Blacxkouts Torres

After making a record, and touring, with boygenius—her super-group collaboration with Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus—you might expect Julien Baker to be itchy to return to her solo career. Instead, the guitar god is still in teamwork mode and has joined forces with singer-songwriter TORRES (née Mackenzie Ruth Scott) for a classic country record, rather than pandering to new fans who fell for the "boys" on Taylor Swift's "Eras" tour. Both TORRES and Baker have flirted with country before, but here they go all the way, their way.

As a pianist who is extremely well versed in two distinct musical vocabularies – Jazz and Classical Xavi Torres explores new ways of bringing these worlds together in his very own interpretations of Beethoven’s piano sonatas. With deep respect for these key works of the classical repertoire, Torres honors the compositions while finding freedom within their structures.

After making a record, and touring, with boygenius—her super-group collaboration with Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus—you might expect Julien Baker to be itchy to return to her solo career. Instead, the guitar god is still in teamwork mode and has joined forces with singer-songwriter TORRES (née Mackenzie Ruth Scott) for a classic country record, rather than pandering to new fans who fell for the "boys" on Taylor Swift's "Eras" tour. Both TORRES and Baker have flirted with country before, but here they go all the way, their way.

Years of study and travel are blessings not afforded to many. It is precious when the results of these blessings are channeled by an artist into genuine and heartfelt statements. For pianist/composer Álvaro Torres, globetrotting and absorbing musical information from around the world has led him to the root of music’s importance to him, namely emotional expression. Torres’s new recording, Heart Is The Most Important Ingredient, provides a perfect example of the pianist’s affecting art.

The past three years have been indispensable in pianist Álvaro Torres’s musical development.

The past three years have been indispensable in pianist Álvaro Torres’s musical development.

The cover shows pianist Xavi Torres with at least as many fingers as a grand piano has keys. His style is therefore aptly typified. Torres makes full use of his instrument, loves lush nut clusters and wide echoing sounds. On "Curiosity", his first solo album, his music often tends to be more classical than jazz. And no matter how impressive, a personal voice and vision are not yet emerging. Yet there are but in a different way. Back to the cover. That immense number of fingers is not only meant to emphasize his virtuosity. Each finger symbolizes a possibility. A key that the pianist can play or pass and choose another. Torres writes that curiosity is the antidote to arrogance. That is exactly what he expresses in his music. It is not based on a technical display of power. Torres' great ability is at most a tool that helps him explore the piano. And then sometimes his curiosity jumps over to the listener who intensively hears the music with the maker's ears.

The world premiere recording of a hitherto unknown 1840 arrangement of Haydn’s sublime devotional cycle.

Violinist/ Composer Alexa Torres and her Quartet to release new recording “IN SITU” via the Indi Records, out 14th of June, 2024.