Perrotta is the namesake project of keyboardist and singer-songwriter Sarah Perrotta, and recently released its stunning 2010 album, Tonight. In addition to the live trio of Sarah, guitarist-vocalist Johnnie Wang, and drummer Will Olsen, Tonight features legendary bassist Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, John Lennon).

With the electronic-tinged group Outloud Dreamer, Sarah released 2001’s Drink the Sky before debuting under her own name in 2008 with The Well, a piano-based set mixed by Malcolm Burn (Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris) and featuring Levin and The Band’s keyboardist, Garth Hudson. Perrotta has performed internationally with Barenaked Ladies, Guster, Jason Collett, and other top acts.

Tonight’s direction bridges the old and the new, pairing The Well’s sophisticated piano balladry with the electronics of Sarah’s earlier work. Graced with her divinely ethereal voice, the disc is home to shimmering masterpieces like the windswept “Walls,” the shadowy, trip-hop-infused “Conquer Me,” and the ghostly waltz “Falling to Pieces.”

With a depth and maturity unseen in many venerated acts, Perrotta is one of modern rock’s rising jewels. One whose dazzling rays grow brighter with every sweeping, pulsating note.