by Greg M | Mar 22, 2018 | Releases
Pastimes of Creation will be released on Mar. 24. Early responses are all enthusiastic, and the Mar. 21 Album Premiere on Radio Spiral was a triumph. Big gratitude to host Diana Smethurst (Gypsywitch), all listeners and chatroom friends. It was a wonderful two hours,...
by Greg M | Nov 28, 2017 | Airplay, Releases
Among so many other things to be grateful for this season, I’ve been fortunate to receive lots of airplay from SomaFM in the past week. Along with all seven pieces from The White Island, Soma’s DroneZone (which premiered the album on its release), also played At This...
by Greg M | Nov 7, 2017 | Airplay, Album Reviews, Releases
Big thanks to a couple of old friends and one new one, for bringing music from The White Island to more listeners: Both Renée Blanche of Night Tides and Scott Raymond of Secret Music aired my fretless/EBow piece The Four Directions Seemed Aflame on Nov. 5. Both Scott...
by eyes cast down | Sep 2, 2011 | Album Reviews
Steve Brand has just released his first “lost pieces” collection, on his own Pioneer Light label. Upwelling (PL 0002) is a gathering of nine remixed and reimagined tracks, some created during work on other albums, others resulting from momentary...
by eyes cast down | May 13, 2011 | Album Reviews
Steve Brand has just released a remastered edition of his 2008 release SoulSpiral, the first offering on his own Pioneer Light label. On the album’s initial release, Steve wrote: “SoulSpiral represents a new phase of work for me, in which I felt the desire...