Twittering Machines – HiFi With A Twist

Michael Lavorgna’s Favorite Albums of 2019

December 9, 2019 Michael Lavorgna

Perhaps contrary to popular belief, retirement from hi-fi does mean retirement from music. Here are twenty of my favorite records from this year. Enjoy!

Classic Albums: Bill Dixon & Cecil Taylor, DUETS 1992

August 12, 2019 Michael Lavorgna

I transferred to Bennington College from the School of Visual Arts as a philosophy major, which lasted all of two weeks before I switched back to fine art.

Farewell

August 9, 2019 Michael Lavorgna

Due to personal and professional reasons, Twittering Machines will close its virtual doors next month [footnote 1]. I am, in effect, retiring from hifi.

#NewMusicFriday: August 9, 2019

August 9, 2019 Stephen Mejias

Each Friday, Stephen Mejias, AudioQuest’s Director of Communications and former Stereophile and Audiostream.com columnist, will browse through the many exciting albums released that day and select 15 worth a closer listen.

Album of the Week: Lingua Ignota

August 9, 2019 Michael Lavorgna

Raw power, sheer emotion, and frightening fury. These are some of the things that make Kristin Hayter as Lingua Ignota’s second album Caligula a force to be reckoned with.

RIP: Toni Morrison

August 8, 2019 Michael Lavorgna

Toni Morrison (February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019)

Artists’ Books: Daisuke Yokota, Taratine

August 8, 2019 Michael Lavorgna

If someone forced me to pick a favorite living photographer, my pick would be Daisuke Yokota. If I had to then select just one photobook from his rather vast amount of work, I’d pick Taratine.