Review: From the Mouth of the Sun – “Light Caught The Edges” October 23, 2021 There’s reason to be very excited for Light Caught the Edges, the fourth LP from ambient duo From the Mouth of the Sun, out Oct…. Continue Reading
Video Premiere: Rachel Grimes – “For So Long” October 14, 2019 Rachel Grimes is a Louisville-based musician who was a founding member of post-classical chamber ensemble Rachel’s (incidentally, not named after her) and, since the… Continue Reading
Profile: Rachel Grimes (2019) October 7, 2019 It starts, appropriately, by rolling on the seams of piano keys. “There is something/ got ahold of me/ and it won’t let go,” the… 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: 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
PROFILE: King G and The J Krew October 10, 2017 Twenty five years ago today, the beat was born. It was the sound of young adults from Louisville – a sprawling collection of collaborators,… 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: 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
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
