Bryce Dessner
NZSO Immerse Festival 2023 – Blues Symphony
André de Ridder conducts the NZSO in George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and legendary jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis’ acclaimed Blues Symphony plus a work by Bryce Dessner.
Recorded at the Michael… Audio
The National doubles up
The American band The National celebrates 2023 by giving us not one, but two new albums. William Dart checks them both out. Audio
Bryce DESSNER: Mari
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by André de Ridder.
Recorded 29 July 2023, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert Audio
Planetarium: an interplanetary sonic adventure
William Dart enjoys a new interplanetary sonic adventure devised by Bryce Dessner, James McAlister, Nico Muhly and Sufjan Stevens, titled "Planetarium" Audio
Red Hot and Recent
Centring around the new tribute album to the Grateful Dead from the Red Hot label, William Dart looks also at some of the label's other releases - many of which aim to raise awareness of HIV and the… Audio
The Brassland Label
Nick Bollinger investigates two new releases from the National members Bryce and Aaron Dessner's Brassland label. Audio
The Sampler: Lana Del Rey, Brassland, Dave Rawlings Machine
This week in The Sampler Nick Bollinger reviews the latest set of doomed dream-pop from Lana Del Rey; new releases from the National members Bryce and Aaron Dessner's Brassland label; and the… Audio
The Brassland Label
Nick Bollinger investigates two new releases from the National members Bryce and Aaron Dessner's Brassland label.
AudioThe Sampler: Lana Del Rey, Brassland, Dave Rawlings Machine
This week in The Sampler Nick Bollinger reviews the latest set of doomed dream-pop from Lana Del Rey; new releases from the National members Bryce and Aaron Dessner's Brassland label; and the…
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