PRISM Quartet -- Photo by Jon Rohrer
Album

Review: PRISM Quartet “Generate Music”

David Krakauer, Diane Monroe, Erika Hunt, Fred Wesley, Helen Haynes, Matthew Levy, Myra Melford, PRISM Quartet, Susan Watts, Tyshawn Sorey, Ursula Rucker, Yotam Haber
On their new album Generate Music (XAS Records), PRISM radically reimagines the saxophone quartet as a platform for facilitating cross-cultural artistry and community connections. The ambitious projec…
Julius Eastman -- Photo by Ron Hammond
Concert

Review: AfriClassical Futures Presents “The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc”

AfriClassical Futures, Ahmed Al Abaca, Alex Moore, Elastic Arts, Epiphany Center for the Arts, Evé Sanchez, Florence Price, Julian Otis, King Sophia, Lindsey Sharpe, Luis González, Malik Johnson, Nick Reeves, olula negre, Ómkara Gil, Peter Maxwell Davies, Sajdah Muhammad
What happens when an iconoclast becomes an institution? That question continues to unfold with Julius Eastman. Composing in the heady New York scene of the 1970s and ’80s, Eastman wrote music years ah…
Liz Draper -- Photo by Eric Reich
Concert

Review: Liz Draper at Edna’s Park

Alissa Ona Jacobsen, Dameun Strange, Edna’s Park, Liz Draper, Mikey Marget
The sky can’t decide if it’s going to rain. Baby blue dots the gaps between hulking grey clouds over the Minneapolis skyline. The moody tone resonates with bassist and composer Liz Draper’s self-style…
Sarah Davachi -- Photo by Sean McCann
Interview

Sarah Davachi is a Sonic Architect

EMPAC, Late Music, Sarah Davachi
The organ at the Church of St. Luke & St. Matthew looms over Sarah Davachi as she takes a seat to perform at the May 2026 Long Play Festival in Brooklyn. The Canadian-born, Los-Angeles-based compo…
International Contemporary Ensemble -- Photo by Fadi Kheir
Concert

Review: International Contemporary Ensemble at TIME:SPANS Festival

Farzia Fallah, Imsu Choi, International Contemporary Ensemble, Márton Illés, Njabulo Phungula, Rebekah Heller, The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, TIME:SPANS festival
In the last minutes of Márton Illés’ Forajzok (2021), every member of the International Contemporary Ensemble was holding coins in their right hand, shaking them above their heads the same as conducto…
Ashley DuBose -- Photo by Jayme Halbritter
Ashley DuBose — Photo by Jayme Halbritter

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Sivan Cohen Elias -- Photo by Patrick Pelham
Sivan Cohen Elias — Photo by Patrick Pelham

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