New York-based harpist and composer Zeena Parkins released her album Lament for the Maker in December 2025, titled after a poem by Jack Spicer. Parkins explains, “In 2022, with the closing of Mills College imminent and my bicoastal life coming to an end along with it,...
Irish harper, composer, and songwriter Aisling Urwin recently released her second solo album, The Other Place. Though the harp is central, the album also features field recordings of streams, birdsong, storms, a grandfather clock, bells, and old wind-up toys, as well...
Electric harpist Abbie Palmer recently self-released her fifth album, featuring her original music and self-produced electronics in the style of electronic dance music (EDM). Palmer is joined by guest musicians Jonathan Moorman (fiddle) and Arden Moscati (voice). The...
In their debut collaboration, New York-based artists Zeena Parkins and Cecilia Lopez have released the new album Red Shifts, featuring two instruments they invented. Parkins plays the electric harp she designed, as well as acoustic harp and ebow piano. Lopez performs...
Singer and composer Julianna Barwick and harpist Mary Lattimore released the album Tragic Magic on Jan. 16, featuring six original tracks and one cover. Created shortly after the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, Tragic Magic explores themes of “tragedy, wonder, and the...
French harpist Xavier de Maistre released a new album dedicated to the music of George Frideric Handel on Nov. 14, 2025, on the Sony Music label. Joined by the Festival Strings Lucerne, de Maistre presents not only the Concerto in B flat major, HWV 294 (Handel’s only...
French harpist Mélanie Laurent will release her debut album Pastel on Nov. 22 on Indésens Calliope Records. The album features two new transcriptions by Laurent of works by Cécile Chaminade and Mel Bonis, as well as compositions by Grandjany, Tournier, Tailleferre, de...
Vancouver-based harpist, vocalist, and composer Elisa Thorn releases her album xiik on Nov. 7 on major streaming platforms. According to a press release, the album is “whimsical, curious, and intimate … exploring [themes of] time, selfhood, and transformation. Thorn...
Quebecois harpist Valérie Milot released her new album Nebulæ on Oct. 7 on the 2xHD label. Inspired by space exploration, the album features two new works for harp by Quebecois composers Denis Gougeon and Amélie Fortin (with sheet music to be published in early 2026),...
Oxana Thijssen’s debut album features six lesser-known works by Elias Parish Alvars. Elias Parish Alvars: Selected Works for Harp Solo, Volume 1 will be released as a physical CD on Oct. 24 and digitally on Nov. 7 on the label Kasper & Oxana Music. Physical CDs...
