Lavalu: "Ginger Night'" video

Dutch singer and pianist Lavalu has made a video for Ginger Night, a track from her Solitary High album. "As a composer and lyricist she is the missing link between classical music and jazzy piano pop, genres that are connected seamlessly on Solitary High. Lavalu's low volume music has inner-circle favourite written all over it, catering to people who have the decency to shut up (and leave their phones in their pockets when she plays."

HCTF's best of 2017 (10-6)

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• 15-11
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• 10-6
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• 5-1

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HCTF's annual list of the 20 albums that will be in regular rotation for many years to come. The long list of memorable releases boasted about 50 albums. Tough decisions were made narrowing it down. As per usual it's a mixed bag of genres: rock in its various incarnations (garage, hard, post, prog), avant-garde, jazz, pop, folk, funk. Also of note: four live albums made the cut.

Today: countdown from number 10 to 6.

Please keep in mind to shop at your local record store, buy directly from the artist, attend live shows. And shut the fuck up while the band is playing.

Lavalu: Solitary High

BEST OF 2017
10
HCTF

Dutch singer and pianist Lavalu brings back the chamber music of Schubert and Satie on her new album Solitary High. Her touch matches her vocals, leaving tiny space between notes. Her fluid dexterity fills those meaningful spaces. the album is a study in contemplation and soul-searching, but it it can be enjoyed as tribute to the grand piano, that gentle beast that now is purring like a contented cat.

As a composer and lyricist she is the missing link between classical music and jazzy piano pop, genres that are connected seamlessly on Solitary High. Lavalu's low volume music has inner-circle favourite written all over it, catering to people who have the decency to shut up (and leave their phones in their pockets when she plays.