Close your eyes and breathe. There is magic in the air. Magic that calms us, that comforts us, magic that makes us want to continue living. It is the magic of the voice, that companionable artifact, the magic of Eliana Glass’s voice that makes itself heard. Here is the silence it fills, here are the songs it sings.
Painful, hopeful songs about growing up, living, dying. The voice of this Australian artist based in New York holds a lifetime of pain, the joy of living alongside our family and friends. These are the feelings that populate E, a portentous debut album, where a somewhat moribund chamber jazz echoes great voices of the past such as Nina Simone, Julee Cruise, and Annette Peacock. In the midst of all this, here is our salvation. The turbulence of the art of living transformed into the most beautiful of arts: that of song.
MR

Pedro Branco is a guitarist active in both the fields of improvised music and singer-songwriting. His latest solo album was released in 2022, and his next one is coming soon, but in the meantime, he’s releasing albums with his projects Old Mountain and Branco toca Marco Paulo. On this particular date, he’ll be performing almost entirely new material to see how it goes over with a live audience.