I’ve been a follower of Damon Albarn for years. Tracked his work with Blur, which, as many agree, is pretty tremendous; he was a major force behind the sound of the film Ravenous, which is consistently at the head of my favorite film scores, and has really devoted his life to all around stretching boundaries […]
[Continued from Part 1] JH: Well, what did you want to talk about with Mexican Blue? GT: I’ve been trying to figure out this album of yours for years. JH: Whoa, what have you been trying to figure out? GT: I’ve been trying to figure out why it has just wrapped around me. It feels […]
Jolie Holland has a new record called Wine Dark Sea. Due for release some time next year, it’s sort of a return, but in the same it’s a continued expansion of an ever-widening grip on the varied elements of music that make up her universe. I spoke with her a week before going into the […]
So begins a weekly recommendation of movies whose selection is governed by a particular moment, consideration, or state of mind. This week’s topic: more than a music doc –Shut Up and Play the Hits – How to attend your funeral and live to tell about it. –Scott Walker: 30 Century Man – Ways we are not thinking […]
Recently I got ahold of music for the BBC documentary series Africa and was immediately struck by its quality and talent. Composer Sarah Class, a veteran of BBC as well as many other ventures into disparate territories, manages a landscape of orchestration that is beautiful, compelling, and far beyond what I’ve grown to expect from […]
