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Sonic Liberation Front: Palestine’s Underground Music Experimentalists are Resisting Erasure

The sound of liberation is a battle with silence. It is a mad mashup of noise, nostalgic ballads, an…
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Shirine Saad
Alya Al-Sultani and Marian Rezaei--Photo by Jonathan Crabb

Experimental, Amplified Voices Draw Live Audiences Back to Café Oto

London concert life is slowly reopening to limited audiences, and it was a particular pleasure to le…
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Caroline Potter
Sultana Isham--Photo by Nadia Sumac

5 Questions to Sultana Isham (composer, violinist, ethnomusicologist)

In the aftermath of George Floyd’s death, nearly 200 confederate monuments have been removed i…
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Yaz Lancaster
One Voice Mixed Chorus--Photo by Paul Nixdorf

The Establishment of Genderqueer Sound Culture (Casting Light #2)

“Casting Light” is a 10-part series that explores the often invisible inequities in contemporary art…
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Kymani Queen, Aaron Gabriel
Gillian Friedman Fox--Photo by Meghan Sepe

5 Questions to Gillian Friedman Fox (Executive Director, Newport Music Festival)

Since its founding in 1969, the Newport Music Festival has presented over 2,000 concerts at Rhode Is…
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Amanda Cook
Carolina Heredia Dejate Caer

Video Premiere: Carolina Heredia Performs Dejate Caer

Much like something out of Godfrey Reggio’s 1982 experimental film Koyaanisqatsi, Carolina Her…
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ganavya -- Photo by Massinissa Selmani

ListN Up: Ganavya Doraiswamy (June 25, 2021)

ListN Up is a weekly series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of con…
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Quinteto Latino

Quinteto Latino Showcases the Diversity of Latin Identity with New Works

At a roundtable discussion in early June 2021, Quinteto Latino’s founder and director Armando Castel…
Author
Julia Kuhlman
New Music Gathering 2018--Photo by Austin Eamnarangkool

The 6th Annual New Music Gathering: Full Schedule, Keynote Speaker, Headliners

Hailed as “more than just another new music festival” (Wall Street Journal) and “a joyous celebratio…
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Video Premiere: “Gloria” from Mass for the Endangered

Ranging from architectural to celestial, the video album of Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Mass for t…
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Adrian Dunn

5 Questions to Adrian Dunn (singer, songwriter, producer)

Adrian Dunn is a healer. Through his work, the Cleveland, OH native, creates a space for worship, vu…
Author
Jasmine IVANNA Espy
Gabriel Dharmoo--Photo by Jonathan Goulet

ListN Up: Gabriel Dharmoo (June 18, 2021)

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ACF Roundtable on the Asian American Experience

There is a full, vibrant spectrum of diversity that makes up the Asian American experience. In light…
Author
Dameun Strange
Art Srisayam and Bernadeta Astari in Ine Aya'--Photo by Nichon Glerum

Ine Aya’ Addresses the Deforestation of Kalimantan at the Holland Festival

The idea for Ine Aya’ – voice from a fading forest sparked off at a chance meeting between Ind…
Author
Thea Derks
Adolphus Hailstork

5 Questions to Adolphus Hailstork (composer) about Tulsa 1921

With an extensive catalogue of works for orchestra, chorus, opera, chamber music, and solo instrumen…
Author
Dalanie Harris
Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate Lowak Shoppala'

Lowak Shoppala’: ReSounding Chickasaw Culture

Lowak Shoppala’, a work for orchestra, children’s chorus, and narrator, stands out in the catalogue…
Author
Jacob Kopcienski
Jessica T. Carter--Photo by Brianna Edgerly

ListN Up: Jessica T. Carter (June 11, 2021)

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Curtis Stewart Improvisation on Paganini Caprice #11

Video Premiere: Curtis Stewart’s Improvisation on Paganini Caprice #11

Have you ever wondered what would happen if Paganini met trap beats and 8-bit heart emojis? This com…
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Anaïs Maviel--Photo by Cameron Kelly Courtesy Issue Project Room

Vocalist and Composer Anaïs Maviel Finds Peace Through Translation

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. When I spoke with Anaïs Maviel, she was j…
Author
Dameun Strange
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5 Questions to Saphy Vong (Founder, Chinabot)

People often have a monolithic idea of “Asian music,” and London-based sound artist and conceptual c…
Author
Chrysanthe Tan
Myra Melford--Photo by Marco Giugliarelli for Civitella Ranieri Foundation

ListN Up: Myra Melford (June 4, 2021)

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NOMON Card II

NOMON Embodies the Physicality of Percussion on Rorschach-Inspired EP

In the first few seconds, Card II grips the listener, utilizing a blend of percussion, drum machine,…
Author
Kevin Baldwin
Seth Parker Woods--Photo by James Napoli

5 Questions to Seth Parker Woods about Julius Eastman Vol. 1: Femenine

Wild Up’s premiere studio recording of Julius Eastman’s Femenine on New Amsterdam Records is the beg…
Author
Donna Lee Davidson
White Snake Projects presents Death by Life--Photo by Curvin Huber

Death by Life: White Snake Projects Amplifies Incarcerated Artists

Based on original writings by incarcerated authors and their families, Death by Life is a testament…
Author
Lana Norris
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