Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A rare music performed in a rare sound. Such a characterization of New York Poly phony — an all-male vocal quartet — is but one way to capture its ...
The ethereal sounds of traditional Eastern European folk songs aren't typically heard in New Orleans. With multiple, simultaneous voices threading equally through the song, the traditional style known ...
There are dozens (and frankly probably hundreds) of excellent recordings in the catalogue that revolve around two staple subjects: romantic love and religious devotion. But for their latest album, New ...
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with musician Tim DeLaughter about his choral rock group, The Polyphonic Spree, and its new album, "Salvage Enterprise." When you write for a living, writer's block can be a ...
GRAMMY-nominated vocal quartet New York Polyphony announces the release of Aleph Earth, a groundbreaking audiovisual work developed in collaboration with the University of Oregon's Artificial ...
Small vocal ensembles are a relatively recent addition to the offerings of the Dallas Chamber Music Society, but a welcome one. On Monday night, the excellent male quartet New York Polyphony — ...
Featuring guest performances by LeStrange Viols, the expansive recording encompasses selections from Renaissance composers William Byrd and Orlando Gibbons through 20th and 21st century works by Ivan ...
The women of the Oakland-based women’s choral group KITKA (which means “bouquet” in Bulgarian and Macedonian) manage to stand out in the diverse Bay Area choral scene because they offer something ...
Polyphony, often used to describe a type of composition in early European music, is also practiced in other parts of the world, not only for aesthetic enjoyment but also to strengthen a society's ...
In many cultures, it’s common during festive dinners for one or more guests to stand, raise a glass and speak a toast. In the central European country of Georgia, however, the tradition is thrillingly ...