The Skies, They Shift Like Chords… CD Stuart A. Staples and ‘Blue Hawaii’

and ‘Blue Hawaii’

I wanted the main themes to recall iconic works of Joe Hisaishi and Alan Menken

from high-profile institutions (Nine Inch Nails

maybe even euphoric

The slippery double-sidedness of the word – which

The Skies, They Shift Like Chords… CD Stuart A. Staples and ‘Blue Hawaii’Roger Enos second solo album for Deutsche Grammophon invites listeners to reflect on the nature of sound and silence. The Skies, They Shift Like Chords contains a dozen tracks that express nostalgia for something lost while projecting a sense of something timeless, like the renewal of the seasons or the rise and fall of the breath. The composer pianist builds here on the soundworld of The Turning Year, his debut solo album for DG, adding layers of