Groven/ Kristiansand Symphony Orch/ Szilvay - Symphonies 1 & 2Many interwar Norwegian composers tried to create a new national music by combining elements of authentic folk music with new techniques. Eivind Groven was considered one of the most innovative composers in this quest, integrating the structure of folk dances from his rural upbringing into familiar formal principles. Both symphonies make use of techniques of so called 'progressive transformation', which led fellow composer Arne Nordheim to declare:

made up of 18 eminent musicians from China

With tracks such as ROCK CITY

A passionate proponent of new music

The Draggers deliver a no-holes barred mix of hillbilly bop like it never went out of style

starry winter night a young woman dressed in a traditional Lucia gown is seen running across the ice

Jean-Michel Jarre and Josh Homme

confinement and precarious uncertainty is this magnificent new double album

Andy sent his accompaniment back

Rob Halford-like vocals (sung in his native Finnish)

when she meets the very handsome John Doe

" his books being considered to be significant contributions to postwar literature

with the 4-song Second Home EP