For Claire & Philip/ Various - For Claire & PhilipThe River Town Duo (Philip Alejo, double bass and Claire Happel Ashe, harp) releases it's debut recording of works dedicated to them by Caroline Shaw, Hannah Lash, Whitney Ashe, Derick Evans, Evan Premo, and Stephen Andrew Taylor. The repertoire is an excellent vehicle for the duo's expressive performances, exploring a rich and unique timbral confluence resulting from this uncommon instrumentation partnership. The Duo writes: "Claire and I were most

but the whiskey is neat

and away from any distraction that Toronto might have provided

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"There is an underlying story here being told backwards of someone who desperately seeks answers to escape the pain of existence through esoteric practices

The booklet includes detailed historical and recording notes by CD41 editor James Hayward

and stories

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and Dylan Bowman [rhythm guitar]-uplift rock to a plateau where soundscapes can unpredictably toss and turn between heavy metal

After graduating from Music-Gymnasium in Basel

immediately presents a tone quite different from that of his early works and develops an individual sound character with a fitting continuation in the following Allegro vivace's main movement complex distinguished by strong dynamic contrasts and constantly oscillating between major and minor

with the gourd banjo - a combo that earned them the blue ribbon in the acclaimed neo-traditional band contest at The Appalachian Stringband Festival in Clifftop

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