Ebba Åsman zooms out
Rotterdam has become a flourishing centre of improvisation music. Musicians from all over the world meet in this Dutch city, where they stimulate each other in their quest for new musical forms and perspectives. The Swedish trombonist Ebba Åsman moved on the advice of her teacher Ilja Reijngoud to Rotterdam, where she plays a key […]
Hidden Land, an intriguing cross-continental music project
Myles O’Mainian from California and Johan Lager from Stockholm found each other on a musical, personal and spiritual level. The result is Perspective, a beautiful pensive but also wilful album. The tracks are mainly instrumental; piano, strings, horns and wordless vocals. A trans-Atlantic interview with two promising musicians: How did you two find each other? […]
Benny Andersson’s beautiful and timeless songs
Benny Andersson piano – Deutsche Grammophon The idea is so simple that you wonder why nobody thought about this before: Benny Andersson made an album with instrumental music that he wrote during his long career. Andersson had been on stage with many bands before he achieved world fame as pianist and composer of ABBA in […]