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Tracks of the Week 27.01.24

Tracks of the Week
Back in 2008 as Jon Irabagon prepared for his first album as a leader, his plans were as simple as they were ambitious: to take his main three horns in the alto, tenor and soprano saxophones and compose an album for each, focusing on the monumental figures in the history of each instrument. Inevitably the eclectic Filipino-American saxophonist, who...

Culturedarm’s Songs of the Year for 2023

Albums of the Year
In the year of 2023 artists from Tyla, Bad Bunny and NewJeans to Vagabon, Tems and Sofia Kourtesis continued to redefine the borders of contemporary pop, while Cassandra Miller covered Beethoven's 'Heiliger Dankgesang' and Arvo Pärt looked back a couple of centuries to a 'tiresome footling little Anglican parson' as the Estonian minimalist reworked his Littlemore Tractus. Familiar faces...

Tracks of the Week 22.04.23

Tracks of the Week
The visionary percussionist and veteran bandleader Kahil El'Zabar guides his Ethnic Heritage Ensemble and special guests on a rhythmic tour de force in celebration of the legendary jazz trumpeter Don Cherry, figured here as an urban shaman and spirit gatherer whose music continues to serve as a healing balm through troubled times. With El'Zabar on balafon, kalimba and cajón,...