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Interview

For Lazyhorse, Fragments of Ideas are Opportunities for Transformation

Andy Meyerson, Mali Obomsawin, Miriam Elhajli, Raven Chacon, Steve Hammond, The Living Earth Show, Travis Andrews

There’s often a moment in a group improvisation where musicians let go of trying to make sense of each other’s sound and begin to respond more fluidly. Lazyhorse, a new rotating collective ensemble, l…

Gemma Peacocke

May 26, 2026

Sanaya Ardeshir -- Photo by Sumaiya Sayed

Playlist

ListN Up Playlist: Sanaya Ardeshir (May 21, 2026)

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Charles Mingus, Dimlite, Gustav Holst, Mount Kimbie, Nala Sinephro, Nils Frahm, Sanaya Ardeshir, Sandunes, Susanna Mälkki, Suzanne Ciani

Sanaya Ardeshir (she/her) is an Indian producer and composer, with a parallel practice in electronic music under the moniker – Sandunes. Like her naturally occurring namesake, her world of sound is in…

May 21, 2026

Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir -- Photo by Camille Blake

Interview

5 Question to Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir (composer)

Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir, Borealis, Dark Music Days, John McCowen, Nordic Council Music Prize, S.L.Á.T.U.R.

The music of experimental composer Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir is surprisingly organic and elemental; equal parts methodical and curious, she constructs slowly evolving soundscapes from breath, metallic r…

Amanda Cook

May 20, 2026

TAK Ensemble -- Photo by Titilayo Ayangade

Album

The Substance of Silence on TAK Ensemble’s “Between the Air”

Bethany Younge, Eric Wubbels, Golnaz Shariatzadeh, Lewis Nielson, TAK Ensemble, Tyshawn Sorey

Though air hangs all around us, it’s usually imperceptible. But when it moves, we hear it. A gale rustles the leaves, yielding a bristling crunch; a gentle breeze swirls in the atmosphere, leaving a f…

Vanessa Ague

May 19, 2026

Standard Issue at Dig That Treasure! Festival 2026 -- Photo by Carl Northcote

Concert

The Ecstatic Experience of Dig That Treasure! Festival 2026

Abul Mogard, Ailís Ní Ríain, Cafe OTO, Canab Marwo, Dig That Treasure! Festival, DNA? AND?, Eric Chenaux, Fievel Is Glauque, Harry Górski-Brown, IKLECTIK Art Lab, Jennifer Walshe, Lawrence Casserley, Michelle Hromin, Mohammad Syfkhan, Rafael Anton Irisarri, standard issue, Tilly Coulton

I don’t think I have ever seen the audience at Cafe Oto so animated and so joyful as they were on the opening night of the 2026 Dig That Treasure! Festival. Canab Marwo, imperious in a long black-and-…

Robert Barry

May 14, 2026

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