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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN'S Favorite Albums of 2024

I CARE IF YOU LISTEN’s Favorite Albums of 2024

In a time where the arts and creativity is systemically and politically undermined and unappreciated...
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Tallā Rouge -- Photo by Titilayo Ayangade

Tallā Rouge Explore the Viola’s Dynamism and Virtuosity on Debut Album

Viola duo Tallā Rouge has it all – a dynamic and diverse repertoire, killer technique, and enough he...
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Tristan McKay
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Editor’s Picks: 2022 New Music Albums

For me, 2022 was a paradoxical year filled with confusing contradictions. I attended significantly m...
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Amanda Cook
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Three Projects Play to See — What is America to Me?

“History doesn’t repeat itself; but it does often rhyme.” Imma need to disagree with whomever said t...
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A. Kori Hill
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.
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A. Kori Hill
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The Voices and Bridges: Ehsan Matoori’s Distinctive Voice Shines Through a Multicultural Effort

“World Music” as a genre label is, despite the grandiose name, usually diminutive. Its u...
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Sofía Rocha
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Techno-Noir Opera “Looking at You” Mines Privacy in the Digital World

If you have ever been the victim of credit card fraud or been lured into a dating app subscription,...
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Esteban Meneses
Curtis Stewart Improvisation on Paganini Caprice #11

Video Premiere: Curtis Stewart’s Improvisation on Paganini Caprice #11

Have you ever wondered what would happen if Paganini met trap beats and 8-bit heart emojis? This com...
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Sandeep Das and Mike Block perform

Video Premiere: “Fight or Flight” by Sandeep Das and Mike Block

For Silkroad artists Sandeep Das (tabla) and Mike Block (cello), the joy of cross-cultural collabora...
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Imani Winds BRUITS

“We Cannot Continue This Way:” Imani Winds’ BRUITS Calls for Change

Amidst the social and political turmoil that has erupted in the United States over the past year, ma...
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Dalanie Harris
2020 albums

Editor’s Picks: 2020 Contemporary Classical Albums

If this year has delivered any sort of message about our field, it’s that artists will inevita...
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Amanda Cook
Amanda Gookin Forward Music Project 1.0

Forward Music Project 1.0 Creates Space for Diverse Identities and Artistic Expression

George Lewis leads his recent New York Times article-cum-playlist with some wise words from Muhal Ri...
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James May
Ring Out

Jessica Meyer Asserts Her Composer-Performer Identity on Ring Out

Sometimes the narrative just melts away. In spaces devoted to classical and new music, murkily curta...
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Nick Stevens
Sybarite5 Outliers

Sybarite5 Celebrates Tenth Anniversary with Outliers (Bright Shiny Things)

In 2016, Sybarite5 launched a crowdfunding effort for a tenth-anniversary recording project. Nearly...
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Nick Stevens

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