Probably instigated a year prior to Ólafur Arnalds’ Island Songs project but released around the same time, French multi-instrumentalist and composer Yann Tiersen’s new endeavour also associates heartfelt compositions with places on a small island. … [Read more...] about Yann Tiersen: Eusa
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Ólafur Arnalds: Island Songs
Labelled “a living musical film project”, Island Songs is a joint multimedia concept album by modern classical pianist and composer Ólafur Arnalds and film director Baldvin Zophoníasson, both from Iceland. Aiming “to make a nice musical portrait of … [Read more...] about Ólafur Arnalds: Island Songs
Nathan Shubert: Folds
Nathan Shubert is a pianist and composer based in Vancouver, Canada. A regular sideman with several different bands for over ten years but concerned that he might over time “forget how to write music”, the musician decided to return to the blank … [Read more...] about Nathan Shubert: Folds
Paddy Mulcahy: The Words She Said
Paddy Mulcahy is a Limerick-based pianist and composer who has already scored several feature films, adverts, shorts and documentaries. Formerly known as “Nubus”, the moniker he used for the more electronic side of his music, the musician has been … [Read more...] about Paddy Mulcahy: The Words She Said
Saileog Ní Cheannabháin: Roithleán
Born in a musical family, Saileog Ní Cheannabháin is a native Irish speaker, sean-nós singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist who was mainly influenced by the musicians and singers from the Iorras Aithneach area of West Connemara during her … [Read more...] about Saileog Ní Cheannabháin: Roithleán
Daigo Hanada: Ichiru
A very discreet musician, Daigo Hanada is a young Tokyo-based pianist and composer sharing his time between his native Japan and Berlin. Apart from two Nils Frahm reworks and a one track contribution (“Again”) to the Piano Cloud Series - Volume One … [Read more...] about Daigo Hanada: Ichiru
