Micah Huang -- Photo by Olivia Moon
Playlist

ListN Up: Micah Huang (December 4, 2025)

Anonymous, Bad Brains, Dead Kennedys, Devon Gates, John Pax, Micah Huang, Michele Cheng, Pan Ron, Pen Ran, Poison Girls, Susie Ibarra, Suzanne Ciani, The Grateful Dead, Weilu Ge
Micah Huang is a musician and performing artist whose work focuses on cathartic rituals and grassroots community. Micah’s projects include the Los Angeles Hungry Ghost Festival, Blood on Gold Mountain…
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Album

Nicolás Lell Benavides Threads the Historical with the Personal on “Canto Caló”

Aerocade Music, Friction Quartet, Melinda Martinez Backer, Nicolás Lell Benavides
Nicolás Lell Benavides’ familial and local ties to New Mexico form the basis of his strong perspective and voice on Canto Caló (Oct. 10, Aerocade Music). The composer’s concise, witty and heartfelt de…
James Lee III -- Photo by Roy Cox
Interview

5 Questions to James Lee III (composer)

Anthony McGill, Isidore Quartet, James Lee III, Karen Slack, People’s Symphony Concerts
In a time with so much uncertainty, how do we determine what is essential? Is it only our basic human needs like food, shelter, or healthcare, or is it the things that seem like luxuries, but are grow…
Nina Fukuoka -- Photo by Brian Ling
Playlist

ListN Up Playlist: Nina Fukuoka (November 20, 2025)

Chiyoko Szlavnics, Diane Charlemagne, Goldie, Jon Hassell, Nina Fukuoka, Oneohtrix Point Never, Sawako Kato, Suzanne Ciani, Tōru Takemitsu
Nina Fukuoka is a Japanese and Polish composer and performer based in New York City. She makes instrumental and computer music and uses various media and technologies to express extramusical meaning.
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Money Matters is a NewMusicBox x I CARE IF YOU LISTEN collaboration, supported by New Music USA This was supposed to be a study on pay transparency. An anonymous survey was carefully written to e…
Ashley DuBose -- Photo by Jayme Halbritter
Ashley DuBose — Photo by Jayme Halbritter

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