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Anthony Davis--Photo by Erik Jepsen

ListN Up: Anthony Davis (April 30, 2021)

ListN Up is a weekly series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of con…
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Charmaine Lee KNVF

Charmaine Lee Dissects Language and Sound with New LP, “KNVF”

Attempting to confine Charmaine Lee’s vocal stylings to any particular genre or, dare I say, combina…
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Christian Kriegeskotte
Mendi + Keith Obadike--Photo courtesy of the artists

5 Questions to Mendi + Keith Obadike (lull: a sleep temple)

For the 2021 edition of the Look + Listen Festival, four multimedia artists created work to be exper…
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Tristan McKay
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Sprig of That’s Eight Threads Showcases Twin Cities Composers

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--Photo courtesy of the artist

5 Questions to Raven Chacon about Radio Coyote

Raven Chacon, born in Fort Defiance, Navajo Nation, lives today in Albuquerque, New Mexico where he…
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Christian Kriegeskotte
inti figgis-vizueta--Photo by ella joklik

ListN Up: inti figgis-vizueta (April 23, 2021)

ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing…
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The Priestess of Morphine

The Priestess of Morphine Explores Lesbian Erotic Poet Marie-Madeleine’s Identity

Issues of identity, sexuality, consent, and growth pervade The Priestess of Morphine: The Lost Writi…
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Tracy Monaghan
Clarice Assad--Photo by Marcelo Macaue

5 Questions to Clarice Assad (composer, performer)

Clarice Assad is a GRAMMY-nominated Brazilian-American composer, performer, and educator. Her prolif…
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Yaz Lancaster
Akropolis Reed Quintet Ghost Light

Akropolis Reed Quintet’s New Album Ghost Light Softly Haunts

The video trailer for Akropolis Reed Quintet’s new album Ghost Light (New Focus Recordings) ho…
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Stephanie Boyd
Joseph Jones--Photo courtesy of the artist

The Power in the Absolute: Joseph Jones’ Renaissance in Isolation

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. Composer/conductor Joseph Jones’ journey…
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Dameun Strange
Tiffany Ng--Photo by Nick Hagen

ListN Up: Tiffany Ng (April 16, 2021)

ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing…
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Arooj Aftab and Badi Assad perform

Video Premiere: “Diya Hai” Performed by Arooj Aftab and Badi Assad

The dreamy soundworlds of Arooj Aftab are defined by patience–never hurried, her richly orname…
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The World Was Once All Miracle: Raymond Yiu Preserves LGBTQ+ History

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
Reylon Yount--Photo by Benjamin Ealovega

5 Questions to Reylon Yount (yangqin player, Tangram Co-Director)

Chinese-American yangqin player Reylon Yount, currently residing in London, combines performance wit…
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Caroline Potter
String Noise Alien Stories

String Noise Amplifies Black Narratives on Genre-Crossing Alien Stories

As the hardships caused by the global pandemic and uprisings in protest of police brutality and syst…
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Dalanie Harris
Stephanie Chou--Photo by Shervin Lainez

ListN Up: Stephanie Chou (April 9, 2021)

ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing…
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Asuka Kakitani--Photo by Jaime Kahn

Jazz Musician Asuka Kakitani Follows the Story and the Color

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. The first recording of jazz music was mad…
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Sun Yung Shin
Sister Cities Girlchoir

Erin Busch Helps Sister Cities Girlchoir Tell Their Stories Through Music

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. The weather outside is typically unimport…
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Dameun Strange
Rashon Briggs Cotton Comes Home--Screenshot courtesy New Gallery Concert Series

New Gallery Concert Series Celebrates Hope and Artistry in the Face of Grief

The work of photographer and teacher Rashon “Rah-Lik” Briggs is striking and imbued with…
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Sofía Rocha
Mansi Shah--Photo by Dan Hacker

5 Questions to Mansi Shah (Colors of Classical Music)

Data scientist and flutist Mansi Shah is the creator and curator of Colors of Classical Music. Found…
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Ciyadh Wells
Immanuel Wilkins in BLUES BLOOD | BLACK FUTURE--Photo by Wolf Daniel, courtesy of Roulette Intermedium

BLUES BLOOD | BLACK FUTURE: Radical Transformation through Repetition

BLUES BLOOD | BLACK FUTURE begins and ends with cooking. Sekai Abeni–one of four lyricists of the Ro…
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A. Kori Hill
Forbes Graham--Photo by Lillian Graham

ListN Up: Forbes Graham (April 2, 2021)

ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing…
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Photo by Mark Fletcher Brown on Unsplash

Introducing the ACF Help Desk: a Resource for Artists and Collaborators

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. Inspired by the conversations that we hav…
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Haley Olson
New Muse 4tet Blue Lotus

Blue Lotus: New Muse 4tet Improvises as a Vehicle for Social Activism

From the album artwork by Lois Mailou Jones to the notes emanating from New Muse 4tet, Blue Lotus is…
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Jasmine IVANNA Espy
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