IVOS 2: ΚΕΙΜΕΝΑ,ΕΙΚΟΝΕΣ

The singer and guitarist for California post-rock/psych-metal outfit  Marriages , a member of  Isis -connected post-rockers  Red Sparowes , and frontwoman for atmospheric psych-folk/slowcore collective  Nocturnes , singer/songwriter, guitarist, and visual artist  Emma Ruth Rundle  is also an accomplished solo artist, whose evocative gothic folk recalls contemporaries like  Chelsea Wolfe  and  Esben and the Witch . Raised in Los Angeles and based out of Louisville, Kentucky,  Rundle  issued a collection of ambient, experimental guitar compositions through Bandcamp before releasing a proper solo album. The resulting  Some Heavy Ocean , an evocative and cathartic set of  Mazzy Star -meets- Swans  space/post-folk-rock that was written and recorded at the home studio of Sargent House, the Echo Park-based indie label responsible for issuing  Marriages ' 2012 debut  Kitsune , was released in May 2014. After the 2015 release of  Marriages '  Salome ,  Rundle  issued her broodi

A.A. Williams. D escribing her music (with tongue in cheek) as "death gospel,"  A.A. Williams  appeared practically out of nowhere in 2019 to become one of the most talked about new artists in rock, performing deeply atmospheric and darkly beautiful songs with the smokey whisper of her voice and her impressive skill as a guitarist, pianist, and cellist. A classically trained musician with a taste for "all things heavy,"  Williams  encompasses post-rock, folk, goth, metal, and classical influences in her music, performed with dynamics that give the music gravity even when it's whisper quiet.  Williams ' unique sound was introduced to the world on her self-titled debut EP in 2019, and she gained strength and ambition on her first full-length effort, 2020's  Forever Blue . A resident of London, England,  A.A. Williams  first took up music as a child when she needed a creative outlet after being told she was too tall for ballet class. She began stu

One of the silkiest, most melodic and emotion-launching voices  in the world of jazz. A fine singer with a warm, expressive voice,  Helen Merrill 's infrequent recordings tend to be quite special with plenty of surprises and chance-taking. She started singing in public in 1944 and was with the Reggie Childs Orchestra during 1946-1947.  Merrill , who was married for a period to clarinetist  Aaron Sachs , had opportunities to sit in with some of the top modernists of the time, including  Charlie Parker ,  Miles Davis , and  Bud Powell . She was with  Earl Hines  in 1952 and started recording regularly for EmArcy in 1954. Her collaboration with  Clifford Brown  was her first classic. She made several notable EmArcy albums during 1954-1958 (including one in 1956 that helped bring  Gil Evans  out of retirement); all have been reissued in a large box. After recording for Atco and Metrojazz in 1959, she moved to Italy for the next four years, touring often in Europe and Japan.