American Composers Forum (ACF) is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s ACF | create and Minnesota Music Creator Awards, made possible with funding from the Jerome Foundation. The…
Category: Music Albums
New music for a new era
Jazz harpist Brandee Younger PHOTO: KYLE POMPEY Musicians are releasing new albums in August and September to showcase their strengths and concerns that incubated during the global pandemic. Missing live…
The first note played in the Lord of the Rings score has an ancient history
“Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it.” The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring opens with a monologue. Galadriel, the Elven…
Third Pentakill album, Lost Chapter, will be released in September
Heavy-metal music is finally coming back to League of Legends with the third release from Riot Games’ rock band, Pentakill, after a four-year wait from fans. The album, called Lost…
GA-20 bites back with Hound Dog Taylor tribute album
The raw, vintage sound of GA-20 — Pat Faherty, left, Matthew Stubbs and Tim Carman — is a true blues fit for the album “GA-20 Does Hound Dog Taylor: Try…
The Music Soars Again on Jeff Novotny JAZZPRJKT’s “Cygnus X-1”
By Deuce There’s a little of everything—and something for everybody—on Jeff Novotny’s most recent release, “Cygnus X-1”, which is part of his project affectionately entitled JAZZPRJKT. For the purists the…