New Reviews for December 8, 2023
Reprise
An intimate in-studio acoustic live set that finds Neil Young looking back on his beginnings and middle age.
Karma Chief
Recorded live in the studio with a band, the Cotton Jones leader embraces an especially dreamy, seductive impressionism on his fifth solo outing.
Facility 4
Steady, mostly midtempo electro-techno and dub-disco explorations from Nina Walsh and the late Andrew Weatherall.
Fabric
A propulsive, journey-like mix from the acclaimed Palestinian techno DJ.
Beth & Flo / Grace Davidson / Julia Doyle / Oliver Davis / Paul Bateman / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Signum Classics
This composer's pop-minimalism makes a perfect fit with the duo piano talents of Beth & Flo.
Chandos
Elegant, self-effacing performances round out this well-recorded Mozart series on Chandos.
BR Klassik
A rising baritone turns to orchestral arrangements of Schubert songs, mostly by famed composers.
Hyperion
This traversal of the French Suites is, if possible, even more adventurous than usual for this brilliant keyboardist.
Year In Review
Year In Review
In Memoriam
Editors' Choice for November, 2023
AllMusic Staff Pick
- December 8, 2023
January, 1973
Despite the long-term damage this film and the soundtrack's title theme did to bluegrass, the soundtrack stands as one of the best introductions to instrumental bluegrass available. The blistering virtuosity of multi-instrumentalists Eric Weissberg and Marshall Brickman ripple through such traditional numbers as "Shuckin' the Corn," "Little Maggie," and "Mountain Dew" with such fervor and passion, it's hard to believe that all this music is coming from two city slickers.
Best of 2023
In Memoriam
