Drew McDowall - AgalmaVeteran NYC based Scottish electronic musician Drew McDowall's latest work is his loftiest, most liturgical, and least industrial outing to date and potentially the apex of his recent discography. Named after an ancient Greek word for votive offering, Agalma exudes a hooded, devotional aura, creaking and keeling under vast rafters of stone, stained glass, and shredded wires. It's a music of majesty and mystery but also modernity, McDowall's refined

including "Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow"

16 "Vardar" from 1922

Cosmo and Columbia labels during this era

Rock 'n' Roll through to the end of the decade

Volume 2 of this three volume set recorded at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris with Yuri Temirkanov conducting the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra includes Tchaikovsky's Symphony No

the authors of the texts of most songs have long since been forgotten

who played frequently in 2004-05 with such artists as Vincent Herring

a stream of consciousness bedtime story

and Josh Cunningham make up Australia's folk-rock band The Waifs

the worlds of the Snow Queen and the Sugar Plum Fairy collide when the theatre bursts into life

era-defining abstract works and show-stopping shorter ballets

which could be very dense and heavily technical and require patience to get into