#a light below

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ACL 2019 ~ Top Ten Modern Composition

ACL 2019 ~ Top Ten Modern Composition

Some of the year’s most ambitious projects are found in this category, crisscrossing the globe from the history of Appalachia to the future of Australia.  Visual poems tell deep stories; singers connect to folklore and spirit.  And everywhere, there are strings: strings of family, strings of community, and of course the violin, viola and cello.

Unlike its grandparent genre of classical music,…

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Christopher Tignor ~ A Light Below

Christopher Tignor ~ A Light Below

Wow.  We’ve been enjoying the music of Christopher Tignor for 15 years, beginning with that first Slow Six album, on through Wires of Tension and finally to his solo work.  We’re not surprised that A Light Below is great; we’re surprised that it’s his best album yet.

The template for A Light Below was established when Tignor built his own software for Along a Vanishing Plane.  This allowed him to…

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