Tag: Julian Lage
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Julian Lage – Scenes from Above

Albums
A chugging backbeat and twinkling keys herald 'Opal' and its shifting patchwork of colours, at once common and precious, an interplay of stunning rainbow iridescences with a more muted or earthy palette of sweet honeyed reds and yellows or Tiffany blues and milky greens. The song leads out Scenes from Above, the guitarist Julian Lage's fifth outing on Blue...

Culturedarm’s Records of the Year for 2024

Lists
'Where your attention is, that becomes lively' is just one of the quotes or aphorisms which David Lynch tends to fall back upon whenever he is asked to explain the nature of ideas or creativity or in his own inimitable helium-winged Midwestern way, the consuming happenstance of 'catching the big fish'. Lynch with his longtime collaborative partner Chrystabell are...

The Other Tracks of the Week 08.06.24

The Other Tracks of the Week
Playing a French double manual harpsichord at the head of an ensemble, like gummy sap Léo Dupleix shapes pure intervals into sweet melodic patterns and shimmering harmonic planes. The clarinetist Harry Skoler assembles a winning rhythm section with Joel Ross on vibes, Dezron Douglas on bass and Johnathan Blake on drums as Red Brick Hill revisits childhood haunts and...