As the song lurched towards its final self, sharpening early lyrics and gaining a cello, it began to radiate a vast, frightening exhaustion. Feelings this big trail us for years before revealing their awesome face, and by the time Cobain was onstage performing it for MTV Unplugged: Live in...
Finnish symphonic metal band Apocalyptica has garnered international acclaim for their innovative fusion of classical music with heavy metal sensibilities. Initially gaining attention for their cello-driven renditions of Metallica songs, Apocalyptica has since released a series of original instrumental albums...
Arthur Russell saw no reason to erect a barrier between the music he performed on his cello at the Kitchen, an artsy downtown performance space, and his records that got played at discotheques like the Gallery and the Paradise Garage. He was hardly alone in wanting to eradicate the boundaries...
To all those who said "all of it," we thank you profusely, but we were hoping to break this thing down. While "The Best of the Rogue Valley" held the home field advantage and garnered many votes, we were looking at the other 95% of the paper. Winning the most support again wasTh...
With its muffled electronic beats and oozing tremolo tones, it sounds like the distorted ghostchild of Slowdive’s5EPand Seefeel’sQuique. As with all Vaporwave, there is plenty of sardonic humor and aesthetic tomfoolery going on (the album’s artwork and songtitles play with Christian imagery)...
Learning to play thecellois a unique avenue for emotional expression, as its deep and resonant tones allow them to convey a wide range of feelings through music. The physicality of playing the cello, with its larger size and intricate techniques, promotes the development of strength, posture, ...
22. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah – The Centennial Trilogy (2017) 23. McCoy Tyner – The Real McCoy (1967) 24. Wynton Marsalis & The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra – Blood on the Fields (1997) 25. Brad Mehldau – The Art of the Trio, Vol. 4: Back at the Vanguard (1999) 26. Sta...
Her covers are neither reverential nor irreverent, but simply internalized: Ndegeocello crawls into the songs’ DNA and spits the source code back out with spellbinding, deeply felt new spins that feel nothing like the famous versions but still draw from and expand upon your love for them in ...
The melancholic “Gina’s World” picks up momentum as it runs its bitter course, whilst “Round We Go” offers tersely downbeat vocals and yawning cello. We catch a glimpse of Hackman’s folky past in the echoing hopelessness of “I’d Rather Be With Them”, but her narrative focus ...
French 1960s pop and the works of Burt Bacharach. Casually led by real-life choirboy and Smiths admirer Stuart Murdoch,Belle and Sebastianattached cello, trumpet and strings to a skiffle beat and melodies devised after hours of lonely listening to vintage Top Forty radio. Not since Nick Drake...