MERZ TRIO | INK | #2 Billboard Traditional Classical Chart
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“Stewart Goodyear is simply incapable of repeating himself. He is the complete musician: an imaginative composer who delivers an authentic, original sound unlike any other composer’s, and a technically and interpretatively larger than life artist.”
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“In keeping with Merz Trio’s creative programming style, the album’s unique structure intersperses the four movements of Ravel’s trio with new arrangements by the ensemble of works from Vincent Scotto channeled through Josephine Baker, Lili and Nadia Boulanger, Debussy….”
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“The disc offers a microcosm of where contemporary American music is today. Minimalism lingers in the background, but most of the pieces inhabit a lucid, economical, 21st century style that aims to communicate clearly”
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“strikingly colorful album as styles and languages blend into each other and boundaries dissolve”
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What I try to do is pose problems for people to solve conceptually as they're listening. So, the music itself is convincing enough to show that there can be electronics, hip hop, improvisation, and still be classical music. I've been trying to address this question and pose as many conceptual problems for people to solve in their own heads.
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We caught up with him on July 1 as the world of COVID slows down to talk about his life in music and his brand new 2021 CD Bright Shiny Things .. It is a post-classical coming of agency album inspired by #BLM featuring songs of resistance and resilience for violin, voice, and electronics ..
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“Stewart seems disarmingly honest in his deeply personal and frequently compelling poetry, singing, confessions, and lamentations.”
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..The trail this album blazes is one of the directions serious music is taking today in search of relevance for our time
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Songs The Music Gods Want You To Hear including Sandeep Das & Mike Block | Where the Soul Never Dies / Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram
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Where the Soul Never Dies featured on Slow City.
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“Have you ever wondered what would happen if Paganini met trap beats and 8-bit heart emojis? This combo was the quarantine brainchild of violinist Curtis Stewart, and the resulting “Improvisation on Paganini Caprice #11” is one of 17 new tracks on his forthcoming album Of Power, which features music of resistance and resilience.”
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“From the start, Lavena’s debut album casts the young cellist not just as an intrepidly curious adventurer but as a deeply mindful musician.”
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“Also out - Mike Block and Sandeep Das, “Where the Soul Never Dies”
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“The music comes from the joy that we experience from respecting and surrendering to each other’s musical heritages. The result crosses genres with a dialogue that’s raw, organic, eclectic, and soulful.”
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Keeping track of all the new albums coming out in a given month is a big job, but we’re up for it: Below is a comprehensive list of the major releases you can look forward to in June.
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