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CD Feature/ Bill Evans Trio: "Sunday at the Village Vanguard" Gently rendered impressionist gives-and-takes: Commonly regarded as one of the best jazz albums in history.

Andrey Kiritchenko: 'Misterrious' Jazz on Spekk Andrey Kiritchenko is bringing a little Summer’s warmth to the cold days of the Northern hemisphere. His latest album ‘Misterrious’, ...

Crouton Music: The End after a Decade of Audivisual Greatness Milwaukee-based record company Crouton Music will be closing down at some unspecified date in 2009. Label head Jon Mueller announced ...

Chillumination: The Downbeat Revolution is coming Home Even though the downbeat boom has gradually imploded in a slow-motion supernova, it is anything but dead. In fact, the ...

CD Feature/ Terminal Sound System: "Constructing Towers" Man-machine-made music: Breathtaking demonstrations of how one genre can be transformed into another.

CD Feature/ Maninkari: "Art Des Poussieres” Resolute and definitive blows: A gothically embellished sonic story.

Anatrofobia: 'Brevi Momenti di Presenza' continues the Osmosis The career of Italian formation Anatrofobia has been a long and winding road. Quickly approaching their 20th anniversary, the band ...

CD Feature/ "Blue" Gene Tyranny: "The Somewhere Songs/ The Invention of Memory" A body of pure music: Love- and torch songs celebrating the joy of being alive and lamenting the horror of ...

Greg Kelley: Self-Hate Index needs no extended-extended Techniques Usually, an artist’s choice of instrument is a perfect opener for lighting up an easy conversation and for sparking smirking ...

CD Feature/ Chris Pugh & Jack Gold: "Penumbra/Heqat"; Ghidra: "The Sound of Speed"; D.B.H.: "Wave the Old Wave" Laughing in the shocked visages of sensible audiophiles: Proof that not all Free Jazz releases sound the same.

CD Feature/ Bohren & Der Club of Gore: "Dolores" Horrid and utterly fantastic: Bohren increasingly sound like a Jazz band playing Metal.

Anthony Pateras: Tours with The Necks After releasing two new albums almost simultaneously, Australian Composer and Pianist Anthony Pateras has teamed up with his compatriots of ...

Huntsville: Eco, Arches & Eras shows Janus Face Norwegian threepiece Huntsville are back with their second album on Oslo-based label Rune Grammofon. Planned as “another one for the ...

CD Feature/ Zavoloka: "Viter" Nothing seems forced, complex or out of place: Your angle decides what you will see.

Musical Cities of the World: Beijing The Rock age may just have started: Yan Jun presents Beijing's scenes for Traditional, Classical, Experimental and Electro-Acoustic music.