Had she chosen to be a vocalist Brenda Earle Stokes would be a artist of the first order in that field. Had she chosen to pursue...
An artful female voice singing songs of gentle, heartfelt longing, caressed by the strings of a guitarist who can sculpt phrases that shape the lyrics can...
There are several compelling reasons why the ambitious 3-disc recording Synthesis: The String Quartet Sessions by the Grammy Award-winning producer Ryan Truesdell is one of the...
There may be many phenomenal tuba players – “tubists,” in popular parlance – performing and recording today. However, you can count only one great virtuoso tuba...
The word ‘panoply’ comes from the Ancient Greek πανοπλία [panoplía], where the word πᾶν [pân] means “all”, and ὅπλον [hóplon] means “arms”. Thus, panoply refers to...
Anyone who had followed the upward arc of the vocal sensation who is Gabriela Martina will know what a sensational trajectory it has. The splendid vocalist...
There will always be something unique – something truly tasty to savour – about jazz in an orchestral context. The communal joy of humanity proverbially singing...
What constitutes interpretation of a musical composition? Surely every artist worthy of his [or her] name seeks to internalise the message of the music he [or...
After several highly celebrated recordings over the years, Luis Muñoz breaks fresh ground as a composer of breathtakingly lyrical music. On Glimmering Path, the drummer often...
The challenge of capturing – and painting with words – tone, colour, texture, and the subtlest sense of dynamics from pianissimo [mostly] to fortissimo [rarely] to...
