This micro-collection of iconic metal songs has been brewing for quite some time in that same part of the brain that used to make "mix tapes": how to introduce a complete uninitiate into the world of metal? This is not intended to be a "best of" or definitive (as if that were possible) collection, but rather [...]
John Denver and the Muppets sing the 12 Days of Christmas Highly entertaining holiday music. 2nd only to Bob and Doug McKenzie's version of this song. Last year I released a Christmas album and wrote an entry about Christmas music. So what's the deal with this time of year? I feel [...]
Blood Vapour for flute quartet The fourth part of the Chthonic Flute Suite commissioned by Areon Flutes in 2012. This suite has two main inspirations: ideologically it draws guidance from the book The Dream and the Underworld (1979) by James Hillman (1926-2011) and musically it explores the textural possibilities of a flute ensemble within [...]
