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ACL 2025 ~ Top Ten Ambient

Today our exciting journey kicks into high gear, as the staff votes are tallied and we present the first of seven genre lists, leading up to this year’s overall top twenty! The ambient category is our most competitive, as we receive an average of five ambient albums every day, which is only the tip of the ambient iceberg!  To make this year-end chart, one really has to stand out, which seems…

ACL 2025 ~ Top Ten Ambient

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ACL 2025 ~ Music for Stained Glass

As the holy season approaches, we begin to long for music that makes our souls sing, while avoiding any saccharine sweetness.  This year’s albums are united not by institutional frames, but by their spiritual tone. Listeners may feel their hearts moved, encounter a revelation, or experience a sense of calm. These composers continue to cross boundaries and challenge assumptions of what spiritual…

ACL 2025 ~ Music for Stained Glass

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Olivia Font ~ Invictam

What are the feelings that follow a loss?  Olivia Font uses Invictam as a study of aftermath.  Although the subject matter is grief, the LP’s trajectory leans toward recovery and triumph, personified in the cover image and title, which means invincible or unconquered.   Multiple guest stars flesh out Font’s vision, most notably Ana San Martín, who contributes soprano voice.  Opening track…

Olivia Font ~ Invictam