Need is a prog metal band based in Athens, Greece. With almost 15 years in the scene they've released 4 studio albums, 1 live DVD, have toured the US, Europe and Greece having shared the stage with Iron Maiden (Sonisphere Festival), Fates Warning, Pain of Salvation, Evergrey, Sons of Apollo, Jon Oliva's Pain, Symphony X, Candlemass and more. New album 'Norchestrion: A song for the End' out now!
Innovative string trio Time For Three (TF3) – praised by Simon Rattle as “benevolent monsters, monsters of ability and technique surely. But also conveyors of an infectious joy that I find both touching and moving”– releases the new album Letters for the Future with the Philadelphia Orchestra led by Xian Zhang on Deutsche Grammophon on June 10. The album comprises world premiere recordings of two technically demanding and musically virtuosic concerti for trio and orchestra by two Pulitzer Prize-winning composers, written fifteen years apart but both commissioned for the group: Jennifer Higdon’s 2007 Concerto 4–3 and Kevin Puts’s brand-new Contact, the first track of which is available May 20.