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The strumming acoustic guitar and swelling strings that open “Shiny Objects” establish a...
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

When news of the untimely death of Kaija Saariaho broke on June 2, a family statement revealed that...
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Esteban Meneses

Vocalist, improviser, and composer Isabel Crespo Pardo has a new song that’s worth your ears. WeR...
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

Home, identity, and self are ideas that apply to everyone navigating their way through life; each st...
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Kevin Baldwin

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

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 is a transdisciplinary artist, composer, and violinist whose work combines various tec...
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Clover Nahabedian

Spektral Quartet and singer Julia Holter’s new album, Behind the Wallpaper (released March 3 on New...
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Lauren Ishida

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’s Coastal is filled with the things that make up our favorite songs, tunes, and jams.
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Donna Lee Davidson

For violinist Clarissa Bevilacqua, the first-prize winner of the 14th International Mozart Competiti...
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Esteban Meneses

The Philadelphia-based chamber choir The Crossing has long supported musical works that tackle socia...
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Clover Nahabedian

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

Improviser-composer, scholar, bassoonist, and Karnāṭak musician Varun Rangaswamy believes that chang...
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Padideh Aghanoury

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

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

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

For the first time in a decade, Obie Award-winning composer and playwright Rick Burkhardt has releas...
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Tristan McKay

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

Crafting an album that is juxtaposed with whimsey and contemplation while considering the moon is no...
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Ciyadh Wells

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

As listeners, we’re familiar with the combination of spoken word and music in popular genres such as...
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Forrest Howell

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