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Listen by Nitish Kulkarni |
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- posted by Lillian on 4/11/2018 |
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NITISH KULKARNI BLENDS ANCIENT WITH MODERN |
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NITISH KULKARNI ALBUM BLENDS ANCIENT ETHNIC INSTRUMENTS WITH MODERN ONES
Nitish Kulkarni is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer, who creates delectable world-fusion music for the 21st Century. He blends traditional ethnic instruments with modern ones. On his album LISTEN, which ranges from new age to world-pop, you will hear tabla, sitar, djembe, oud, didgeridoo, theorbo, mbira, erhu, oud, Uilleann pipes, harmonica, shakuhachi flute, darbuka, charango guitar, riq tambourine, various Latin and Asian percussion instruments, plus violin, cello, trumpet, glissentar, acoustic Spanish guitar, electric guitars, synthesizers and a few wordless vocalizations. Every tune is different so check out the whole recording. Recorded in Spain, the album is highly entertaining and melodic while also educating the listener’s ears to a wide variety of musical sounds not often heard, especially in these unusual combinations. This is true global music.
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Rating: Excellent |
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A Piano Story by Jim Pearce |
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- posted by Donna on 4/11/2018 |
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JIM PEARCE OFFERS UP JUBILANT PIANO MUSIC |
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JIM PEARCE OFFERS UP CINEMATIC, MELODIC, CATCHY, JUBILANT PIANO MUSIC
If you enjoy good, instrumental, very melodic piano music, you would be hard-pressed to find a better new album than A PIANO STORY by Jim Pearce who has composed and recorded music for more than 300 television shows including “Saturday Night Live,” “Inside Amy Schumer,” “Parenthood,” “The Mentalist,” “Empire,” “Blue Bloods,” “90210” and “Pawn Stars,” among others. These compositions are not only impressive musically, but also extremely entertaining. The music on this piano album includes light strings, a few woodwinds and some percussion. It is reflective of his TV soundtrack career because these instrumental tunes are cinematic, melodic, catchy and highly-enjoyable. The pieces are short and fun. Some of the music is joyous and light-hearted, a few tunes are moody, some are love themes, and others jubilant and positive. All are heartfelt and inspire repeated listenings.
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Rating: Excellent |
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Rising by Vicente Avella |
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- posted by Steve Sheppard on 4/10/2018 |
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A wonderful collection of breath-taking music |
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The supreme smooth talents of Vicente Avella are back, and this time he explores the realm of Piano with instrumentation on this his latest release entitled Rising.
I first came across Vicente back in 2013 with his All the Days of My Life release, now with some delightful string and orchestral sections he powers back with a glorious album, one which contains cinematic styled tracks like Yours and then the long form and deeply expressive opus of, For Always.
The title track Rising is incredibly impressive and Avella manifests something so moving and intriguing here, within a mystical weave of notes that is truly sublime, whilst creating a modernistic feel with the strings and piano, all in total symbiosis of tone.
With sun kissed tracks like the inspiring and quite beautiful Daybreak and the dramatic determination of Relentless, this album is always going to be a winner, as it contains something for literally everyone.
Everything has a melody that seems so familiar and its alternation between minor and major made this a total hit for me. While the chilled back beat of I’m OK gave us that easy like Sunday morning feel.
As a composer Avella has grown in leaps and bounds, you only have to take a listen to compositions like Turning Point, which has a stunning elevation in power and intensity, then the longest track off the release at over 10 minutes entitled Looking Up At The Sky, which in total honesty is the most beautiful piece off this delightful collection, the intricacy here is sublime and this dramatic symphony of grandeur, is Avella at his very best.
The last two offerings off the release are equally as striking and very inspiring to listen to, the crescendo filled Beyond is a winner by a mile, and contains some of the finest build and construction you will ever hear on a composition regardless of the genre.
Avella finishes this latest project off with a clever arrangement called Turning Off The Noise. This is the ultimate ending for you to just simply drift off into a dream filled world of ambience and bliss.
Rising by Vicente Avella is not just an impressive return for the artist, it’s a wonderful collection of quite breath-taking compositions, which contain passion, power, sensitivity and soul; this is one album you are really not going to want to miss under any circumstance.
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Rating: Excellent |
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