Antoinette Konan - Antoinette KonanIt makes sense that Antoinette Konan's eponymous album features nothing more than her ahoko on the cover. The deceptively simple traditional percussion instrument transformed Ivory Coast's Baoul music scene when Konan deployed it against a roaring electrified backdrop of synth, bass guitar and drum machines. Released in 1986, the album is a veritable UFO of instrumental force and contemporary pop sensibility landing in a boiling pot of diverse,

and it's an excellent showcase for his particular style as a teen idol and for his distinctive brand of pop

the Mother

with some of the songs being directly tied to the music that shaped the careers of the members of the Stringdusters

'con moto agitato'

but it was thanks to Schumann that he discovered the novel published in 1797 by Ludwig Tieck

But when he comes to stay with his extended family in seaside Kyushu

The first release is by Romanian pianist Cristian Sandrin who chose an original and engaging programme of music by Enescu

"House of the Rising Sun

Pet Cancer was recorded in New York City

Written at the request of Louis XIV in honor of his sister-in-law

The works on this recording date from the first two-thirds of the twentieth century

The Litanies to the Virgin Mary