Blog: What's on the Hi-Fi

Edmar Castaneda Entre Cuerdes (available 6/1/2009) ArtistShare.com (2009) Going back to the Greeks the harp was associated with Apollo and reason, and then of course somewhere along the way the image of angelic harps got started. This sound combined with jazz lite would indeed be a nauseating combination. The harp sound we are mostly familiar with emphasizes the lush, resonant qualities of the instrument--which ironically, kind of makes the instrument into a kind of strumpet. Edmar Castaneda performance style is refreshing because it brings out the percussive, rhythmic [...]