Jenny Conlee
TIDES: PIECES FOR ACCORDION AND PIANO “The Seaview Suite for Accordion” & “Five Ostinatos for Piano”
Label: Jealous Butcher Records
Release: March 24, 2023 ***BUY CD/LP NOW***

SIDE ONE – The Seaview Suite
1. Hawk (Dorian)
2. Dune Grass (Lydian)
3. Ocean (Mixolydian)
4. Sand (Aeolian)
5. Wind (Phrygian)
6. Shell (Locrian)
7. Sunset (Ionian)

SIDE TWO – Five Ostinatos for Piano
8. Lowtide
9. Pinwheel
10. Sandpiper
11. Looking Glass (For Tiffany)*
12. Shore Pine

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I had the wonderful opportunity to meet with Jenny Conlee and discuss her new album Tides: Pieces for Accordion and Piano which will be released March 24th. The talented artist is most well known as the accordionist and keyboardist of The Decemberists, but her new album showcases her incredible abilities as both a composer and solo performer. READ MORE

When she’s not touring the world with the Decemberists, collaborating with an array of local musicians, or writing and recording her own solo works, Jenny Conlee teaches piano—mostly via Zoom.

So she was fully prepared, when asked during an interview, to explain the seven ancient Greek musical scales—or modes—that form the foundation of about half of her new album Tides: Pieces for Accordion and Piano, which also happens to come out on Friday via Jealous Butcher Records. READ MORE