Category: Album

In 1907, American doctor Duncan MacDougall tried to capture the moment when the soul leaves the body. His conclusion – twenty-one grams – the scientific community met approximately the same way as an acquaintance who after the second glass talks about astrology. The experiment failed, the methodology cracked at the seams, but the legend took…

The town of Bogense – in the north of the Danish island of Funen, is quite fascinating, its winters last a bit longer than is proper, and the summer evenings pretend as if the sun forgot to leave. It is from these enigmatic places that Mikkel Smidt Diget comes, known to fans by the pseudonym…

A filtered picture of breakfast is more important in our time than breakfast itself. Everyone is obsessed with speed and a perfect, meticulously polished sound, and you’ll agree that encountering something sincere is a gift of fate. This is why the folk trio The Pairs from London (the one in Canada, not to be confused…

An interesting fact: albums that appear at the right time – when there’s rain outside the window and the day becomes a solid gray spot, and conversations in cafes quiet down by themselves and you want to close the door and forget about what’s outside. “Walkin’ Each Other Home” by Clela Errington is one of…

To be honest, not many people can instantly name all the gods of Asgard without mixing up Freyr and Freyja, can they? Exactly! Mythology – especially Norse mythology – is, you know, territory for the chosen few. And one of those chosen ones turned out to be Neil Potter: musician, teacher, and Liverpool resident. Neil…

Have you ever had the feeling that you’re living in two realities at once? In one – heroic confidence and readiness for a feat; in the other – awkwardness and panic at a nighttime call. These two “selves” have finally collided, and their battle has already been recorded and mixed into the perfect album “Nada…

Before the Christmas torrent of songs crashes down on listeners and the airwaves turn into one endless jingle, Sloe Paul arrives with a new album, “Searching/Finding”! And that’s salvation, friends. Instead of intrusive holiday noise, this release is the perfect bridge from hot summer to reflective autumn. It wraps you softly and nudges you toward the…

What do you do when a calling finds you not in childhood, but… at 19? Ask Andreas Wolff! This German neoclassical pianist and composer didn’t take the easy way: he gave up a successful EDM DJ career to teach himself the piano. Inspired by club culture and film soundtracks, Andreas mastered piano playing on his…

Many believe that great stories begin at twenty. Portland-based singer-songwriter Paul Nourigat proves the opposite: you can start singing and fall in love with music at any age. On his sixtieth birthday, he gifted himself his first used guitar from Craigslist – and that moment became a true rebirth. After a calm, fulfilled life, Paul…

The new album “Conversations with the Moon” by the red-haired queen of alternative country and gothic storytelling, Kitty Coen, is a captivating and delicate tale of loneliness, connection, and the creation of a world you can step into when reality becomes too heavy, as well as nights when it feels like the only thing listening…