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The tender soprano voice of Cecilia Pastorino gently floats over placid instrumental soundscapes and…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
Soprano Laura Strickling is an exceptional performer, leaving her mark in virtually every genre of v…
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Lauren Ishida
Alter egos in blue and pink wigs, layered polyrhythms, and the muted plunks, gear-like clicks, and w…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
For Norwegian artist Vilde Tuv, it all started with the idea of a “one woman band.” At f…
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ListN Up is a weekly series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of con…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
Attempting to confine Charmaine Lee’s vocal stylings to any particular genre or, dare I say, combina…
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Christian Kriegeskotte
For the 2021 edition of the Look + Listen Festival, four multimedia artists created work to be exper…
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Tristan McKay
What distinguishes the Minneapolis-based trio Sprig of That is the sound of the tabla—a pair of tune…
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Esteban Meneses
Raven Chacon, born in Fort Defiance, Navajo Nation, lives today in Albuquerque, New Mexico where he…
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Christian Kriegeskotte
ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing…
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Issues of identity, sexuality, consent, and growth pervade The Priestess of Morphine: The Lost Writi…
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Tracy Monaghan
Clarice Assad is a GRAMMY-nominated Brazilian-American composer, performer, and educator. Her prolif…
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Yaz Lancaster
The video trailer for Akropolis Reed Quintet’s new album Ghost Light (New Focus Recordings) ho…
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Stephanie Boyd
This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. Composer/conductor Joseph Jones’ journey…
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Dameun Strange
ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
The dreamy soundworlds of Arooj Aftab are defined by patience–never hurried, her richly orname…
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Once a death sentence, AIDS is thankfully now a condition that can be managed, and while the fear of…
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Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
Chinese-American yangqin player Reylon Yount, currently residing in London, combines performance wit…
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Caroline Potter
As the hardships caused by the global pandemic and uprisings in protest of police brutality and syst…
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Dalanie Harris
ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. The first recording of jazz music was mad…
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Sun Yung Shin
This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. The weather outside is typically unimport…
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Dameun Strange
The work of photographer and teacher Rashon “Rah-Lik” Briggs is striking and imbued with…
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Sofía Rocha
