"A beautiful dance of sound. Stunning and emotive contrasts." "...dreamy and delicate..." "...patient and careful..." Part 1 was emotionally stunning. Part 2 cemented our respect and awe. Part 3 reshaped what we thought was improvisationally & [Click here to open...]
Galliano Sommavilla – One Song 4
Falling in line with previous installments of his One Song saga, we recently described One Song 3 as, "Essential and timely. Vibrational respite. Musical medicine." "...the elixer." "A bearer of peaceful rest. A heart-centric moment during an [Click here to open...]
Silent Gnomes – Dream
The Baltimore, Maryland-based (by way of Seattle, Washington) dreamy power-pop artist known as, Silent Gnomes, is primarily the solo project of, Samir Chandra (vocals, piano, organ, guitar, bass). "I hope to speak to the long lost fans of [Click here to open...]
Galliano Sommavilla – One Song 3
We called part one a "...timeless and supernatural experience." We described part two as, "Divinely inspired. Expansive. Other worldly." After some thousands upon thousands of hours of effort and work, eventually one comes to speak the language of [Click here to open...]
Galliano Sommavilla – One Song 2
"They—words—act only to delay or distract from the bliss of the listening. You see, we at The Ark of Music know a secret. And this music reveals said secret. But you’ll have to listen for yourself to learn of it, to get the knowledge. For, that [Click here to open...]
Galliano Sommavilla – One Song
Melbourne, Australia's Galliano Sommavilla is a renaissance man by any measure. A student of both cuisine and music, though he's published two bestselling cook books ("Playing with Food", and, "Music to Dine For", both of which include original [Click here to open...]
Thomas Charlie Pedersen – Daylight Saving Hours
In 2016 we described his debut solo album Second Hand War, as "...lovely music, in rare company", describing it as, "If Cool For August’s lead singer, Gordon Vaughn, made a record with Alexi Murdoch, and while doing so they both reminisced over John [Click here to open...]
Juan Sánchez – Rebirth
Beginning with piano lessons at the conservatoire at only 14 years old, by the end of the 80’s the Barcelona-based composer, Juan Sánchez was honing his sound by playing the keyboard with different bands for a decade. A five-year stint in [Click here to open...]