It doesn’t make sense for me to say it, but this music reminds me of a moment I never actually had before. Listening to Birds Aren’t Real, the five-song concept by the Shaven Monkeys gives me the feeling that I did something I had never done before. It took me 30 years into the past […]
Tune of the Week: Birds Aren’t Real by Shaven Primates Read More »
Have you ever spent time asking yourself for the perfect music to play when plotting your next theft of the King’s horses? The day is already dark and stormy, but the horses are out grazing, and you know the horses won’t get taken back to the stables because you drugged the guards already. There’s a
Tune of the Week: Eclipse (Jon Kennedy Remix) by Simonne Draper Read More »
The wonder of reviewing music isn’t a refining of one’s ability to hear new and interesting music, it’s also a chance to learn about the scores of personalities that truly understand their instruments, become great at them, and create compositions that may last another 400 years as their predecessors did before. That is what is
Tune of the Week: Wanderer Sonata for Piano and Cello Movement #3 by Ethan Lazarus Read More »
Shut the door, but leave the key Wear all your clothes so the case will close Look up at me, the question posed I’ll answer when we finally speak Down the stairs, just one more flight Drag the bags out to the street We’re starting again, a new clean sheet Let’s find where we’ll sleep
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I’ll start with the question that you desperately want to know the answer to. Who is this Jonathan character? Does he play jazz music like this too? Does he have some sort of hold over one of the members of the Engle Trio in which he demands that they craft for him a jazz-heavy rendition
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I have this vision of myself entering a show at the BBQ place near my house. I’m hoping to take my mind off of my own problems by using someone’s music to basically sop up the BBQ juice on my plate. It almost doesn’t matter to me who the artist is, because I came for
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Originally a Spanish song released in 1672 (even earlier than that if you’re really paying attention), La Folia is a 2023 release by musician and composer Matteo Ramon Arevalos. With his album released on the Tunitemusic record label, this theme goes back so far it’s also been composed by the likes of Vivaldi, Lully, Corelli,
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There’s always something particular in types of music that sounds like something Prince might have put out on one of his albums. Going all the way back to Prince’s Purple Rain, the soundtrack to the 1984 film he starred in, there are some amazing moments on the disc itself that really raise the movie to
Tune of the Week: Into the Blackhole by HOAX Read More »
The defining characteristic of Anti-Hero by the Dallas String Quartet is how blended the sound is. While it could have been simple to dive into this position with full strings and little to no backup, the Quartet instead decided to add the bass notes and a drummer rhythm to their version of the song. It
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William Philipson: The Musical Storyteller from Wellington William Philipson is a talented musician from Wellington, New Zealand who has made a name for himself in the film industry as a composer and music editor. His work has been featured in numerous films, television shows, and commercials, showcasing his incredible ability to create music that captures
Tune of the week: A child dreams of being brave by William Philipson Read More »
