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Vanessa Ague

Vanessa Ague (she/her) is a violinist and writer who runs the experimental music blog, The Road to Sound, and writes for Bandcamp Daily, The Wire, Pitchfork, and the Quietus, among others. She is a recent graduate of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.
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New Works by Lesley Mok and Chris Williams Explore the Individual vs. the Collective

Sound artist and composer Fay Victor’s powerful voice cut through the din of chatter at Joe’s Pub, m...
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Carlos Simon--Photo by Terrance Ragland

Carlos Simon Sparks Conversations About Social Justice Through Music

For composer Carlos Simon, music is a place where communities can come together. “I want people to b...
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Vanessa Ague
Sae Hashimoto, David Watson, Ikue Mori, and Charmaine Lee--Still from video livestream courtesy of Roulette Intermedium

Ikue Mori’s “Tracing the Magic” Highlights Invigorating Textures

A drum set, a few woodwind instruments, a piano, a couple of bagpipes, and electronics waited onstag...
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