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Playlist

ListN Up Playlist: Laura Cocks (January 15, 2026)

Arun Ramamurthy, Charmaine Lee, Chris Williams, GAX, Infant Tree, JACK Quartet, Laura Cocks, Lisa O’Neill, Nursalim Yadi Anugerah, Patrick Shiroishi, Ryan Sawyer, Ryan Sawyer’s Shaker Ensemble, Trina Basu, Weston Olencki

Laura Cocks is a flutist who resides in New York City. Recent releases include, FATHM (Out of Your Head/Relative Pitch, 2025), Music For Two Flutes (with Weston Olencki; Hideous Replica, 2024), field…

I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

Jan 14, 2026

Interview

5 Questions to Zeelie Brown (cellist, composer)

New Amsterdam Records, Zeelie Brown

Content warning: This interview contains explicit descriptions of violence and assault. Zeelie Brown is an artist who is not afraid to showcase their full self — their wants, beliefs, desires, and dre…

Katie Brown

Jan 13, 2026

Album

On “Tarabita Espiral,” Maria Valencia, Brandon López, and Matt Moran Explore Connectivity, Sonic Ingenuity, and Tactile Space

Brandon López, Maria Valencia, Matt Moran, Relative Pitch Records

The liner notes for Tarabita Espiral (Relative Pitch Records, 2025) ground its sonic cartography in the long-distance friendships between Colombian saxophonist and clarinetist Maria Valencia, Puerto R…

Connie Li

Jan 12, 2026

Federico Llach -- Photo by Jonathan Morgan

Interview

5 Questions to Federico Llach (composer)

Federico Llach, Felix Cristiani, Maggie Parkins, Nick Photinos

Federico Llach was raised in Argentina, where he trained as both a jazz performer and a classical composer, but his artistic practice has evolved and expanded from its early foundations in Buenos Aire…

Thulasi Seshan

Jan 7, 2026

Album

SML Balance Individual Creativity and Group Dynamism on Formidable New Album

Anna Butterss, Booker Stardrum, Gregory Uhlmann, International Anthem, International Anthem Recording Co., Jeremiah Chiu, Josh Johnson, SML

Experimental jazz supergroup SML has never rehearsed together. In fact, they barely ever talk about the music, preferring to leave everything for the stage, where — improvising in front of live audien…

Chrysanthe Tan

Jan 6, 2026

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