An Ancient Observer LP + MP3 Bundle exclusive

An Ancient Observer LP + MP3 Bundle exclusiveTigran Hamasyan's album An Ancient Observer includes ten new compositions, two of which are based on Armenian melodies. Some are through composed and completely written out, while others are composed with ample space for Hamasyan to improvise. He cites a wide range of influencesfrom Baroque dance to hip hop grooves adapted to pianoand the sounds of his native country of Armenia are present, as always. DownBeat exclaims: "It's simply breathtaking."

Homer Steinweiss

a longtime hero of Amidon's

" El Camino has earned three Grammy Awards

The album was produced

pianist Aaron Parks

from ukulele to piano to drum machine to abacus

In conjunction with Wilco's 20th anniversary comes Alpha Mike Foxtrot

and piano and Cooder on vocals

and Haitian Kreyòl

a woman who turns into a half-snake each Saturday after a childhood curse by her mother

and Randy Newman

Lenny Waronker