A visual marvel, Le Piano Oriental is a graphic novel originally published in 2015. Written by Franco-Lebanese author Zeina Abirached, the story delightfully weaves together the parallel lives of Abdallah Kamanja, an office clerk and piano tuner in 1960s Beirut with modern day Zeina growing up between Beirut and Paris. The ... [Continue Reading]
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Makaya McCraven: Universal Beings
Often introducing himself as a “beat scientist”, Chicago-based drummer Makaya McCraven is a startling new voice on the music scene. Released in 2015, his outstanding breakthrough on the international stage In the Moment LP already highlighted his novel synthesis of live jazz and hip-hop production techniques. Using collaborative ... [Continue Reading]
Karen O & Danger Mouse: Lux Prima
A beautifully crafted project and concept album, Lux Prima is the brainchild of indie rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs front woman Karen O and music producer Brian Burton aka Danger Mouse. With each piece identified by a different icon, the nine track song cycle on the theme of darkness and light, love and womanhood was conceived in ... [Continue Reading]
Kelly Moran: Ultraviolet
I was squatted down in the forest, listening to the sounds of the wind and the wildlife, and all the echoes surrounding me. I asked myself: How can I make music that feels like this: natural, connected, and effortless? Kelly Moran Based in Brooklyn, Kelly Moran is a young pianist, composer and producer. Classically ... [Continue Reading]
Sudan Archives/Sink
My strings propagate Through space and time Here and there At the same time Sudan Archives - Nont for Sale In October 2016, nearly a year prior to her first commercial release, Sudan Archives posted Queen Kunta on YouTube, a cover of Kendrick Lamar’s “King Kunta”. The video clip sees the singer sitting in front of a loop ... [Continue Reading]
An Tara: Faha Rain
Based in Co. Clare, Ireland, An Tara (meaning “the space between” in Sanskrit) is a unique duo comprised of Australian-born ex-indie rocker Matthew Noone on the sarode and legendary percussionist and Stockton’s Wing founder Tommy Hayes. Transposing the 23 stringed lute mainly used in North Indian classical music to the ... [Continue Reading]
Ensemble Ériu: Stargazer
In 2014, the Model Arts Centre in Sligo commissioned Irish contemporary traditional septet Ensemble Ériu to write new music during a two week residency. The Model is home to the Niland Collection which includes 42 paintings by Irish artist Jack Butler Yeats (1871 - 1957). Composed as a response to the paintings held there and ... [Continue Reading]