On Oct. 9, Scottish harpist Rachel Hair will release Hello Harp, her first solo harp recording since her 2007 debut album Hubcaps and Potholes. Following her solo debut, Hair released a series of albums with her trio and in duos with Manx singer-songwriter Ruth Keggin...
Harpist Elizabeth “Lizzie” Steiner released her debut album, Reluctant Princess, on Sept. 25. The album features Steiner’s arrangements of 10 of her favorite songs by Sade, Beyoncé, SWV, Kali Uchis, Solange, and others, plus two of her original compositions, all...
Dallas-based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, avant-garde harpist, and multidisciplinary artist Jess Garland released her debut album, GLOW, on Aug. 28 on all streaming platforms. According to a press release, the album’s seven tracks include both...
The Rock City Falls Trio released its debut album, SIGNAL, on Aug. 28 on Adhyâropa Records. According to a press release, the album comes from the long-time collaboration between Alex Chang (electric harp and electronics), Jason Handron (string bass), and Adam Forman...
Zoe Vandermeer recently released her solo soprano and triple harp album, Angel’s Wine: The Songs of John Dowland, on Centaur Records. The recording features songs from Dowland’s First and Second Bookes, A Musical Banquet, and Pilgrim’s Solace. The album takes its name...
Harpist Oliver Wass has released a new recording on Tactus Records, titled simply Harp music · Chamber music · Harp concerto, which features works that Wass commissioned from Misha Mullov-Abbado and pairs them with works from primarily Italian composers from the 16th...
Harper-composer Aisling Lyons will release her second studio album, Uaithne, on Aug. 7. Lyons says the album title refers to a legendary enchanted harp from Celtic mythology, said to bring harmony in music “while connecting the mortal and divine worlds.” Except for...
Harpist Alex Chang is set to release her new album Abandon on July 17 on Adhyâropa Records. According to a press release, the album has two themes: love and improvisational creativity. Chang combines the sounds of acoustic concert harp and amplified, modulated...
Emily Granger releases her second solo album (and seventh total album release), A Thing Of Beauty, on July 3 on ABC Classic. Granger says in the album’s liner notes, “In a world that rarely slows down, this album is an invitation to pause. It’s a return to what...
Subin Lee released her debut solo album, Harp Classics, on June 11 on the Nova Collective label. Lee describes the album as “a collection of beloved concert repertoire written for the harp [which] brings forth the harp as a powerful and dynamic solo instrument. With...
