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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
Leah Asher Retreat Into Afters

Leah Asher’s Retreat Into Afters (Scripts Records) Explores Acoustic Improvisation

Leah Asher’s new album Retreat Into Afters (Scripts Records) was created at the end of a three-year...
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Jarrett Goodchild
Danielle Dahl Loosening Orion's Belt

Danielle Dahl’s Debut Solo Album Loosening Orion’s Belt (abstract tits)

Norwegian composer Danielle Dahl’s first solo album, Loosening Orion’s Belt, was released by abstrac...
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Tracy Monaghan
Miolina

Miolina’s Self-Titled Debut Album: the Sonic Embodiment of Personhood

Miolina’s self-titled debut album, released on Composers Concordance Records in February 2018, is a...
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Jillian DeGroot
Olivia de Prato Streya

Eclectic and Multifaceted: Olivia De Prato’s Streya has something for everyone

Against a clean white background, vibrantly-technicolored, jaggedly-arranged rectangles and triangle...
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Jacob Kopcienski
Nadia Shpachenko Quotations and Homages

Nadia Shpachenko’s Quotations and Homages (Reference Recordings)

When a new CD to review arrives from ICIYL Central, the first thing I do is put in the player and th...
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Don Clark
Jonah Sirota

Track Premiere: Jonah and Nadia Sirota Perform Nico Muhly’s Lean

Today’s track premiere features Jonah and Nadia Sirota performing Nico Muhly‘s Lean, one...
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Duo Noire

Album Premiere: Duo Noire’s Night Triptych (New Focus Recordings)

Today, I CARE IF YOU LISTEN premieres Night Triptych, the latest album from ​American ​classical ​gu...
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Lindsey Goodman Returning to Heights Unseen

From Breath to Sound: Lindsey Goodman’s Returning to Heights Unseen

The forceful, breathy sounds that initiate flutist Lindsey Goodman’s newest release, Returning to He...
Author
Jeremiah Cawley
Dorothy Hindman Tightly Wound

Dorothy Hindman’s Tightly Wound: Music for Strings (innova Recordings)

Dorothy Hindman is Associate Professor of Composition at the Frost School of Music at the University...
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Kathleen McGowan
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Fraufeld Promotes Female Composers on Viennese Label Freifeld Tontraeger

Fraufeld–a long-term initiative to promote female composers created by pianist Verena Zeiner a...
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Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
Elizabeth A. Baker Quadrivium

Elizabeth A. Baker Debuts with Quadrivium on Aerocade Music

In a sprawling solo release of fourteen tracks ranging in length from a half-minute to nearly half a...
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Andrew Stock
The Hands Free

Album Premiere: The Hands Free (New Amsterdam Records)

Today, we have a New Amsterdam Records album premiere of the self-titled debut album from the new ac...
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Sybarite5 Outliers

Sybarite5 Celebrates Tenth Anniversary with Outliers (Bright Shiny Things)

In 2016, Sybarite5 launched a crowdfunding effort for a tenth-anniversary recording project. Nearly...
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Nick Stevens
Elizabeth A. Baker--Photo by Charlotte Suarez

Track Premiere: Two Works from Elizabeth A. Baker’s Quadrivium

Today, we have a double track premiere from Quadrivium, the upcoming debut album from new renaissanc...
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Dolce Suono American Canvas

Dolce Suono Trio’s American Canvas: A “Neo-Romantic Snapshot”

I, constantly, must remind myself that when I first heard contemporary music, it was not a headlong...
Author
James May
Tigue--Photo by Catalina Kulczar

Exclusive Album Stream: Tigue’s Strange Paradise (New Amsterdam/NNA Tapes)

Today, we have an exclusive album stream of Strange Paradise, the sophomore album from Brooklyn-base...
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