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Julius Eastman

Nadia Sirota -- Photo by Zoe Prinds-Flash

Risk & Access: Nadia Sirota Curates “Living Music Underground” Summer Series

For the second consecutive summer, Living Music Underground returns to Lincoln Center’s Summer for t...
Author
Yaz Lancaster
Ojai Music Festival -- Photo by Timothy Norris

The 2025 Ojai Music Festival Manifests a Better World through Sonic Discovery

In a tranquil southern Californian park, shaded by oak trees, the Libbey Bowl transforms each June i...
Author
Gemma Peacocke
Sandbox Percussion performs at the Park Avenue Armory -- Photo by Stephanie Berger

Sandbox Percussion Brings Intimacy and Connection to a Complicated Venue

The Park Avenue Armory, situated on New York City’s Upper East Side, essentially encompasses the com...
Author
Donna Lee Davidson
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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...
Author
Amanda Cook
Decibel and Ruthless Jabiru--© Billie Tün courtesy of Ruthless Jabiru

Deep and Low: Australian Ensembles Meet in London Tunnel Shaft

London has a seemingly inexhaustible supply of quirky venues. On 2 December a pair of Australian ens...
Author
Caroline Potter
Jennifer Grim--Photo by Tracey Hagen Photography

Classical Music’s Racial Awakening – Was It All a Mirage?

Until very recently, the long-established tradition of classical music organizations has been to bas...
Author
Jennifer Grim
Chelsea Randall--Photo courtesy of the artist

5 Questions to Chelsea Randall (pianist)

Pianist Chelsea Randall is known for her eclectic programming in which she explores the tensions and...
Author
Tristan McKay
JIJI--Photo courtesy of the artist

5 Questions to JIJI (guitarist, composer, arranger)

Guitarist, composer, and arranger JIJI is most known for her striking performances on both the class...
Author
Ciyadh Wells
Andrew Stock--Photo by Carmen Rosby

ListN Up: Andrew Stock (February 4, 2022)

ListN Up is a weekly series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of con...
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
Editor's Picks: 2021 New Music Albums

Editor’s Picks: 2021 New Music Albums

I think this is finally the year where I knowingly sacrifice I CARE IF YOU LISTEN’s SEO, becau...
Author
Amanda Cook
Photo by David Smooke on Unsplash

Dismantling Arts Journalism — and Why We’d All Benefit (Casting Light #4)

“Casting Light” is a 10-part series that explores the often invisible inequities in contemporary art...
Author
Olivia Giovetti
Seth Parker Woods--Photo by James Napoli

5 Questions to Seth Parker Woods about Julius Eastman Vol. 1: Femenine

Wild Up’s premiere studio recording of Julius Eastman’s Femenine on New Amsterdam Records is the beg...
Author
Donna Lee Davidson
Photo by Maxim Abramov on Unsplash

Excluding Beethoven: Western Art Music’s Identity Crisis

Imagine a Western art music canon that doesn’t include Beethoven simply because he is a white man. T...
Author
Dave Molk
Bang on a Can All-Stars--Photo by David Andrako

Ecstatic Music Festival at 10: Bang on a Can People’s Commissioning Fund

On January 28, 2020, the Ecstatic Music Festival continued it’s 10-year run at the Kaufman Music Cen...
Author
Justin D. Wright
Katherine Balch--Photo by Ted Moore

This week: concerts in New York (January 27, 2020 – February 2, 2020)

Voices and Piano Peter Ablinger and Eric Wubbels will perform selections from Peter Ablinger’s...
Author
Sam Reising
Bang on a Can--Photo by Peter Serling

5 Questions to Bang on a Can About LOUD Weekend

Bang On A Can needs no introduction, but here’s one anyway. Founded in 1987 by Julia Wolfe, Michael...
Author
Jay Derderian
Hannah Lash--Photo courtesy hannahlash.com

This week: concerts in New York (June 3, 2019 – June 9, 2019)

Bent Duo | Pop-Up Concerts Bent Duo performs music by Sarah Hennies, Hannah Lash, and Mayke Nas. Tue...
Author
Sam Reising
David Lang

This week: concerts in New York (January 29, 2018 – February 4, 2018)

the whisper opera | David Lang the whisper opera, with words and music by Pulitzer Prize-winner Davi...
Author
Sam Reising
Steven Beck

This week: concerts in New York (January 22, 2018 – January 28, 2018)

Eric Huebner and Steven Beck | Pop-Up Concerts The winter Pop-Up series kicks off with pianists Eric...
Author
Sam Reising
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Oslo’s 2017 Only Connect Festival of Sound Inspires

A determining factor for any music festival, at least for this reporter, is not what is fun or excit...
Author
Kurt Gottschalk
Victoria Bond

This week: concerts in New York (May 1, 2017 – May 7, 2017)

Cygnus Ensemble “Offbeat Operas” | Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival 2017 The fin...
Author
Sam Reising
Jace Clayton

5 Questions to Jace Clayton (composer, author, DJ)

Composer and author Jace Clayton is an artist in tireless pursuit of sonic inspiration. His artistic...
Author
Daniel Kushner
Composer Sofia Gubaidulina (photo credit: www.remusik.org)

This week: concerts in New York (May 4 – May 10, 2015)

John King Curates The Stone John King John King’s residency at The Stone is an immersion into...
Author
Sam Reising
Nina C. Young

This week: concerts in New York (February 23 – March 1, 2015)

Pulsing & Shaking: Concert 1 Christopher Cerrone Pulsing & Shaking annually celebrates New M...
Author
Sam Reising
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