Two years on from his last record, Calika refines his sound processing and delivers two quite radically different EPs on Audiobulb and Highpoint Lowlife.

Ben Chasny, Chris Corsano, and Richard Bishop live at the Sunset Tavern in Seattle (photo by Joe Mabel)

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“one for jack” jack rose was one of those guys with whom one feels an immediate bond he wasn’t a physical giant or anything but he had an immense presence something, perhaps, more spectral than tangible which filled a room easily enveloping you in a kind of bear hug that could seem either threatening or comforting depending on the look in jack’s eyes and on [...]

We have already dubbed American composer Jennifer Higdon the "Queen of the Concerto" because she has milked the genre for a startling number of commissions. To list only the ones we have actually heard (in our order of preference), there are concertos for violin, orchestra, percussion, and string trio, but she has also written concertos for oboe, soprano saxophone, and trombone. The genre is

The Smashing Pumpkins have released the first track from the band’s upcoming “album,” Teargarden By Kaleidyscope, which will span 44 songs over the course of 11 (!) discs. “A Song for a Son” finds front man Billy Corgan crooning and snarling over piano, guitars, and 19 year-old Mike Byrne’s...

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# 9 - New Release Mahler, Lied von der Erde, Kent Nagano, Klaus Florian Vogt, Christian Gerhaher, Sony 750821G.Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde,K.Nagano / K.F.Vogt, C.Gerhaher / Orchestre Symphonique de MontréalSony.com .co.uk .de .frI was debating heavily with myself whether to put this disc into the Best of 2009, and not one of the discs that will make the “Almost List”. But ultimately what is

Here's a question. I'd love to hear from people who've made use of my work. People who, for instance, may have assigned or discussed it in courses they teach. Or cited it in discussions inside classical music organizations. Or else...