Charles Joseph Smith- Collected Works and War of the Martian Ghosts
Collected Works and War of the Martian Ghosts is a long-overdue archival reckoning with Chicago's Dr. Charles Joseph Smith — gifted concert pianist, DIY fixture, and singular mind who has spent 30 years composing everything from thundering solo piano to Martian sci-fi opera. Sooper Records has done the work of pulling this unclassifiable universe into one place celebrating this odds-defying virtuoso.