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ROCO Visions Take Flight

Visions Take Flight: ROCO Impresses with Debut Album of New Music

Visions Take Flight is the remarkably assured debut album by the Houston-based River Oaks Chamber Or...
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Jeffrey Young
Everything the Rises

Everything that Rises: John Luther Adams Celebrates Landscapes

John Luther Adams‘ new album Everything That Rises (2018) was produced by Cold Blue Music, an...
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Kathleen McGowan
Dmitri Tymoczko Fools and Angels

Dmitri Tymoczko’s Fools and Angels (New Focus Recordings)

In 2015, surreal images produced by AIs as they learned to parse objects launched an internet frenzy...
Author
Nick Stevens
Gelsey Bell This is Not a Land of Kings

Gelsey Bell’s This is Not a Land of Kings: Stark, Simple, and Powerful

How do musicians deal with politics? The question weighs on the minds of composers and performers al...
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James May
Þráinn Hjálmarsson influence of buildings on musical tone

Þráinn Hjálmarsson’s Influence of Buildings on Musical Tone

Þráinn Hjálmarsson has found great success in his native Iceland and throughout Europe as a composer...
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Jarrett Goodchild
Anna Thorvaldsdottir -- Photo by Saga Sig

Track premiere: ICE Performs Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s Illumine

Today’s track premiere features the International Contemporary Ensemble led by Steven Schick p...
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True Fluorescent Skeleton

True Fluorescent Skeleton: Unhinged and Psychedelic (Ehse Records)

The answer to what Bartok’s Mikrokosmos would have sounded like if he had access to psychedelics and...
Author
Kevin Baldwin
Aizuri Quartet Blueprinting

“In a Word, Stunning:” Aizuri Quartet’s Debut Album Blueprinting

This review could be very short: Aizuri Quartet’s debut album Blueprinting is brilliant. Purch...
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Brianna Matzke
Golden Hornet

Album Premiere: Golden Hornet’s The Sound of Science Featuring Jeffrey Zeigler

Today, I CARE IF YOU LISTEN premieres The Sound of Science, a new project from Austin’s compos...
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Trios for Two

“Dynamic Skill:” Molly Gebrian and Danny Holt’s Trios for Two (Innova)

The six works presented on the self-titled album Trios for Two, a 2017 Innova release by Danny Holt...
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Tracy Monaghan
Nordic Affect

Track Premiere: Nordic Affect Performs Hildur Guðnadóttir’s Point of Departure

Today’s track premiere features Icelandic ensemble Nordic Affect performing Hildur Guðnadóttir...
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Esther Lamneck Tárogató Constructions

Esther Lamneck’s Tárogató Constructions: Sonic Environments and Improvisation

On her recent release from Innova, Esther Lamneck trades her clarinet for its country cousin (the co...
Author
Colin Holter
Ingrid Stölzel The Gorgeous Nothings

Ingrid Stölzel’s The Gorgeous Nothings: On Vocal Style and Longing

Ingrid Stölzel has a gift for evoking a sense of longing. One listen to any of the pieces on her new...
Author
Hannah Rosa Schiller
Eric Moe Uncanny Affable Machines

High-tech and Low-tech Interact on Eric Moe’s Uncanny Affable Machines

In his new album on New Focus Recordings, Uncanny Affable Machines, composer-pianist Eric Moe unveil...
Author
Jillian DeGroot
Baljinder Sekhon Places and Times

Places and Times: Percussion Ensemble Music by Baljinder Sekhon

Baljinder Sekhon’s recently released album, Places and Times (Innova), is a collection of his compos...
Author
Matthew Younglove
Moonkyung Lee Parts to Play

Moonkyung Lee’s Parts to Play Features Living Composers with a Romantic Flair

Violinist Moonkyung Lee is firmly rooted in the classical tradition. Her first album, Tchaikovsky: W...
Author
Jeffrey Young
loadbang old fires catch old buildings

loadbang shines in old fires catch old buildings on New Focus Recordings

I’m not the first to note the aeolian bias of loadbang’s unique lineup. Three years on from their pr...
Author
Andrew Stock
Night Wave

Yuko Fujiyama’s Night Wave Blends Bold Compositions with Free Improvisation

Night Wave, Yuko Fujiyama’s first release on innova, is a must-hear for fans of both contemporary cl...
Author
Clover Nahabedian
Smoke: Music of Marc Mellits

Visceral, Gut-level Impact: New Music Detroit’s Smoke: Music of Marc Mellits

Fifty-one years after the Summer of Love, a record from New Music Detroit (NMD) has arrived with an...
Author
Nick Stevens
Jeffrey Young and Paul Pinto Patriots

“Haunting and Humorous:” Jeffrey Young and Paul Pinto’s …Patriots…

Jeffrey Young and Paul Pinto’s new album on Gold Bolus Recordings, Jeff Young and Paul Pinto, Patrio...
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Alyssa Kayser-Hirsh
Duo Noire Night Triptych

Duo Noire Presents Newly Commissioned Works on Night Triptych

The American classical guitar Duo Noire released their latest album, Night Triptych, on June 22, 201...
Author
Brianna Matzke
Notorious RBG in Song

Notorious RBG in Song Celebrates the Life and Work of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

I can’t remember the last time I was this excited for a CD to come in the mail. From the momen...
Author
Kathleen McGowan
Joshua Modney and Kate Soper

Track Premiere: Josh Modney and Kate Soper Perform Soper’s Cipher

Today’s track premiere features violinist Josh Modney and vocalist/composer Kate Soper perform...
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The Oort Cloud

Alchymie and Gregg Skloff Explore Ambient Drones on The Oort Cloud

In the 1950s, Jan Oort hypothesized the existence of a huge collection of icy interstellar debris on...
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James May
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