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ACL 2020 ~ The Year’s Best Winter Music

Winter music is more than a seasonal score; it also represents a state of mind. We’ve all been wintering this year: hunkering down, staying in, waiting for the storm to pass.  Will we simply survive, or will we be able to locate peace, tranquility and even joy in the harshest of conditions?  To do so, we may need to regard winter with new eyes, eager for landscapes of blue and white, offering…

Geographic North ~ Sketch for Winter Series

Is it still winter where you are?  Today is the first day of meteorological spring In the Northern Hemisphere, and in Atlanta, Georgia, the home of Geographic North, it’s cold enough to snow at night and warm enough to wear shorts at noon.  The label’s Sketch for Winter tape series has just released its seventh and eighth installment, with the ninth scheduled for the end of the month.

Winter is a…