by Mayu Sommovigo | Jan 13, 2021 | From the Archive
Sunken Cathedral I had recently recommended the album, Sunken Cathedral, to a friend. The one I was referring to isn’t streaming – it’s an LP by Jackson Berkey and it’s stupendous, I own two copies. They’re cheap as chips. So if you have...
by Mayu Sommovigo | Jan 1, 2021 | From the Archive
Tony Rice, R.I.P. As if 2020 hadn’t hurt the world enough, on Christmas Day we lost another Olympian of music. From Ricky Scaggs: “Sometime during Christmas morning while making his coffee, our dear friend and guitar hero Tony Rice passed from this life and made...
by Mayu Sommovigo | Dec 21, 2020 | From the Archive
Last and First Men My friend Rowland Griffin sent me a heads-up about this soundtrack, which accompanies a film by the name, “LAST AND FIRST MEN”. I have not (yet) seen the film, but can testify to the moving power of the music. Symphonic music in the...
by Mayu Sommovigo | Dec 16, 2020 | From the Archive
Yes, THAT Nick Cave So much to say about this, and yet so much remains ineffable. First, this is a brand-new release (Dec. 4, 2020). Nicholas Lens invited Nick Cave to write the libretto to this “chamber opera” that Nick Cave described as “twelve...
by Mayu Sommovigo | Dec 12, 2020 | From the Archive
Anachronic Serendipity. Happy accident. One day while fingering through records at a local shop I happened upon one of the Anachronic Jazz Band records and decided to buy it. Brought it home, played it, fell instantly in love. These gifted musicians rearrange classic...
