#work space audio

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Your song personnel:  Sunna Gunnlaugs (piano), Þorgrimur Jonsson (bass), and Scott McLemore (drums).

"Things You Should Know," from the Sunna Gunnlaugs 2013 release Distilled.  The particular serenity of a Gunnlaugs recording accentuates both the peaceful ambiance of the first light of morning and the liveliness and heat of the rising sun that makes the whole thing happen in the first place.

Read an album review on the main Bird is the Worm site.

Listen & Purchase at Gunnlaugs' Bandcamp site.

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Album track "Sadness, Suffering, Hope, Triumph," from John Crowley's 2011 release At the Edge.  An album of songs that swim in the melodies.  Read more about the album on the main Bird is the Worm site.

Your album personnel: Jon Crowley (trumpet, Fender Rhodes one track), Jeremy Udden (alto sax), Julian Pollack (piano, Fender Rhodes), Julian Smith (bass), and Ziv Ravitz (drums).

Listen & Purchase at Crowley's Bandcamp page.

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"Pills/Side Effects/Remedy/Pills" from the new Patrick Breiner release Robinwood, a solo saxophone recording performed live, while on tour, at the Robinwood Concert House. Listen & Purchase at the artist's Bandcamp page.

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Your album personnel:  Catherine Sikora (saxophone), Ian Smith (trumpet), and Han-earl Park (guitar).

From the album Massimo's Imagined Juxtapositions. Improvised music, straight from the heart. Listen to the album and purchase on the artist's Bandcamp page, where it's set at Name Your Price. Review/Thoughts here.

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A rendition of the Brian Wilson song "'Til I Die," from the new Chris Schlarb release Psychic Temple 2. Listen & Purchase on Schlarb's Bandcamp page. Review forthcoming on the main Bird is the Worm site.  Schlarb's music transcends genre by incorporating elements from so many types of music, then transforming it into something of a unique, mesmerizing identity.  Music of vision.

Your song personnel:  Chris Schlarb (acoustic guitar, vibes), Tabor Allen (acoustic drums), Logan Coale (double bass), Ikey Owens (Hammond organ), Andrew Pompey (acoustic drums), Raymond Raposa (vocals), Aaron Roche (acoustic guitar, pump organ), Anthony Shadduck (double bass), Sufjan Stevens (vocals), Nedelle Torrisi (vocals), and Nicholas Zork (violin).

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Jennifer Bewerse performs Johann Sebastian Bach's Bourees I and II from his fourth cello suite in Eb major. Recorded in 2010. Visit her site to listen to more music.

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Personnel:  Jon De Lucia (sax), Ryan Ferreira (electric guitar), and Chris Tordini (acoustic bass).

From Luce Trio's 2012 release Pieces, Vol. 1.  Jazz improvisational approach to baroque and early musics.  Solemn, austere music with a candle’s flickering warmth.  Listen to the album on the artist's bandcamp page.  Review here.

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Personnel:  Jonah Parzen-Johnson (baritone sax).

From Jonah Parzen-Johnson's 2012 debut release Michiana.  Parzen-Johnson explores the sonic possibilities of the baritone sax while simultaneously maintaining a lyrical narrative.  Songs built around fictional constructions within a real city.  Listen to the album on the artist's Bandcamp page.  Review here.