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ShoutHouse--Photo by Brandon Ilaw

Track Premiere: ShoutHouse Performs “Shiny Objects” by Will Healy

The strumming acoustic guitar and swelling strings that open “Shiny Objects” establish a...
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“Reconnaissance” Illuminates the Alluring Vocal Music of Kaija Saariaho (1952–2023)

When news of the untimely death of Kaija Saariaho broke on June 2, a family statement revealed that...
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Esteban Meneses
Isabel Crespo Pardo -- Photo by Megan Leonard

Track Premiere: Isabel Crespo Pardo Performs “Regando La Tierra”

Vocalist, improviser, and composer Isabel Crespo Pardo has a new song that’s worth your ears. WeR...
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Olivia de Prato -- Photo by Andrej Grilc

Finding Nuance in Every Detail, Olivia De Prato Explores the Intricacies of the Self on “Panorama”

Home, identity, and self are ideas that apply to everyone navigating their way through life; each st...
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Kevin Baldwin
Iranian Female Composers Association members Niloufar Iravani, Nina Barzegar, Nasim Khorassani, Anahita Abbassi, Mahdis Golzar Kashani, and Mina Arissian

New Album by Iranian Female Composers Association Brings to Light Distinguished Middle Eastern Voices

Compelling and deeply touching, with grace and passion in equal measure, Sirventès is a collection o...
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Sofía Rocha
Angel Bat Dawid performs

In Retrospective New Album, Angel Bat Dawid Cries Out for a Jazz to Come

In 1959, Ed Bland proclaimed the “death of jazz” in his groundbreaking film, The Cry of Jazz. Set in...
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Jacob Kopcienski
Yaz Lancaster AmethYst

In Audiovisual Debut Album “AmethYst,” Yaz Lancaster Curates Internal Dialogues with Collaborators

Yaz Lancaster is a transdisciplinary artist, composer, and violinist whose work combines various tec...
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Clover Nahabedian
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Spektral Quartet Journeys into the Inner Unknown with “Behind the Wallpaper”

Spektral Quartet and singer Julia Holter’s new album, Behind the Wallpaper (released March 3 on New...
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Lauren Ishida
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Adrianne Munden-Dixon Commissions Solo Violin Works with a Splash of Electronics for Debut Album

In her debut album Lung, violinist-composer Adrianne Munden-Dixon and a cohort of five composers unv...
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Esteban Meneses
Mark Tewarson Coastal

Mark Tewarson Creates Scenic Moments on New Album “Coastal”

Mark Tewarson’s Coastal is filled with the things that make up our favorite songs, tunes, and jams.
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Donna Lee Davidson
Augusta Read Thomas--Dream Catcher

Venturesome Soloist’s Debut ‘Dream Catcher’ Compiles Violin Works by Augusta Read Thomas

For violinist Clarissa Bevilacqua, the first-prize winner of the 14th International Mozart Competiti...
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Esteban Meneses
The Crossing Carols After a Plague

The Crossing Shares Pandemic Stories on “Carols After a Plague”

The Philadelphia-based chamber choir The Crossing has long supported musical works that tackle socia...
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Clover Nahabedian
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Editor’s Picks: 2022 New Music Albums

For me, 2022 was a paradoxical year filled with confusing contradictions. I attended significantly m...
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Amanda Cook
Varun Rangaswamy REINHERITANCE

On ‘REINHERITANCE,’ Varun Rangaswamy Reconciles Distant Musical Legacies

Improviser-composer, scholar, bassoonist, and Karnāṭak musician Varun Rangaswamy believes that chang...
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Padideh Aghanoury
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra Lakota Music Project

Lakota Music Project Finds Beauty in Blending Musical Traditions

Released October 28, 2022 on innova Recordings, Lakota Music Project works to bridge cultural and ra...
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Sofía Rocha
Molly Joyce -- Perspective

Molly Joyce Centers the Voices of the Disability Community on “Perspective”

On her second album, Perspective — released October 28 on New Amsterdam Records — Molly Joyce takes...
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Forrest Howell
Kimia Hesabi Nemāno Gaona

On “Nemāno Gaona,” Kimia Hesabi Synthesizes Iranian Folk and Contemporary Classical Music

In the ancient Iranian language Avestan, “Nemāno Gaona” translates to “colors of home.” On her debut...
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Clover Nahabedian
Rick Burkhardt, thingNY--Passover

Rick Burkhardt and thingNY Exchange Multi-Dimensional Stories of Departure with “Passover”

For the first time in a decade, Obie Award-winning composer and playwright Rick Burkhardt has releas...
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Tristan McKay
Sophia Subbayya Vastek In Our Softening

Sophia Subbayya Vastek’s “In Our Softening” Finds Tenderness in an Abandoned Piano

In Our Softening, the sophomore piano album by Sophia Subbayya Vastek, is a journey that moves beyon...
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Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
Apollo Chamber Players Moonstrike

On Moonstrike, Apollo Chamber Players Blend Folk and Contemporary Influences

Crafting an album that is juxtaposed with whimsey and contemplation while considering the moon is no...
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Ciyadh Wells
Elizabeth A. Baker Chaotic Neutral

Elizabeth A. Baker’s Dreamworld Turns Mercurial in “Chaotic Neutral”

The Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker does not want to tell you what it’s all about. In fact, she would...
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Christian Kriegeskotte
Eunbi Kim It Feels Like

Spoken Word and Piano Soar on Eunbi Kim’s “It Feels Like”

As listeners, we’re familiar with the combination of spoken word and music in popular genres such as...
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Forrest Howell
Tania León Teclas de mi piano

Piano Works by Tania León Span Four Decades on “Teclas de mi piano”

The music of Pulitzer Prize winner Tania León is intimately connected to memories of her formative y...
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Esteban Meneses
Gity Razaz The Strange Highway

Gity Razaz Releases Evocative and Profound Debut Album, The Strange Highway

Out August 5, 2022 on BIS Records, The Strange Highway is an album of works whose haunting, ethereal...
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Stephanie Boyd
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