Album Of The Week: Rafael Toral Traveling Light

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 presents a transcendent listening experience, the kind that might leave you dumbfounded and revitalized regardless of how much background you’re bringing to the album. Yet there are layers of history that might deepen your appreciation for what the Portuguese musician is doing here.

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