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Jean-Michel Blais and Lara Somogyi Collaborate On Entirely Improvised New Album ‘désert’
Pioneering electronic harpist Lara Somogyi and award-winning pianist/composer Jean-
Michel Blais have joined forces for a groundbreaking album project, désert.
“We Didn’t Know We Were Ready”: A Song of Unfinished Conversations and Quiet Resilience
There’s a rare, ineffable quality to songs that take on new meaning over time. Melodies that shift as the world around them changes. Lyrics that deepen as life adds new layers of context. “We Didn’t Know We Were Ready”, the new single from Ólafur Arnalds and the late Talos (Eoin French), is one such song.
Icelandic Composer Gabríel Ólafs Announces ‘Polar’ - A Soundtrack to a Frozen World
Icelandic composer Gabríel Ólafs announces his sixth studio album Polar, a soundtrack to an imagined frozen world of towering mountain ranges, desolate tundra, forbidding oceans, and the monolithic remnants of a lost civilization.
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