; and maybe that's the point. It's pretty jazzy, but more in an Afro way; it's pretty experimental, in quite a punk-funk way; it's oftentimes very world groove, but in a really outwardly exploding way; it's properly old-skool pop, in a prankster way; it grooves, in a weird way…

40 Tracks The Best of the Washington D.C. Sessions In July of 1963, the Library of Congress was able to induce Mississippi John Hurt to come to the Coolidge Auditorium in DC and record dozens of songs as the crowning achievement of his legacy…