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Tag: stringed instruments

14/04/2021 nausika

A light and lively Amazonian popular folk compilation in “El fabuloso sonido de Andrés Vargas Pinedo: una colección de música popular amazónica (1966-1974)”

Andrés Vargas Pinedo, El fabuloso sonido de Andrés Vargas Pinedo: una colección de música popular amazónica (1966-1974), Peru, BUH Records,

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09/04/2021 nausika

Sound Storing Machines – The First 78rpm Records from Japan, 1903 – 1912: early recorded Japanese music still sounding fresh after over 100 years

Various Artists, Sound Storing Machines – The First 78rpm Records from Japan, 1903 – 1912, United States, Sublime Frequencies, SF115

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09/04/2021 nausika

Manbarani: modern Arabic folk in a quest to find physical and spiritual place and purpose

Natik Awayez, Manbarani, United States, Sublime Frequencies, SF116 vinyl LP (2021) It seems astonishing that a composer / lyricist /

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25/03/2021 Ed Pinsent

The Humming of Summer Lawns

Australian cellist Judith Hamann is very active of late – she released at least three solo records in year 2020,

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12/03/2021 nausika

I Remember You (Original Sound Track): a funereal set of dark ambient mood pieces

I Remember You (Original Sound Track), United Kingdom, Cold Spring Records, CSR287CD digipak (2020) The official soundtrack to the 2017

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06/03/2021 Ed Pinsent

A Greener Future

New Hermitage are an improvising group from Halifax in Canada, led by Andrew MacKelvie who plays saxophones and clarinet; the

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05/03/2021 nausika

Peaks: a musical travelogue / memoir of significant places, events and influences

Judith Hamann, Peaks, Australia, Black Truffle, BT066 vinyl LP (2020) A cellist and composer originally from Melbourne (or Naarm /

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05/02/2021 nausika

To Find a Memory in Traffic: a small work of melancholia and loneliness, set in a depressive city environment

Grotta Veterano, To Find a Memory in Traffic, Russia, Perfect Aesthetics, AEST-060 limited edition cassette (2021) Based in Monrupino, a

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29/01/2021 nausika

Femenine: a joyful and light improvisation for piano and chamber orchestra by a unique composer / performer

Julius Eastman, Femenine, Finland, Frozen Reeds, FR6 CD (2020) Recorded live by American pianist / singer / composer Julius Eastman

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20/01/2021 Ed Pinsent

Sail Away from the Safe Harbour

Pleasing string-based record from Ellen Fullman and Theresa Wong called Harbors (ROOM 40 RM 4123). Fullman is a significant American

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