release date: 24,02,2026 via Greydisc Records
Announcing Across Tall Rain, the new album on Greydisc Records, by Kevin Kastning (US) and Bruno Råberg (Sweden/US), as always, it is a great pleasure.
This is their second album together, with more collaborative album projects underway, after their debut Silent Dimensions. Almost two years passed between them. 2024 was Kasting’s year for the Duo recordings with a double bass, as he also made another one then, In Visible Ascent, with Brad Mehldau‘s Trio bassist, Larry Grenadier. All in just a month. Following 2025 expanded into the Trio recording, Triple Helix, with completely different vibes, sporting two wind players: American saxophonist Carl Clements and Iranian clarinettist Soheil Peyghambari. With Across Tall Rain, Kastning and Raberg reunite and return to the project and the aesthetics they started in the past.
This pairing of instruments provides a unique palette for these seven new compositions for 36-string Double Contraguitar, 16-string Subcontraguitar, 24-string Subcontraguitar, 28-string Contraguitar, and Double bass. Kevin and Bruno have an immediate artistic connection, which can be heard in each of these modern compositions. International release date is 24 February 2026.
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Kevin Kastning attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, and has studied privately with guitar legend Pat Metheny. Kevin has composed over 200 works for various solo and chamber group instrumentation. Kevin has recorded albums with Alex de Grassi, Michael Manring, Mark Wingfield, Carl Clements, Sandor Szabo, and others.
Kevin is the inventor of the 36- string Double Contraguitar (see photo at above), the 17-string Extended Hybrid Classical (both featured on this album), the 30-string Contra-Alto guitar, the 28- and 24-string Double Contraguitars, the 15-string Extended Classical guitar, the 16- and 17-string Contraguitars, and others. Kevin’s discography extends to over 50 albums. Since 2019, Kevin has had 16 albums in first-round voting for the Grammy® Awards. He resides in Maine USA.
Bruno Råberg is an internationally renowned bass player and composer. Since coming to the US from his native Sweden in 1981, he has made 12 recordings as a leader, about 30 as a sideman, and has performed with numerous world-class artists. Bruno teaches in the prestigious Berklee Global Jazz Institute lead by pianist Danilo Perez, and at Berklee College of Music in Boston.
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ARTIST: Kevin Kastning // Bruno Råberg
ALBUM: Across Tall Rain
RELEASE DATE: 24 February 2026
LABEL: Greydisc CATALOG #: GDR602
GENRE: Contemporary Classical, Jazz, New Age, Ambient, Avantgarde
Tracklist:
1. Aniline III
2. Half Echo I
3. Dark Branches Faster
4. Half Echo II
5. A Line of Dusk
6. Half Echo III
7. Anilin IV
Line up:
Kevin Kastning: 36-string Double Contraguitar, 16-string Subcontraguitar, 24-string Subcontraguitar, 28-string Contraguitar
Bruno Råberg: Double bass