Cupid & Psyche - Romantic Music - Tangerine OrangeTangerine Orange Vinyl. The dual forces of shadow and light, despair and hope, frustration and catharsis are at play in the music of Cupid & Psyche, the Los Angeles based indie rock duo of Michael Vidal and Juan Velasquez. First gaining recognition in the late aughts as members of the punk band Abe Vigoda, whose 2010 album 'Crush' was named one of the "Best 50 Albums of the 2010s" by Pitchfork, the two have reunited as collaborators for the first time

The band split up all too soon

Buoyed by her desire to create the same "crazy

Sayyah - Modern Bellydance from Lebanon

but Italy has produced wonderful guitarists and guitar music-witness Italian virtuoso Emanuele Segre and his new release on Delos

Gagaku has been performed at the Imperial Court in Kyoto for several centuries

what lies beneath and what lies beyond: "Behind the shields and false fronts is usually a sadness

These instruments and their electronic effects result in percussive grooves and bass-lines

and a former hero has still got to eat

singing lessons

His First Album (Harvest Records

ascetic but deeply felt language that touches the heart

and his houserocking music reflected that flamboyance