Arktisk Filharmoni - Lyden Av Arktis (The Sound of the Arctic) - SUPER-AUDIO CD [Super Audio CD (SACD)]

Grieg / Tilling / Rivinius - I Skogen - Nordic Songs [SUPER-AUDIO CD] Hybrid SACD date 09/11/2015

Elk City, the 2016 album by All The Real Girls, features members of Built To Spill, Death Cab For Cutie, The Long Winters, The Lashes and Pell Mell, all in service to singer/songwriter Peter Donovan's earnest reflections. There's an eccentrically look-on-the-bright-side vibe to this solid roots jangle of an album. Nabbing producer John Goodmanson (Nada Surf, Sleater-Kinney) to wrangle this record was perfectly apropos. If swelling indie troubadourisms are your -isms, then make tracks for the self-released Elk City album.

The Complete Equinox Odyssey by Jostein Gaarder and Henning Kraggerud is a captivating story in music and words - narrated by Simon Callow. Alongside a distinguished career as a soloist with some of the world's greatest orchestras, Norwegian star violinist Henning Kraggerud is also a composer. Together with Jostein Gaarder, author of 'Sophie's World', he has created the magical world of Equinox! The renowned actor, author and director Simon Callow narrates the Complete Equinox Odyssey. Well known from movies including 'Amadeus', 'Four Weddings and a Funeral', 'Shakespeare in Love', music is Callow's great passion. Reviews of Equinox the music - Violinist-composer Henning Kraggerud's booklet biography describes him as 'an artist of exquisite musicianship' and that's not hyperbole. Hearing him play as a Prom encore the tenth of his 24 'Postludes in All Keys'... opened a window on a magical world... [the music] is endlessly resourceful and surprising... from meditation to lopsided dance, it is extraordinary. I can't wait to hear the whole thing in action. [ 5 stars David Nice / BBC Music Magazine]