Will Away - Stew - VINYL LP

Vinyl LP pressing. Willodean is the indie rock collaboration between songwriter Randy Wooten (the Bloody Lovelies), bassist/producer Eric Holden (Charlie Faye & the Fayettes and The BoDeans) and Nashville bred singer Abbie Huxley. Holden and Wooten formed Cheap Lullaby Records a decade ago and went on to DIY records by the BellRays, Joan As Police Woman, Ivan & Alyosha, David Mead, Ane Brun, Teitur and a host of others. Willodean is their debut that continues their Americana based Indie Rock. For fans of Wilco, Calexico and Band of Horses.

With it's roots in the tradition of Borodin and Mussorgsky, the music of the Ukrainian-born Soviet composer Yuri Shaporin (1887-1966) sits between the late Romanticism of Skryabin and the harder edges of Shostakovich and Prokofiev, blending a mastery of counterpoint with an acute sense of Russian keyboard color. In Shaporin's piano music his fondness for the epic - expressed in two large-scale sonatas and a mighty passacaglia - is contrasted with a number of gentle, almost whimsical miniatures. Kirill Kozlovski is a Finnish-Belarusian pianist, harpsichordist and researcher. He holds a doctoral degree from the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki for his research into the music of Dmitri Shostakovich (2017). His present research interests include Soviet music and cultural history, as well as performance practices within the Russian piano school.

Limited double vinyl LP pressing. 2016 , the eighth studio album from the alt-rock band. The recording of the album came in the wake of a number of professional and personal changes in frontman Sheff's life, including changes in backing band members and the death of his grandfather. It's swirling, psychedelic backdrop and band of avant-garde musicians represent a sharp change and a bright future for Okkervil River. It's an epic, introspective masterpiece that proves it sometimes pays off to burn down the farm and start anew. The album features a number of guest artists, including Marissa Nadler, (former band member and current Shearwater frontman) Jonathan Meiburg, and classical music ensemble yMusic. The album was recorded in New York and mixed by Jonathan Wilson.