Kevin Morby - This Is A PhotographThe story begins with Kevin Morby absentmindedly flipping through a box of old family photos in the basement of his childhood home in Kansas City. Just hours before, at a family dinner, his father had collapsed in front of him and had to be rushed to the hospital. That night Morby still felt the shock and fear lodged in his bones. So he gazed at the images until one of the pictures jumped out at him: his father as a young man, proud and strong and

Santi DeBriano - bass and Victor Lewis - drums

By what would become this legendary hardcore/punk band

violent intrigue in twelfth-century Japan

and Des Moines Metro Opera

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enigmatic and eventually desperate as the final sections gradually and dissonantly break apart the entire orchestral edifice

and it is two of his lesser-known creations for the instrument - the E minor Partita and the Trio Sonata in G minor - which form the remainder of this highly engaging disc

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the performers of this splendid album - violinist Elmira Darvarova

Pictures From Life's Other Side: The Man And His - The performances heard here were recorded on acetate discs (meant to be played only once or twice) that were shelved in 1951

is an attempt for the artist to locate this elusive common ground

verdant shade of green