Tag: Atlas Maior

• ‘Riptide’ is Atlas Maior’s fourth album and is a potent blend of Middle Eastern music and Western jazz

  Riptide is Atlas Maior’s fourth album proper and their eleven songs traverse American jazz, Middle Eastern and Indian traditions. It is out now in the US and out in Europe on October 18th. The band write original melodies exploring maqamat (the Middle Eastern modal system) and harmonic progressions found in American jazz. The album sees…

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  October 10, 2019

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  Atlas Maior, Austin, Bell Tree Studio, Earmilk, Josh T. Pearson, NPR, PRI, Riptide, Tal National, Vieux Farka Touré