World renowned harpsichordist, Maggie Cole, formed Trio Goya with Kati Debretzni and Sebastian Comberti. They play classical music - primarily trios by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Storace and Schubert - on period instruments.
Though born in the US, Cole is resident in the UK and is best known through her numerous recitals on BBC Radio 3 and [...]

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Society of Sound artist, B&W office favourite and resident of Abilene, Texas,  Micah P.Hinson has kindly allowed us to preview four tracks exclusively from his new album of covers, All Dressed up and Smelling of Strangers, which is out on the 28th September on Full Time Hobby Records. Micah is currently touring Europe, you can [...]

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This month’s album has taken years to come together. It’s not that David Rhodes is a particularly slow worker as much as he’s been very in demand as a session guitarist, primarily for Peter Gabriel but also for the likes of Paul McCartney, T-Bone Burnett and even Roy Orbison.
Rhodes started writing the songs which became [...]

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What Hi-Fi? Sound & Vision has some very positive things to say about Society of Sound in this online review which also appears in the October issue.
They save particular praise for the quality of the Society of Sound, both in terms of music offered, and the sound quality of the downloads.
“…it’s just about great music, [...]

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So we’re off to Womad with welly boots and raincoats packed. Lots of Society of Sound artists are playing - Charlie Winston, Dub Colossus, Portico Quartet, Spiro and of course Peter Gabriel - and we can’t wait to see them live.
We’re also running a big competition down there to win a Zeppelin plus Society of [...]

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Dengue Fever have never been shy about occupying a niche, Mojo described them as “the world’s premier Cambodian psychedelic rock band” although the LA Times preferred to see them as - “Sexy and eclectic, it’s world music for the cool kids”.
“In The Ley Lines“  is the new monthly album available exclusively from Society [...]

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Charlie Winston, whose debut album ‘Hobo’ has sold over 200,000 copies in France, has released an exclusive compilation album including rarities for Society of Sound members.
This is a great example of us being able to bring you an exceptional artist on the cusp of going global.  Discovered by Peter Gabriel and supporting him on the [...]

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One of the best blogs about all things audio is Steve Guttenberg’s The Audiophiliac on CNET. He’s currently running a poll to find out how you find out about new music which is something we’re really interested in and one of the reasons we set up Society of Sound music.
Visit his site , choose your [...]

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Next month we’re very excited to be teaming up with critically acclaimed Los Angeles-based Cambodian American rock band Dengue Fever, the group Mojo called “The world’s premier Cambodian psychedelic rock band” and the Los Angeles Times call “the most original pop band in LA.”
Dengue Fever will be releasing a fantastic live and studio recorded album [...]

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Society of Sound artist Tom Kerstens has been selected by Classic FM magazine as one of their top 100 artists and one of the top 5 guitarists in the world which they’ll announce this month.
Tom recorded the album ‘Utopia’ for us last year with the G Plus ensemble consisting of John Metcalfe, who in an [...]

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