Mulvey/ Lithuanian National Sym Orch/ O'Farrell - Akanos & Other WorksAKANOS features six works by Irish composer Grainne Mulvey. Ms. Mulvey's music explores the juxtaposition of polar opposites, pitting the real against the synthetic in finely crafted and thought provoking works. Features performances by soprano Elizabeth Hillard, pianist Matthew Schellhorn, cellist Annette Cleary, flutist Joe O'Farrell, and the Lithuanian National Symphony.

opening (among others) for Fatso Jetson

puts front and center McCain's mastery of the blues

This release in the seemingly never-ending 'That'll Flat

Integrating the traditional Lakota song "Heart Butte Special" into an orchestral texture

with the scoring for the piano-less

" and the Fogerty-penned rocker "Sweet Hitch-Hiker"

he made two almost human voices sing together

and Mekhi Phifer star

Written for the International Year of the Child in 1979 and performed on the tiktiri (a double clarinet from India)

two totally unknown works by two composers who were nevertheless very famous at the time - Porpora

this album introduces some of the world's youngest funk talent to step up and rub shoulders with soul and rap legends

The band took great care to create unique and original synth sounds to bring real ambiences