Review: Ryan Rumery – “And, Apart” March 24, 2020 Multi-instrumentalist Ryan Rumery’s emotive music always has traded in a kind of nuance, with even his most emphatic statements – which often are bookmarked… Continue Reading
Review: Christian Frederickson – “Islands of Light” November 2, 2018 There’s this piece of ephemera from the days of the Rachel’s ensemble that sticks to the attic of my mind like so much setting… 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: Big Weather – “The Lightest Darkness” April 10, 2018 Well, turns out climate change – for those rational people who agree with the science behind it – might not be all bad, after… Continue Reading
Review: Rachel Grimes – “Eights” December 5, 2017 Composer/pianist Rachel Grimes orchestrates a soundscape of wonder on “Eights,” a digital one-off also available on the compilation accompanying Oxford American’s new edition on… Continue Reading
REVIEW: astrid & Rachel Grimes – “Through The Sparkle” September 1, 2017 Man, that’s devastating! If the reverb-drenched guitar on this record’s second track doesn’t move you to tremble with tears, then the soaring strings on… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Christian Frederickson, Jason Noble and Ryan Rumery – “The Painted Bird / Amidst” January 24, 2017 I cannot stop listening to The Painted Bird / Amidst, a carefully self-released affair that is, without question, the most riveting and enveloping record… Continue Reading
PROFILE: Rachel Grimes (2014) December 22, 2014 Rachel Grimes knew how to play the piano before she learned to walk. “My dad and grandmother played, so I was always sitting beside… Continue Reading
