BPM’s Top 50 Albums of 2025
The 50 best albums from 2025, as picked by our team
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BPM’s Top 50 Songs of 2025
The 50 best songs from 2025, as picked by our team
Album Review: Ichiko Aoba – Luminescent Creatures
When Ichiko Aoba‘s Windswept Adan was suddenly released at the tail end of 2020, it felt like a...
Ichiko Aoba submits herself to the restless cycles of the ocean on “SONAR”
Listening to the music of Ichiko Aoba is like calmly drifting along on a series of oceanic swells...
BPM Curates: November 2024
Our monthly playlist of the team's essential new songs
Ichiko Aoba returns via the tender grandeur of “Luciférine”, announces new album and tour
There isn’t a more natural rise to greatness than that of Japanese folk artist Ichiko Aoba. She never...
Run It Back: BPM’s Top 50 Albums of 2013
Ah, 2013… to say it was a “simpler time” is, well, oversimplifying things. But in the music world...
Ichiko Aoba provides the graceful “Space Orphans” for Brian Eno’s EarthPercent initiative
Against all odds, Ichiko Aoba has risen to the very forefront of Folk music. Without a large push,...
Festival Review: Knoxville’s Big Ears Festival stays weird and wonderful and wholly necessary
Big Ears still feels like a secret, a hidden treasure nestled in The Marble City. Gathering together artists...
Big Ears Festival announces 2023 lineup
Big Ears Festival will once again invade the downtown area of Knoxville, TN from March 30-April 2, 2023....
