OK. I’m about over this cold and or wet winter extravaganza thing. For now as I write this blog I’m holed up in the dubmaster sonic research lab and I’m listening to BALMORHEA and then CHOPIN over and over; makes a most enlightening and refreshing audio spa. Balmorhea’s new release is called Constellations and that’s a perfectly apt title. This contemplative all instrumental masterpiece from Austin Texas origins is very nice if the folk-chamber music-modern impressionism like Debussy, Edgar Meyer/Bela Fleck, Iron and Wine or John Fahey is your zone. And then there’s FREDERIC CHOPIN! Monday marked the 200th anniversary of his birth in 1810. Fine arts aficionados and popular music folks alike have been drawn to the perfumed melodies and awe inspiring piano magic of his romantic compositions since the days he wrote them. I am no exception. Melancholic guilty pleasure? Maybe. Jaw dropping flights of mercurial piano fantasy? Definitely. Perfect for shut in winter days with snow and rain coming down and the heat turned way up. Works great also in spring when porch season opens (be still my heart!).

Back down here on the ground the new releases include a much anticipated new JOHN HIATT, a long overdue offering from PETER GABRIEL project-land, new inspirations from The HOLMES BROTHERS, raw raucous blues from GUITAR SHORTY, gentle Latin stylings from JOSH ROUSE, and yes much more. Thanks for being a part of the HORIZON RECORDS family adventure. And COME SEE US.

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DON’T FORGET: Wednesday March 10 CHUCK PROPHET one of our favorites plays The HANDLEBAR 8:30pm and AARON BERG & THE HEAVY LOVE another of our favorites opens up.