Monthly Archives: November 2021
Noah Kesey – Forget [Self-released] (LOCAL)
Former Full Walrus bandleader Noah Kesey’s latest single is a shining slice of lo-fi indie-pop, with low-key reflective lyrics delivered over a backdrop of crunchy guitars and a drum track that sounds like a ‘90s video game (in a good way!) FCC: Clean RIYL: Deerhunter, Real Estate, Remi Russin, Lily Seabird, Hippo Campus
Finding a Voice–Mexican Song Cycles After 1920
From the late 1800’s, Mexican songs performed by tenor voice + piano.
Australian Thais
Saxophone + piano by contemporary Australian composers. Play!
Antonio Ruiz-Pipo–Works with Guitar 3
Modern works for guitar quartet. Play!
confined. speak.
Long, highly abstract but varied works for a wide variety of instruments, some with voice.
Erberk Eryilmaz–Dances of the Yogurt Maker
Turkish percussion + string quartet, mostly fast and intense.
Caeli
Intense, droning strings, eerie, slow to dissonant.
Raffaele Bellafronte–Guitar Works 2021
All contemporary guitar pieces, some w/ mandolin and percussion. Play!
Camera Lucida
Solo piano pieces from Classical era onward, varied stylistically, play!
Craig Taborn–Shadow Plays
Fully improvised solo piano, recorded live in concert–jazz + classical.
Batucada–South American Guitar Music
Solo guitar works by modern or older South American composers–play!
Kermes
By various composers, long, slow, minimalist solo piano pieces.
Somar Ajalyaqin–Contemplations
Chamber music for varied instruments, some quite nice!
Meredi–Trance
Ambient piano + strings on some, title suggests content.
Florent Schmitt–Solitude
Romantic + Impressionistic, lyrical solo piano. Play!
Ingrid Arauco–Resonances
Contemporary piano or strings, varied in intensity.
Michael Daugherty–Bay of Pigs
Works for classical guitar or electric guitar + orchestra. Excellent!
Division of Memory
Solo cello or with piano, contemporary, nice!
Guthrie Galileo – Flowers (Winedark Sound) [LOCAL]
Burlington indie R&B artist Guthrie Galileo remixes his 2017 ballad “Flowers” into a chopped-up, club-ready dance number for his latest single. FCC: Clean RIYL: Poolside, Kaytranada, Daft Punk, Fred again..
4 Rhapsodies
Highly varied examples of rhapsodies for solo piano, different musical eras, lots of emotion.
Francesco Molino–I Molinisti
Works for flute & guitar from early 1800’s–lively and gracious.
Hot Sonate
Jazzy saxophone + piano, modern and fun!
Roger Reynolds–Piano Etudes
Abstract etudes for solo piano. Play!
Abstract works, strings forward, all contemporary. Play!
Unsnared Drum
Long, solo snare drum works, varied rhythmically, all contemporary.
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