My weekly(ish) answer to the question “What have you been listening to lately?” It’s lightly annotated because I don’t like re-posting material without providing some context. I hope to write more about some of these in the future, but didn’t want to delay sharing them:
▰ More power to drummer José Medeles for this upcoming tribute to John Fahey, featuring guitarists Matt Ward, Marisa Anderson, and Chris Funk: [*Railroad Cadences & Melancholic Anthems*](https://josemedeles.bandcamp.com/album/railroad-cadences-melancholic-anthems-a-drummers-tribute-to-john-fahey). Three tracks online so far, and each hits the murky, crepuscular, Fahey-ian mark in its own way. Medeles is based in Portland, Oregon.
▰ There’s one track up so far from Yenting Hsu’s forthcoming [*Flash 須臾*](https://ashinternational.bandcamp.com/album/flash). “Unknown 未知” mixes industrial, textural, and droning sounds into a single, focused, contemplative track. Mesmerizing. She’s from Taiwan. The label is the London-based Ash International.
▰ Hard to believe its been a full decade since Max Richter reworked Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons as part of Deutsche Grammophon’s Recomposed series. He’s newly revisiting the music. There are several videos up on [his YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-n5eIZ0AecwjWyXYeSwXkA), including [this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJnDEd65omg), featuring violinist Elena Urioste and the musicians of Chineke! Orchestra: