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Album

Transsonus is the experimental duo of drummer Jessie Cox and pianist Sam Yulsman. Their debut album,...
Author
Clover Nahabedian

Bobby Barry’s new tape, Meccano Club (released May 1, 2020 by Bloxham Tapes on digital and cassette)...
Author
Christian Kriegeskotte

It’s not just in writing or interpreting music that we consider time and place—listening is an act o...
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Julia Kuhlman

In her second album, This is My Letter to the World, Kate Amrine explores an array of current social...
Author
Tristan McKay

Nothing about the Hasco Duo’s new disc, The Same Old Wonder (New Focus Recordings), appears to fit t...
Author
Lauren Ishida

Meredith Monk is a composer, musician, and interdisciplinary artist who has been experimenting with...
Author
Kathleen McGowan

Albums resulting from calls-for-scores tend to be a mixed bag, both thematically and stylistically.
Author
Adam O'Dell

Here’s a one-word review of Jennifer Curtis and Tyshawn Sorey’s collaborative album Invisible Ritual...
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Nick Stevens

One of the best parts of my grad school experience was performing with and composing for my friends.
Author
James May

The Etudes Project, Volume One: ICEBERG, pianist Jenny Lin’s new album on the art music label...
Author
Tracy Monaghan

Preach Sister, Preach, a new album of vocal works by Evan Williams, Katherine Bodor, and Evan Mack o...
Author
Lauren Ishida

Mariachitlán is a collection of high energy orchestral works by the composer Juan Pablo Contreras (b...
Author
Clover Nahabedian

Pianist Cheryl Duvall and composer Anna Höstman have an enviable collaborative relationship—one that...
Author
Kathleen McGowan

For a band that plays to sold-out stadiums alongside musicians like Paul Simon, Bon Iver, and Ben Fo...
Author
Julia Kuhlman

Flutist Jennie Oh Brown’s second solo album Giantess (innova) presents a collection of works dedicat...
Author
Jillian DeGroot

The Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI) has been promoting its members and their music since 1965. SCI...
Author
Jarrett Goodchild

Human migration from gentrification, conflict and economic hardship, and increasingly climate change...
Author
Jacob Kopcienski

Composing with electronics presents a unique set of creative challenges. Rather than presenting chal...
Author
Adam O'Dell

Zosha Di Castri is on top of the world. Born in 1985, she is a professor of composition at an Ivy Le...
Author
Colin Holter

On October 11, 2019, pop music star Devonté Hynes (a.k.a. Blood Orange) released his debut classical...
Author
Anne Goldberg-Baldwin

Anaïs Maviel is an experimental composer working primarily in New York. From the composers website,...
Author
Clover Nahabedian

Sometimes the narrative just melts away. In spaces devoted to classical and new music, murkily curta...
Author
Nick Stevens

With the year and the decade coming to a close, it’s time for everyone’s “Best of&...
Author
Amanda Cook