Review: Musk Ox – “Inheritance” August 3, 2021 Inheritance, the third outing from Canadian chamber folk trio Musk Ox and the follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2014 LP, Woodfall, begins modestly with the… Continue Reading
Review: Raphael Weinroth-Browne – “Worlds Within Live” July 13, 2021 What can we learn when a musician re-records a post-classical solo work, without an audience, then bills it and releases it as a live… Continue Reading
Review: Helen Money – “Atomic” April 6, 2020 The Chicago-based cellist Alison Chesley is accustomed to providing the sonic equivalent of accent marks and highlights on other people’s statements of intent. She… Continue Reading
Review: Raphael Weinroth-Browne – “Worlds Within” January 17, 2020 Reconsideration, at least in this writer’s case, has been very kind to Raphael Weinroth-Browne. I was introduced last year to the Canadian cellist and… Continue Reading
Review: Tomeka Reid Quartet – “Old New” October 25, 2019 Most of us know or associate with the cello as a staple of the classical and post-classical world, an instrument whose deeper breaths can… Continue Reading
Review: High Plains – “Pilot Hill” June 13, 2018 High Plains today quietly released a follow-up to Cinderland, its brilliant debut and, hands down, one of last year’s best records. But, before you… Continue Reading
Review: Randall Holt – “Inside The Kingdom of Splendor and Madness” April 11, 2018 The cello weeps and sows and soars, and so it goes with Randall Holt and his Inside The Kingdom of Splendor and Madness, which gets… Continue Reading
REVIEW: High Plains – “Cinderland” March 3, 2017 Soundscape master Scott Morgan (better known by his working name, Loscil) and the cellist Mark Bridges have birthed and produced, as the duo High Plains, a debut record… Continue Reading
