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Lucy Liyou -- Photo by Park Seung Won

Lucy Liyou Breaks Free in Visceral “Mister Cobra” Performance

Before she took the stage as “Babygirl,” we were preparing for Lucy Liyou’s character to bleed. Ushe…
Author
Connie Li
Irreversible Entanglements -- Photo by Annemone Take

A Call to Action from Irreversible Entanglements: “Vibrate Higher, Beyond the Noise”

Although Camae Ayewa, Tcheser Holmes, Luke Stewart, Aquiles Navarro, and Keir Neuringer had lived an…
Author
Julia Kuhlman
Olivia Block -- Photo by Lyndon French

5 Questions to Olivia Block (media artist, composer)

Olivia Block is pictured on her website before a glistening Steinway piano, illuminated from behind…
Author
Christian Kriegeskotte
Keren Abreu -- Photo by Jo Chiang

ListN Up Playlist: Keren Abreu (March 26, 2026)

Keren Abreu is a singer-songwriter whose music is a multilingual blend of folk lyricism, pop melodie…
Money Matters author Sunny Sumter

Building Financial Stability Beyond the Gig

Money Matters is a NewMusicBox x I CARE IF YOU LISTEN collaboration, supported by New Music USA As s…
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Sunny Sumter
Harriet Tubman -- Photo by Michael Halsband

Harriet Tubman & Georgia Anne Muldrow Grow Radical Gardens on “Electrical Field of Love”

Harriet Tubman’s Electrical Field of Love is a deeply personal album collaboratively written and rec…
Author
Sofía Rocha
Camille Norment at Borealis 2026 -- Photo by Thor Brødreskift

Experimentalism in Transition: a Mercurial Week at Borealis 2026

Seated in the round at Åsane Kulturhus, a string of spoken words transmogrified in spatialized audio…
Author
Amanda Cook
Macie Stewart, Whitney Johnson, and Lia Kohl for

“BODY SOUND” is an Invigorating Take on Sculpted Improvisation

Sometimes, music transports us to a place so far from reality, it can feel like an out of body exper…
Author
Tristan McKay
Eternal Series London 2026 -- Photo by Felix Charteris

London’s “Eternal Series” Honors the Generous Possibilities of Experimental Music

London’s Eternal Series is a relatively new addition to the city’s contemporary and experimental mus…
Author
Michelle Hromin
Patrick Shiroishi -- Photo by Asato Lida

ListN Up Playlist: Patrick Shiroishi (March 12, 2026)

Patrick Shiroishi is a Japanese-American multi-instrumentalist, composer, and poet based in Los Ange…
Los Angeles Philharmonic

Through “The Great Wall of Los Angeles,” The LA Philharmonic Explores the Importance of Living History

An important part of preserving history is cementing it in our cultural memory, reintroducing and re…
Author
Dalanie Harris
Beyond This Point performs Julie Zhu

Video Premiere: Beyond This Point Performs “TacocaT” by Julie Zhu

It is easy to forget that the use of electronics in music composition was initially seen, by some, a…
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Luminescence 2026 -- Photo by Christopher Pellam

Luminescence Festival 2026 Explores the Electrifying and Meditative Potential of Listening

What defines a song? Is it verses, choruses, and bridges organized in a way that builds tension and…
Author
Vanessa Ague
Talk Show at Roulette Intermedium -- Screenshot courtesy of Roulette Intermedium

Talk Show Parses Daytime TV Absurdity and Horror at Roulette Intermedium

An audience of all ages flooded Brooklyn’s Roulette Intermedium with curious energy on Feb. 26 for t…
Author
Yaz Lancaster
Lisa Bielawa -- Photo by Rob Davidson for Miller Theatre

In Miller Theatre Composer Portrait, Lisa Bielawa Revels in Her Creative Identities

An omnipresent dialogue between Lisa Bielawa the composer and Lisa Bielawa the singer was on enticin…
Author
Stephanie Boyd
Peter Meanwell, outgoing Borealis director -- Photo by Sasha Azanova

Peter Meanwell Bids Farewell to Borealis with One Final Festival

Borealis is somewhat of a unicorn in the world of new and experimental music festivals. Held each Ma…
Author
Amanda Cook
Rachel Beetz -- Photo by Miriam Brummel

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

Rachel Beetz is an American performer-composer-improvisor on flutes, various electronics, and an Arp…
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Photo by Teemu Paananen, courtesy of Unsplash

Artists are Dying. We Must Dismantle the Cultural Industrial Complex

In the last few years, arts workers have been hitting massive walls, witnessing the absurdity, toxic…
Author
Shirine Saad
Camila Agosto -- Photo by Jonathan Echevarria

5 Questions to Camila Agosto (composer, interdisciplinary artist)

Stunning textures and timbral exploration are hallmarks of Camila Agosto’s compositional output. As…
Author
Yaz Lancaster
Zeena Parkins -- Courtesy of artist

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

In new music, there is a world of primarily textural music that I sometimes refer to as “creaky door…
Author
Clover Nahabedian
MEGUMI -- Courtesy of author

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

In an age where music from around the world is only a few clicks away, more and more people feel inc…
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MEGUMI
The Industry LAB residents -- Carmina Escobar, Matana Roberts, and Guillermo E. Brown

The Industry LAB 2026 is Cracking Opera Open and Inviting New Voices in

Multidisciplinary collaboration is essential to bring opera to life, fusing singing, acting, choreog…
Author
Dalanie Harris
Marlo De Lara -- Photo by Martin Paul Wright

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

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, artist Marlo De Lara received a PhD in the School of Fine Art, History…
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Flutronix at

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

The multitudes of Black womanhood are center stage in Black Being, a new four-part song cycle by Flu…
Author
Dalanie Harris
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