Scott Walker Live! Sort of.

It’s been announced that there will be three shows at the Barbican in London in November (13th to 15th to be precise) devoted to the recent works of Scott Walker. The short season goes under the name Drifting and Tilting: The Songs of Scott Walker and will feature many of the musicians who played on [...]

Album: ÓLAFUR ARNALDS – Variations of Static (Erased Tapes eratp8cd 2008)

Ólafur Arnalds is a young Icelandic pianist and composer from the small town of Mosfellsbær, just to the north of Reykjavik and home to Sigur Rós’s studios. His music has a melodic richness coupled with a quiet melancholy that has echoes of the work of Max Richter and his compatriot Jóhann Jóhannsson. Variations of Static [...]