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ListN Up Playlist: Rachel Beetz (February 26, 2026)

Alma Laprida, Berglina María Tómasdóttir, Chris Williams, Heather Stebbins, Julie Herndon, Mattie Barbier, Patrick Shiroishi, Rachel Beetz, Raven Chacon

Rachel Beetz is an American performer-composer-improvisor on flutes, various electronics, and an Arp 2600. Beetz considers sound as touch and is particularly influenced by natural and mechanical envir…

I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

Feb 25, 2026

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Essay

Artists are Dying. We Must Dismantle the Cultural Industrial Complex

Basel Abbas, Black Quantum Futurism, Dancers for Palestine, Decolonize this Place, DJs Against Apartheid, Dread Scott, Just Stop Oil, Moor Mother, Nan Goldin, PAIN, Ruanne Abu Rahme, Ruanne Abu Rahme and Basel Abbas, Shellyne Rodriguez, Toshi Reagon

In the last few years, arts workers have been hitting massive walls, witnessing the absurdity, toxicity, and fragility of our cultural ecosystems. From pandemics and inflation to wars, censorship, unp…

Shirine Saad

Feb 24, 2026

Camila Agosto -- Photo by Jonathan Echevarria

Interview

5 Questions to Camila Agosto (composer, interdisciplinary artist)

Camila Agosto, International Contemporary Ensemble, the International Contemporary Ensemble

Stunning textures and timbral exploration are hallmarks of Camila Agosto’s compositional output. As a composer, interdisciplinary artist, educator, and certified yoga instructor, her work intersects p…

Yaz Lancaster

Feb 23, 2026

Album

On Zeena Parkins’ “Lament for the Maker,” the Melodic and Experimental Beautifully Merge

James Fei, John Bischoff, Laetitia Sonami, Mills College, Zeena Parkins

In new music, there is a world of primarily textural music that I sometimes refer to as “creaky door” that historically has just not worked for me. I am not interested in making an overly conservative…

Clover Nahabedian

Feb 18, 2026

Essay

Cross-Cultural Music is Not Just About Knowledge – It’s Embodying Another Way of Being

MEGUMI, Megumi Saruhashi

In an age where music from around the world is only a few clicks away, more and more people feel inclined to make cross-cultural music. Tutorials, scores, and recordings are everywhere on the internet…

MEGUMI

Feb 17, 2026

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