Monsters is a 2010 British independent science fiction film written and directed by Gareth Edwards with a wonderful soundtrack by Jon Hopkins. Monsters chronicles the journey of an American journalist and her fellow citizen from alien-infected and … [Read more...] about Jon Hopkins: Monsters theme
Misha Alperin: Her first dance
Two simple chords, a few notes on the piano and a soaring theme on the flugelhorn. Neither classical nor jazz but floating somewhere in between, a slow piece replete with subtle internal rhythms, “Her first dance” is a superb composition by Ukrainian … [Read more...] about Misha Alperin: Her first dance
The Gloaming: Live in Dublin
The Gloaming is a new Irish "supergroup" composed of Sean Nós singer Iarla Ó Lionaird, pianist Thomas Bartlett, hardanger fiddler Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, fiddler Martin Hayes and guitarist Dennis Cahill. A 21mn live track recorded in August 2011 at … [Read more...] about The Gloaming: Live in Dublin
Martin Hayes and Mary MacNamara: John Naughton’s/Tommy Coen’s
Featuring Martin Hayes on the fiddle and Mary MacNamara on the concertina, this is a vintage clip dating back to 1981 from the RTE TV archives (available on the [amazon text=Come West Along the Road&asin=B00O9WI1EC] DVD). In the Irish … [Read more...] about Martin Hayes and Mary MacNamara: John Naughton’s/Tommy Coen’s
Sam Jackson: The Gramophone
Sam Jackson is a Dublin based pianist, but when I heard "The Gramophone" for the first time on the radio, I mistook it for what could have been a track from an early recording from the Esbjörn Svensson Trio. Sam Jackson's music is of the … [Read more...] about Sam Jackson: The Gramophone
Brad Mehldau: River Man
Any version of Nick Drake’s River man will always stop me in my tracks. The unusual time signature and the eerie contemporary classical arrangements to the original song make it such a rich ground for covers. If Norma Waterson’s version introduced … [Read more...] about Brad Mehldau: River Man
