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Album
Though air hangs all around us, it’s usually imperceptible. But when it moves, we hear it. A gale ru...
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Vanessa Ague
As SydeBoob Duo, soprano Anna Elder and flutist Sarah Steranka perform bold and athletic repertoire...
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Tristan McKay
What does it mean to bring a project to life with a collaborator you met by chance — say, at a celeb...
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Michelle Hromin
On Brouhaha: Shaped by Fire (Sono Luminus, 2026), violinist Maiani da Silva suggests that listeners...
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Kathleen McGowan
The Estonian composer Madli Marje Gildemann explores the fragile thresholds between sound, embodimen...
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Gemma Peacocke
Although Camae Ayewa, Tcheser Holmes, Luke Stewart, Aquiles Navarro, and Keir Neuringer had lived an...
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Julia Kuhlman
Harriet Tubman’s Electrical Field of Love is a deeply personal album collaboratively written and rec...
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Sofía Rocha
Sometimes, music transports us to a place so far from reality, it can feel like an out of body exper...
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Tristan McKay
In new music, there is a world of primarily textural music that I sometimes refer to as “creaky door...
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Clover Nahabedian
The multitudes of Black womanhood are center stage in Black Being, a new four-part song cycle by Flu...
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Dalanie Harris
Ishmael Ali carries many titles and is in no danger of running out of projects. He is a cellist, imp...
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Christian Kriegeskotte
You could totally be next to me is an intimate portrait of cross-continental friendship. Interdiscip...
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Lana Norris
The liner notes for Tarabita Espiral (Relative Pitch Records, 2025) ground its sonic cartography in...
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Connie Li
Experimental jazz supergroup SML has never rehearsed together. In fact, they barely ever talk about...
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Chrysanthe Tan
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
Myth of Tomorrow boldly calls its own shots. The second album from composer-pianist Erika Dohi is li...
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Clover Nahabedian
Nicolás Lell Benavides’ familial and local ties to New Mexico form the basis of his strong perspecti...
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Sofía Rocha
Multiphonics are a beloved extended technique on the clarinet, used to create effects ranging from v...
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Michelle Hromin
A string quartet album is more than a slice of an ensemble’s repertoire; it’s an expression of what...
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Kathleen McGowan
I find myself circling the drain of uncertainty these days; am I wearing clothes or styling them? Do...
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Connie Li
On his debut album, composer, improviser, and trumpeter Chris Williams blends pointed drones and dis...
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Michelle Hromin
How do you craft queer joy, kinship, and homes in music? Mainstream culture is filled with ready-mad...
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Jacob Kopcienski
Amidst the many impressive accolades cited in composer Natacha Diels’ bio, one line stands out to me...
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Christian Kriegeskotte