photo: B-Side Band

Each week, PARMA has the pleasure of not only releasing powerful works by our artists, but also seeing the positive impact that these works have on listeners. Read on for a selection of what the press had to say about the latest releases from Navona, Ravello and Big Round Records.

MISSA JAZZ - Album Cover

you will be enchanted by the delicate timbres, then the triumphant orchestral rise

Jazzport on B-Side Band’s MISSA JAZZ.

OLD & NEW POETRY

“The tone plays an important role in the different pieces; in almost all of them, the author tends to stretch the fundamental notes to the limit.”

Sonograma on Carl Vollrath’s upcoming release OLD & NEW POETRY.

FIRST LIGHT - Album Cover

Portfolio Composer interview with Jackson Greenburg on FIRST LIGHT.

OF TIME & PLACE - Album Cover

Andean Suite by Monica Houghton from OF TIME & PLACE featured on WCNY’s Feminine Fusion.

MI PALPITA IL COR: BAROQUE PASSIONS

Quatuor #3 in G from Nouveaux Quatuors (1738) from Musica Pacifica’s MI PALPITA IL COR: BAROQUE PASSIONS featured on Sunday Baroque.

SOUND & LIGHT - Album Cover

SOUND & LIGHT from Demondrae Thurman featured on KHNS Allegro Ma Non Troppo.

THREE CELLO SUITES - Album Cover

“While some will stumble across this as a curiosity, it may well become a favorite guilty pleasure.”

Cinemusical on Joshua Ranz’s THREE CELLO SUITES.

THE TRAVELLED ROAD

“Mack does have a penchant for choosing meaningful texts for his vignettes, both poetic and prose, and never sacrifices the natural stress of the language for the sake of musical artifice.”

Arts ATL on Evan Mack’s THE TRAVELLED ROAD.