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Finch and Keita release album

Finch and Keita release album

Welsh harpist Catrin Finch and Senegalese kora player Seckou Keita will release their third collaborative album, ECHO, on May 27 on the bendigedig label. The album marks 10 years of collaboration between the two artists. ECHO is available for pre-order from Finch and...

Lattimore and Sukeena release album

Lattimore and Sukeena release album

Harpist Mary Lattimore and guitarist Paul Sukeena will release their first full-length collaborative album, West Kensington, on May 20. The album’s six tracks feature harp, ambient, guitar, chimes, and drone. West Kensington is available for pre-order from Three Lobed...

Whiting releases new album

Whiting releases new album

Jazz harpist Amanda Whiting will release her third album with Jazzman Records on June 24. Whiting says that new explorations in a time of global changing events and uncertainty led her to record Lost in Abstraction. Whiting’s trio, including Aidan Thorne (bass) and...

von Lerber releases album

von Lerber releases album

Joel von Lerber will release his second album, Légende, on May 27 on the Claves label. Celebrating the harp’s newly expanded chromatic capabilities in the 1800s, the album features works by Renié, Fauré, Grandjany, Posse, Parish Alvars, Mchedelov, Liszt, and Bochsa....

Topaz Duo releases debut album

Topaz Duo releases debut album

The Topaz Duo (Angela Schwarzkopf, harp, and Kaili Maimets, flute) has released its debut album, lumena. All four compositions on their new album are by living North American composers. In addition to the title track, lumena by Riho Esko Maimets, the album features...

Kondonassis releases new album, FIVE MINUTES for Earth

Kondonassis releases new album, FIVE MINUTES for Earth

Multiple GRAMMY-nominated harpist Yolanda Kondonassis announces her new album FIVE MINUTES for Earth, available from Azica Records on April 1. Kondonassis, who has been involved in earth conservation for 20 years, describes the concept of the album as a personal...

Hoffmann releases new album

Hoffmann releases new album

Magdalena Hoffmann, principal harpist of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, has released her new album, Nightscapes, on the Deutsche Grammophon label. Both digital and physical versions are available from Deutsche Grammophon. “In the music on this album, I wanted...

Lizotte releases first album

Lizotte releases first album

Canadian harpist-composer Caroline Lizotte releases her debut album, Lizotte plays Lizotte, today. Both digital and physical versions are available from RougébLeuë Productions. The album features some of her best-known works for harp, as well as two world premiere...

Mary Lattimore releases new album

Mary Lattimore releases new album

Last month, Los Angeles-based harpist Mary Lattimore released her album Collected Pieces II. The album is available on Bandcamp and Ghostly as a cassette and digital release. We asked Lattimore to share more about her project. Tell us how Collected Pieces II differs...

Anaëlle Tourret releases new album

Anaëlle Tourret releases new album

French harpist Anaëlle Tourret released her first album, Perspectives, on November 12 on the Es-Dur label. Tourret is the solo harpist of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra in Hamburg, Germany. We caught up with Tourret to find out more about her album. How did you...