Eichendorff, who lived from 1788 to 1857, is among the greatest staff of German lyric poetry. Deceptively basic, his language is certainly profoundly musical, and his designs, exemplified by his atmospheric poem “Mondnacht” (Moonlit Evening), which a critic named an eminently “undemonic” evening poem, often are the ineffable secret of …

Kimberly Chun is an employee writer in the SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Chronicle where she’s written stories about indie pop bands, underground comic book artists, unlawful ferrets and japan American internment. A lifelong music lover, she sang in Hawaii’s 1st all-girl punk music group, spun records like a university radio …

Desert Hearts, a trio from Belfast, Ireland, play a make of indie rock and roll that is just like susceptible to bursts of guitar-generated sound since it is soft, calm, melodic pop. Traces of virtually any music group of worth have already been identified within their tracks (to mention a …

THE UNITED STATES Gentlemen were a Manchester, England-spawned trio (afterwards a quartet) who hardly ever quite emerged beyond regional success, despite releasing a single influential single of their own and three more being a backing group, plus obtaining a large amount of exposure at various well-known clubs, like the Cavern …

The associates of Naples, Italy-based jazz-rock ensemble Slivovitz (named after a Central and Eastern Euro plum brandy) can cite the precise date from the group’s formation: Sept 27, 2001, when, according to an internet interview with saxophonist Pietro Santangelo, Slivovitz came together after a spontaneous street jam. The group mixes …

Influenced with the lo-fi ’90s indie aesthetic of Pavement and Sebadoh and from the past due-2000s shoegaze revival alongside Banjo or Freakout, Atlas Appear and Big Green, A Grave without Name may be the musical brainchild of London-based musician Alex Shields. Called after an in-joke that referenced metalcore/emo group As …

THE NEW & Onlys began being a collaboration between frontman Tim Cohen (Dark Fiction) and bassist Shayde Sartin, who started putting songs together in 2004. THE NEW & Onlys’ lineup ultimately expanded to add Kyle Gibson, Wymond Mls, and Heidi Alexander (who shortly left the music group); sketching from a …

The just act in Norwegian chart history to knock themselves away the main spot, five-piece electro-pop outfit Donkeyboy are, unquestionably, probably one of the most successful Scandinavian pop acts from the past due noughties. Created in Drammen, Norway in 2005, the music group contain brothers Cato (vocals, acoustic guitar) and …

Wouter Kellerman, a flutist from Johannesburg, South Africa, won his initial Grammy for Best MODERN Record in 2015. Winds of Samsara — a cooperation with American-born Indian designer Ricky Kej — was a mixture of Kellerman’s calming flute and noises from India. It had been also Kellerman’s 6th album. At …

Mixing the rootsy and heartfelt appear of country music using the passion and insistent push of rock and roll & move, the Youngers hail from Berks County in southeastern Pennsylvania. Todd Bartolo, the group’s business lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter, previously caused the group the Rock Poets and followed …