As pure a life-affirming rush as the best pop music in any language.

Solid-enough budget compilation highlighting both known and worth-knowing talents.

Every track is destined to fill a dancefloor with abandoned gyrations.

Strong and varied set from this hard-to-pigeonhole Brazilian duo.

Cherry-picked cuts from the catalogue of He Who Carries Death In His Pouch.

The central focus of this recording is music inspired by and performed during a concert tour that Q’d Up was fortunate to undertake to five Russian cities during the fall of 2017. With the help and work of Artem Chirkov, one of Eric’s close bass colleagues in St. Petersburg, a two-w..

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Album four from one of folk’s 21st century success stories.

Artful simplicity from the couple in the cottage next door.

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A lovely piece of programming, tenderly performed.

An overwhelmingly joyous account of one of Mozart’s lesser-known operas.

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A sad album finale for a remarkable band.

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