Brandon Miller

4 weeks ago | popmatters.com | Brandon Miller

A Blade Because a Blade Is Whole International Anthem Leading up to his seventh studio album, Angus Fairbairn, better known as Alabaster Deplume, recorded an EP in Palestine with two local musicians: pianist Sami El Enani and Qanoun player Laith Albandak. The EP was created in solidarity with the Palestinian people while he completed an artist residency in Bethlehem.

1 month ago | popmatters.com | Brandon Miller

Today! Craft Recordings / Bluesville Mississippi John Hurt first recorded in 1928 for the blossoming Okeh label, but his music didn’t catch on like his contemporaries. Maybe his voice didn’t have the same grittiness that early blues listeners craved. But honestly, Hurt seemed content working on the fame and providing for his 12 children. He continued to play guitar and sing around his home in Mississippi at local juke joints and town dances.

1 month ago | popmatters.com | Brandon Miller

That's the Price of Loving Me Carpark The last time Dean Wareham and Kramer were together in the studio was almost 35 years ago, when they recorded Galaxie 500′s swan song, This Is Our Music. On Wareham’s newest solo effort, That’s the Price of Loving Me, the two reunite, picking up where they last left off. Wareham‘s recognizable guitar playing and imaginative songwriting are ever-present, accessorized by Kramer’s many hats—acoustic and electric piano, pump organ, celeste, and synthesizers.

1 month ago | popmatters.com | Brandon Miller

Run to the Center 22TWENTY Cornelia Murr began renovating an abandoned house in rural Kansas. She stripped wallpaper, breathing life back into something long discarded. The restoration project gave her time to reflect on her journey—where she’s been and where she’s going. These personal and artistic existential themes provide the inspiration and bones for her second full-length LP, Run to the Center.

2 months ago | popmatters.com | Brandon Miller

Divinations Wizard Artists Oracle Sisters have a nearly mythical origin story. Lewis Lazar is from Denmark, Chris Willatt is from Northern Ireland, and Julia Johansen is from Sweden. Lazar and Willatt first met as teenagers in Belgium. Life later separated them, with Lazar moving to New York and Willatt to Scotland. In 2016, they reunited in Paris to help run a friend’s cabaret.