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When I got on the plane to attend Reykjavík’s Dark Music Days festival, I expected to have plenty of…
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Amanda Cook
Last summer, Chicago’s Experimental Sound Studio invited ten artists to compose multichannel works f…
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Thulasi Seshan
“Bloodlines Interwoven” Navigates the Push and Pull of Diasporic Cultures at National Sawdust
Feb 4, 2026
Freezing cold conditions demand collective care. Outside National Sawdust on Jan. 29th, old snow was…
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Yaz Lancaster
Niloufar Shiri is a kamancheh player, composer, and improviser from Tehran, Iran. Her work exists be…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
Money Matters is a NewMusicBox x I CARE IF YOU LISTEN collaboration, supported by New Music USA Ther…
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Brenda Patterson
“Lider mit Palestine” and the Taboo on Pro-Palestinian Expression in the Jewish Arts World
Jan 27, 2026
Disclaimer: any given opinion does not reflect the “Lider mit Palestine” album or its contributors a…
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Miri Villerius
Creativity comes alive during Iceland’s long and dark winter days. With a population of under 400,00…
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Amanda Cook
Jenny Berger Myhre and Opuntia Explore Surreal Emotional Honesty on “You could totally be next to me”
Jan 21, 2026
You could totally be next to me is an intimate portrait of cross-continental friendship. Interdiscip…
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Lana Norris
At a Dreamcrusher show, you can expect disorienting levels of fog; flustering strobe lights; the sme…
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Yaz Lancaster
Laura Cocks is a flutist who resides in New York City. Recent releases include, FATHM (Out of Your H…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
Content warning: This interview contains explicit descriptions of violence and assault. Zeelie Brown…
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Katie Brown
The liner notes for Tarabita Espiral (Relative Pitch Records, 2025) ground its sonic cartography in…
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Connie Li
Federico Llach was raised in Argentina, where he trained as both a jazz performer and a classical co…
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Thulasi Seshan
Experimental jazz supergroup SML has never rehearsed together. In fact, they barely ever talk about…
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Chrysanthe Tan
“We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.” This famous phrase comes w…
Eden Girma is a multi-instrumental musician, vocalist, producer, and composer hailing from Madison,…
It’s that time of year again, and we’re excited to share a list of our contributors̵…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
As a sound artist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer, Dameun Strange’s conceptual chamber and elec…
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Christine S. Escobar
It’s no surprise that nimble and flexible chamber operas have been at the forefront of the increasin…
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Julia Kuhlman
Money Matters is a NewMusicBox x I CARE IF YOU LISTEN collaboration, supported by New Music USA…
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James Hayden
Myth of Tomorrow boldly calls its own shots. The second album from composer-pianist Erika Dohi is li…
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Clover Nahabedian
Brooklyn-based tap percussionist, producer, and interdisciplinary artist Sandra Kluge doesn’t…
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Kevin Baldwin
Micah Huang is a musician and performing artist whose work focuses on cathartic rituals and grassroo…