Wingfield / Reuter / Stavi / Sirkis - The Stone House - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This new album features premiere recordings of contemporary works for solo violin composed by Canadian women and performed by Nova Scotia violinist Dr. Gillian Smith. Works include InchCinque Danze per Violino SoloInch by JUNO award winning composer Ana Sokolovic, InchVersprechenInch by Kati Agocs (now a composition professor at New England Conservatory) and InchInside the StoneInch from Canadian-Australian composer Veronika Krausas. Recorded at the beautiful stone sanctuary at First Baptist Church Halifax, these recordings show the intense, passionate and imaginative works of Canadian women composers for solo violin, very few of which have been previously recorded.

A collection of unreleased recordings from one of the longest running garage rock outfits around, The Fuzztones!Includes an original track written by founder Rudi Protrudi as well as cover versions of obscure gems such as InchLand Of NodInch by Rare Earth, InchPlastic PeopleInch by late '60s psych rockers The Wildwood, and others!Features guest appearances by Steve Mackay of The Stooges and Wally Waller of The Pretty Things!Available on PURPLE vinyl!

The arrangement of the instruments and technical equipment alone was unusual when the two much-discussed soloists Lionel Loueke (guitar, vocals) and Ziv Ravitz (drums) performed together in a club in the Swiss community of Muri on 12 December 2021. The drummer's seat was only a few meters away from the guitarist's chair at eye level, so to speak, to give the two musicians the best possible view of each other. The visual celebration of the dialogue on stage came about for a good reason This was the first time since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic that direct encounters in front of an audience were possible again. Accordingly, Loueke, who is often described as a 'musical painter' by his mentor Herbie Hancock, and Ravitz, 'the pace-setter of the young Israeli jazz scene', went all out as if it were a matter of repairing the hole in their improvisers' souls that the pandemic with all it's prohibitions had torn. One moment unhurried and contemplative, yet the next moment using the orchestration possibilities of their three sound sources - drum kit, 7-string guitar and voice - to their maximum expressiveness, the duo threw every fiber of their being into the service of free music that evening. Luckily, a tape machine was running, capturing eight tracks for the now released 'Within This Stone' album, the first live recording of the dynamic two. No matter which one of the two sets the pace - Ravitz on the cymbals and tom-toms, or Loueke on the guitar and loop pedal -, the respective counterpart expands the metric track harmonically and creates images full of musical subtleties.