Washington, Kamasi - Harmony of Difference Joy Circle Records)

Washington, Kamasi - Harmony of Difference Joy Circle Records)Avant garde jazz titan Kamasi Washington premiered Harmony of Difference, an original six movement suite, as part of this years Whitney Biennial. The EP is the first new music from Washington since his universally acclaimed 2015 debut album The Epic. Harmony of Difference explores the philosophical possibilities of the musical technique known as counterpoint, which Washington defines as the art of balancing similarity and difference to create harmony

Manticore reveals the band's most personal stories about love

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Jamey Johnson

The package includes an essay by rock keyboardist Keith Emerson

"I almost didn't put it on the album because I thought it was missing something

Lucy Dacus is done thinking small

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then recorded the songs as quickly and as live as possible

working in a record store with a couple other guys who play instruments and love that old West Coast sound as much as you do

The result was a more expansive and creatively spontaneous record that harkens back to the humble beginnings of the band’s history while continuing to push their sound into more experimental spheres

This is the first time these songs have been collected on a single release

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