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The Other Tracks of the Week 22.06.24

The Other Tracks of the Week
Whatever makes for the wilderness you might well find in this week's alternative roundup, as the shimmering landscapes of Raphael Rogínski with the vocalist Indrė Jurgelevičiūtė in tow summon venerable grass snake spirits on the Lithuanian border, Waclaw Zimpel adds a wiry and scraping tenuousness to the bronzed arcs and thick furrows of his alto clarinet through a machine...

Tracks of the Week 25.05.24

Tracks of the Week
The saxophonist Jorga Mesfin grew up in a house full of jazz records, immersed in the melodies of Duke Ellington, John Coltrane and the organist Jimmy Smith, the dolorous vocalist and krar player Kassa Tessema who was the focus of one of those Éthiopiques volumes which recuperated the efforts of Amha Records and Kaifa Records during the golden age...

Tracks of the Week 20.04.24

Tracks of the Week
Where other artists who have embraced the windy strains and shifting timbres of the pipe organ tend to go in for liturgical refrains, celebrations of the mundane or juxtapositions of the two - like Charlemagne Palestine whose swirling harmonies and rippling overtones for carillon and pipe organ from Strumming Music and Schlingen-Blängen through Godbear and his recent outing on...