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How to Turn the Moon is a new collection of improvisations and cellular compositions by New York-bas...
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Christian Kriegeskotte
As a duo, Gao Hong and Issam Rafea plan only two things about their performances: when and where. Th...
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Julia Kuhlman
Kazakh-British composer Galya Bisengalieva creates a dynamic and immersive ambient world with her la...
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Tristan McKay
Sand Storm, a collaboration between Kaze and Ikue Mori on Circum-Libra Records, opens like a sensory...
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Kevin Baldwin
Today’s track premiere features cellist Diana Golden and pianist Shawn Chang performing Femiel...
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
Grex is the Oakland-based duo of Karl Evangelista and Rei Scampavia whose music blends free jazz, no...
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Clover Nahabedian
Without being hyperbolic, Deerhoof is one of the hardest working bands in the business. In the past...
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Clover Nahabedian
In her solo debut album Of Being (New Focus Recordings), pianist Ning Yu presents three new works re...
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Matthew Younglove
George Lewis leads his recent New York Times article-cum-playlist with some wise words from Muhal Ri...
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James May
Released in April 2020 during a global pandemic, Some of These Days (Flipside Music) brings a unique...
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Natalie Calma
Limitless is an imaginative album featuring collaborations between violinist Jennifer Koh and eight...
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Kevin Baldwin
Is it ~Nois? The saxophone quartet ~Nois (pronounced “noise”) asks this question anew each day, and...
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Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
Richard Valitutto is a GRAMMY-nominated pianist based out of L.A. With a focus mostly on contemporar...
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Jarrett Goodchild
Since 2011, Civitas Ensemble has become a fixture of Chicago’s chamber music scene by pushing the bo...
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Jacob Kopcienski
Today, we’re premiering “Thought Contagion” by Brazilian composer, percussionist,...
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
Transsonus is the experimental duo of drummer Jessie Cox and pianist Sam Yulsman. Their debut album,...
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Clover Nahabedian
Bobby Barry’s new tape, Meccano Club (released May 1, 2020 by Bloxham Tapes on digital and cassette)...
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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...
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Tristan McKay
Nothing about the Hasco Duo’s new disc, The Same Old Wonder (New Focus Recordings), appears to fit t...
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Lauren Ishida
Meredith Monk is a composer, musician, and interdisciplinary artist who has been experimenting with...
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Kathleen McGowan
Albums resulting from calls-for-scores tend to be a mixed bag, both thematically and stylistically.
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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
