Based in Wales, The Harriet Earis Trio is a rare Celtic Jazz Fusion band whose leading instrument is a Celtic Harp. Formed in the late 2000s, the sound of the trio hinges on the harp of English-born and Aberystwyth-based Harriet Earis. A classically trained musician on the concert pedal harp, Harriet Earis has been exploring […]
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Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita: Clychau Dibon
The pairing of a European classical pedal harp with an African 21-string kora sounds very unusual at first sight, but the rare duo recording of Welsh harpist Catrin Finch and Senegalese kora player Seckou Keita is a truly remarkable feat. The association of the two stringed instrument from two different continents is the brainchild of […]
Matthew Halsall: The Sun in September
Matthew Halsall is a Manchester-based DJ, composer, arranger and jazz trumpet player whose music is increasingly looking eastwards and leaning towards the spiritual. Drawing inspiration from the modal jazz of the late 1950s/early 1960s (Miles Davis of course, John Coltrane and many Blue Note artists from that era), the world/jazz fusion of multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef […]
Joanna Newsom: Colleen
A stripped down collection of three tracks featuring two alternate and rearranged versions of older songs (“Crab, Clam, Cockle, Cowrie” and “Cosmia”) and a new composition (“Colleen”), the Joanna Newsom & The Ys Street Band Ep was released in 2007, one year after her orchestral tour de force Ys. Joanna Newsom’s arrangements for a five piece band bring to the […]
Joanna Newsom: Emily
Classically trained on the piano and pedal harp, Joanna Newsom is a young independent American singer songwriter whose music is almost impossible to define. Her magnum opus to date is without a doubt her 2006 recording Ys for the Drag City record label. While drawing on Americana, avant-garde, folk, classical and contemporary pop music, the album […]
Alice Coltrane: Journey in Satchidananda
Following the death of John Coltrane in 1967, Alice Coltrane (1937-2007) took over her husband’s spiritual quest and musical explorations. Like John Coltrane, she was born and raised as a Christian. Over the years, her continuous spiritual quest led her to embrace Indian and Middle-Eastern philosophies which translated musically into a string of beautiful idiosyncratic […]
