Album of the Week

I try to keep it unusual.

I have WPRB (103.3 on your FM dial) to thank for introducing me to another powerful intoxicating minimal mesmerizing record.

Bear with me—the river Styx flowed through Homer’s Iliad, Virgil’s Aeneid, and Dante’s Inferno and in each case it flowed deep underground and formed a boundary between this world and some other much less pleasant place.

One of the things I really dislike about genres is they can lead some people to believe they know more than know. Just as some audiophiles believe they can judge sound from a photo.

Sometimes I like my beauty fractured.

Started as a video series during lockdown, A.A. Williams covers Radiohead, Gordon Lightfoot, Nick Cave, Nine Inch Nails, the Deftones, The Cure, and more.

I may make a habit of following Guatemalan cellist and vocalist Mabe Fratti everywhere she records.

Do you know the jazz standard, “I Fall in Love Too Easily” composed by Jule Styne with Sammy Cahn’s lyrics from 1944?

I dare say Carrier’s Rhythm Immortal may be another 2025 Audiophile Recording of the Year.

As time passes, I’m beginning to think I lose more things than I find.

Even though You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To by Marisa Anderson & Tara Jane O’Neil was released back in 2020, it’s this week’s pick because I can’t stop listening.

Dry Cleaning bassist Lewis Maynard helps introduce the band’s latest, Secret Love released on 4AD last week, on album opener “Hit My Head All Day” and if you’re anything like me when it comes to groove, you’ll also find it successfully groovy.

When life gives you lemons, listen to music.

“What kind of music do you like?”

HTRK is the gift that keeps on giving and here on String of Hearts (Songs of HTRK) a host of guests cover their bests.