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Playlist

ListN Up Playlist: Marlo De Lara (February 12, 2026)

Ingrid Plum, Judith Hamann, Marlo De Lara, NikNak, Semay Wu, Susie Ibarra, Vincent Moon

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, artist Marlo De Lara received a PhD in the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds and an MA in Psychosocial Studies at the Cent…

I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

Feb 11, 2026

Album

Flutronix Collapses Time and Mines Multitudes on “Black Being” Album

Allison Loggins-Hull, Chicago Sinfonietta, Flutronix, Jaki Shelton Green, Mei-Ann Chen, Nathalie Joachim

The multitudes of Black womanhood are center stage in Black Being, a new four-part song cycle by Flutronix. The latest project from the duo of flutist-composers Nathalie Joachim and Allison Loggins-Hu…

Dalanie Harris

Feb 10, 2026

Complications in Sue -- Photo by Ray Bailey

Concert

Opera Philadelphia’s “Complications in Sue” is a Delicious Mosaic of Life’s Absurdities

Alistair Coleman, Andy Akiho, Anthony Roth Constanzo, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Dan Schlosberg, Errollyn Wallen, Imara Miles, Justin Vivian Bond, Kamala Sankaram, Kiera Duffy, Michael R. Jackson, Missy Mazzoli, Nathalie Joachim, Nicholas Newton, Nicky Spence, Nico Muhly, Opera Philadelphia, Rehanna Thelwell, Rene Orth

Opera Philadelphia’s Complications in Sue is a fun, fantastically stylish, genre-defying work that revels in the unexpected. The co-composed commission emerged from an accelerated creative process con…

Gemma Peacocke

Feb 9, 2026

Ishmael Ali -- Photo by Yvonne Schmedemann

Album

Ishmael Ali’s “Burn the Plastic, Sell the Copper” Explores Quirky, Communal Sonic Palettes

Amalgam Arts, Bill Harris, Brianna Tong, Corey Wilkes, Ed Wilkerson Jr., Ishmael Ali, Jim Baker

Ishmael Ali carries many titles and is in no danger of running out of projects. He is a cellist, improviser and bandleader; co-founder and audio engineer at Marmelade (a recording and rehearsal space…

Christian Kriegeskotte

Feb 8, 2026

Apparat brass quartet performs Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir’s

Concert

Dark Music Days 2026 Embodies the Communal Spirit of Icelandic Contemporary Music

Apparat, Arngerður María Árnadóttir, Bára Gísladóttir, Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir, Björg Brjánsdóttir, Charles Ross, Dark Music Days, Dúplum dúó, Haukur Þór Harðarson, Huldur Chamber Choir, Ingibjörg Ýr Skarphéðinsdóttir, James MacMillan, Jón Arnar Einarsson, Luke Deane, M Alberto, Magnús Jóhann Ragnarsson, Negla Piano Quartet, Pétur Eggertsson, Ragnar Árni Ólafsson, S. Gerup, Siggi String Quartet, Veronique Vaka, Þórhildur Magnúsdóttir

When I got on the plane to attend Reykjavík’s Dark Music Days festival, I expected to have plenty of new and surprising musical experiences. What I didn’t anticipate was having several concerts moved…

Amanda Cook

Feb 5, 2026

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