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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.
Author
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...
Author
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...
Author
Clover Nahabedian
Image

Editor’s Picks: 2022 New Music Albums

For me, 2022 was a paradoxical year filled with confusing contradictions. I attended significantly m...
Author
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...
Author
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...
Author
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...
Author
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...
Author
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...
Author
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...
Author
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...
Author
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...
Author
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...
Author
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...
Author
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...
Author
Stephanie Boyd
JoVia Armstrong The Antidote Suite

JoVia Armstrong’s “The Antidote Suite” Releases Grief and Embraces Change

Black music is the art of storytelling. It encompasses the pain, the grief, the joy, and the triumph...
Author
Jasmine IVANNA Espy
Chris Williams and Leo Chang Unnameable Element

On “Unnameable Element,” Chang and Williams Forge Experimental Soundscapes

As self-identified experimentalists, Leo Chang (voice/electronics) and Chris Williams (trumpet) use...
Author
Julia Kuhlman
BAKUDI SCREAM FINAL SKIN

BAKUDI SCREAM’s FINAL SKIN is an Open World Meditation on Virtual/Actual Identities

If you enjoy contemporary classical music and artists like 100 gecs, Arca, and SOPHIE, I may have fo...
Author
Tristan McKay
Squash & Biscuit's 瓜和饼干 Lavender Eggplant 绛仙

Squash & Biscuit 瓜和饼干 Craft Sonic Memory Souvenirs on Lavender Eggplant 绛仙

The experimental duo Squash & Biscuit 瓜和饼干 (Shuwen Zhao and Brian Griffith) identify themsel...
Author
Jennifer Jolley
Eden Rayz Corpus Vice

Eden Rayz’s “Corpus Vice” Blends Death Metal and Contemporary Classical Music

As classical musicians become more interested in styles of playing outside of what is traditionally...
Author
Clover Nahabedian
Jascha Narveson and Ashley Bathgate Flash Crash + Remixes

Jascha Narveson’s Flash Crash + Remixes Probes our Relationship with Technology

Technological advances in artificial intelligence, algorithms, and automation have provided advancem...
Author
Kevin Baldwin
Yu Nishiyama A Lotus in the Mud

Yu Nishiyama’s Debut Album “A Lotus in the Mud” Comes Into Bloom

As an avid record collector, I have a pretty strong ability to pick albums off the shelf that look l...
Author
Christian Kriegeskotte
Elif Yalvaç's Diaries of Destruction

Elif Yalvaç’s “Diaries of Destruction” Fights for Survival Amid the Wreckage

Elif Yalvaç started work on Diaries of Destruction during Turkey’s oppressive summer heat in 2020. S...
Author
Padideh Aghanoury
Jordan Bak's Impulse

Jordan Bak Creates Immersive, Multi-Dimensional Soundscapes on “Impulse”

“One of my favorite pieces written for viola and piano is A String Around Autumn by Tōru Takemitsu.
Author
A. Kori Hill
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