The cover photo for soulful, bluesy singer/songwriter Eric Jerardi’s tenth album is a bit misleading. The Game has nothing to do with Chess or any other recreational board activity played against others.
Rather, it references the concept that inspired this often riveting dozen song collection.
Jerardi was challenged to write 12 songs in three months, one per week. The “game” was further complicated by a rule requiring him to use a prompt or a phrase verbatim within the lyrics, sent by a longtime friend. Financial penalties were levied for late submissions.
Although this seems inherently non-organic (what happens if his muse isn’t in sync?), the results are impressive. The maxims sent were…
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Hildur Guðnadóttir celebrates two decades of music on This Will Be Us, placing old compositions in new skins with Robert Ames and the DSO Berlin. When initially recording her first album, Mount A (as Lost in Hilderness), she set out to “involve other people as little as she could;” now she admits, “I always dreamed of having more people playing with me.” This is not to say that the new versions are the definitive or even better versions, because there is great appeal in the intimacy of her solo work, which jump-started her career. In her early years she worked with luminaries such as Jóhann Jóhannsson, Ben Frost and Múm; in later years she has become famous for her scoring work, from the award-winning Chernobyl and The Joker to this year’s The Bride! and…
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