NPR MUSIC: NPR Music's 26 Favorite Albums Of 2021 (So Far) (Copy)
NPR MUSIC: NPR Music's 26 Favorite Albums Of 2021 (So Far)
BY TOM HUIZENGA
“Fueled by a two-note theme in the vibraphone emerging from a thicket of sleigh bells, the late Julius Eastman's Femenine unfolds one surprising and beautiful layer after another for a jubilant 67 minutes. Freewheeling solos for flugelhorn, piccolo and cello share space with swirling, minimalist repetitions that, if you drink it all in, just may leave you feeling sublimely intoxicated.”