This is an exclusive song premiere, part of The ARTery s effort to highlight ascending New England musicians.
Does the modest perennial that grows from the cracks in the sidewalk possess any less beauty than a towering redwood?
Boston pianist and composer Ben Cosgrove urges you to consider the equality of the natural world on the static tinkling of his sparse new single “The Machine in the Garden,” an impressionistic ode to the life that grows between the urban cracks. It’s the first song released from his forthcoming album “The Trouble With Wilderness,” due April 16.
As gleaned from his previous releases, like 2017’s “Salt,” the work requires context. A solo-piano composer and self-described “singer-songwriter who doesn’t sing,” Cosgrove works solely in abstracts, using minimalism and deeper concepts to paint portraits with a soft, muted palette. For instance, “The Machine in the Garden” is a borrowed title from a piece of 1960s literary criticism by Le