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Go Folk Yourself: Kaki King’s kickass instrumental “Great Round Burn” <small>[MP3]</small>

Go Folk Yourself: Kaki King’s kickass instrumental “Great Round Burn” [MP3]

Jordy Kasko September 18, 2012 0

Ho-ly crap.  Now this is amazing music.  Atlanta guitarist Kaki King will release a new album next month called Glow, and it exchanges her recent singer-songwriter material for folksy, rootsy guitarwork.  On the kickass

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ClassicalCrumb: British composer Anna Meredith’s fanfare-heavy “Nautilus”

ClassicalCrumb: British composer Anna Meredith’s fanfare-heavy “Nautilus”

Jordy Kasko August 31, 2012 0

British composer Anna Meredith has a new piece, which consists of fanfares and a sense of progression not unlike a dance track.  Check it out below. -Jordy Kasko Stream: Anna Meredith – “Nautilus&#

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Video: “Love’s a Rondo” is classical-jazz fusion from NYC group Blues Control

Video: “Love’s a Rondo” is classical-jazz fusion from NYC group Blues Control

Jordy Kasko June 4, 2012 0

Here’s a fun slice of classical/jazz/rock fusion from NYC improv collective Blues Control.  Name recalls a famous Dave Brubeck piece. -Jordy Kasko Video: Blues Control – “Love’s a Rondo&#

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Check out an amazing violin-rock cover of the <i>Game of Thrones</i> theme <small>[MP3]</small>

Check out an amazing violin-rock cover of the Game of Thrones theme [MP3]

Jordy Kasko May 11, 2012 0

It would be fair to say that I’m more obsessed with Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire than anything since Star Wars – and that was well over a decade ago.  If you’ve seen

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Arcade Fire & <i>The Hunger Games</i>: the epic, orchestral “Horn of Plenty” <small>[MP3]</small>

Arcade Fire & The Hunger Games: the epic, orchestral “Horn of Plenty” [MP3]

Jordy Kasko March 26, 2012 0

You’ve already heard one of Arcade Fire‘s theatrical-dramatic-Biblical contributions to the Hunger Games soundtrack, “Abraham’s Daughter.”  Now hear another, the two-minute orchestra-and-choir piece “Horn of Plenty.”  Part Lord of the Rings epic battle and part Phantom

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ClassicalCrumb: Gustav Holst – “Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity” from <i>The Planets</i>

ClassicalCrumb: Gustav Holst – “Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity” from The Planets

Edie Adams March 13, 2012 0

Early twentieth century English composer Gustav Holst made his mark in human history when he created The Planets. His most famous work, and also his finest, The Planets are innovative, creative, and inspire the

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Portland Cello Project’s classical cover of Kanye + Jay-Z’s “H•A•M” <small>[MP3]</small>

Portland Cello Project’s classical cover of Kanye + Jay-Z’s “H•A•M” [MP3]

Jordy Kasko March 1, 2012 0

A collective of musicians called the Portland Cello Project will release a CD of hip-hop covers on May 1 entitled Homage (that’s the cover art below), and Consequence of Sound recently posted their version

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ClassicalCrumb: Antonin Dvořák – “Songs My Mother Taught Me”

ClassicalCrumb: Antonin Dvořák – “Songs My Mother Taught Me”

Edie Adams February 26, 2012 0

Antonin Dvořák came from very modest roots. Born in 1841 in Prague, he was the son of a man that was a butcher, innkeeper, and zither player. His music always celebrated the roots of

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ClassicalCrumb: Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet Op. 18 No. 2

ClassicalCrumb: Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet Op. 18 No. 2

Edie Adams February 21, 2012 0

Beethoven had a lot to prove in the world of quartet writing. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had stellar quartets that dazzled audiences and his teacher, Joseph Haydn, had prolific amounts of charming and witty quartets.

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ClassicalCrumb: André Previn – <i>Four Songs</i>

ClassicalCrumb: André Previn – Four Songs

Edie Adams February 19, 2012 0

This week I give you a trifecta of American artistry. André Previn wrote his Four Songs for the stellar vocalist Silvia Mcnair in 1994 for a Lincon Center concert in New York City. What

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ClassicalCrumb: Charles Ives – Piano Sonata no. 2, mvt. 3: “The Alcotts”

ClassicalCrumb: Charles Ives – Piano Sonata no. 2, mvt. 3: “The Alcotts”

Edie Adams February 7, 2012 1

Charles Ives lived from 1874 through 1954. Born in the state of Connecticut, he is the first prolific American- born composer in history. Ives spent 30 years of his life in insurance but ultimately

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ClassicalCrumb: Pytor Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1

ClassicalCrumb: Pytor Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1

Edie Adams February 3, 2012 0

I have been aching to write about Tchaikovsky’s famous first piano concerto. I have joyously relieved the opening melody over and over for weeks since I saw the powerful and disturbing pool scene from

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