Kim Kennard - Cello SonatasCellist Jonah Kim and pianist Sean Kennard have been making music together since they were teenagers at the Curtis Institute of Music and together they have played almost every sonata in the standard repertoire. The Rachmaninoff Sonata and the Sonata by Samuel Barber hold a special place for them: The Rachmaninoff was the first sonata they worked on together, and Kim's teacher at Curtis was Orlando Cole, who premiered the Sonata with Barber himself at

Anna Shafajinskaja

Written and recorded with Randy Wooten

in order to reap the living

she dissects her voice through the use of electronics as a means of exploring identity and ancestral trauma

This is a PNW platter that you'd swear came from south of the Mason Dixon

from fleeting moments of near-silence

the record is a slideshow of intimate joyful moments against a backdrop of a world on fire

"I Quit My Pretty Mama" and "Empty Arms"

A recent review stated that "Slocum has a HUGE sound

Fazal Prendergast

Flying Lotus

" Smith's set of smoky vocal and piano duos recalls the Old Absinthe House in New Orleans' French Quarter and includes classics such as "Lover Man" and "Straighten Up and Fly Right