Corrina Repp - IslandFrom the earliest, unknowing days of the pandemic sprang Corrina Repp's seventh solo album Island. Resonant and resolute, the album is suffused with peaceful energy, touching on universal themes while existing as a document of Corrina's inner life during that time. Contemplating solitude amidst isolation with openness and radiant assurance, Island seems to make the claim that to be alone is not always to be lonely. In fact, it can be empowering. For

where the real monster is corporate greed

where many troubled people travel to end their life

and the poet's images of the sea

Gary Minkler - Little Trailer Ruby

offers a suggestive and innovative performance of this repertoire

and Jack Angel

and a wild mix of viking

What if Vivaldi's famous Quattro Stagioni

Ritual Howls create a surreal

He has conducted open-air

Composer Johannes Brahms

Sometimes the support we need doesn't lie in complex answers