The glacially unfolding Traveling Light is a showcase of the techniques Toral has perfected since the ’90s. He has always made patient music. He lets his phrases unspool for so long that they start to ...

Traveling Light is beautiful on so many levels. Without any context, Rafael Toral's new music is a gorgeous thrill: soothing, illuminating, aglow with feeling. Out this week on Drag City, the album ...

Jazz has a difficult time wrestling with its own history. All genres do, but jazz, specifically in the lethargic modern era, cannot but find itself somewhat directionless. Rock, pop, and electronica ...