Owl Mirror: The Berlioz We Deserve
Spring is in the air and with it wafts in a sense of Romanticism. There’s nothing like the perfect musical accompaniment to a daytime stroll, and my recent research requires me to share the swoon-worthy Romanticism of Berlioz with you, my dear reader.
PerspectiveThird Coast Percussion and Two Assads Explore “The Stories That Connect Us All”
With a universal sentiment in mind — archetypes, after all, define human experience the world over — father and daughter began work on a monumental 12-movement cycle, each movement modeled after one of the archetypes proposed by Freudian psychoanalyst Carl Jung.
ReviewFor Lucie Vítková, Aging Brought the Melting of Melody
Things happen to people, and people make music. Therefore, there will always be a connection, conscious or unconscious, between the two. It was reaffirming to hear these views echoed by Brooklyn-based composer, improviser and performer Lucie Vítková when we discussed their upcoming album, "Aging".
New MusicIn Search of the Lost Generation
An exploration of multiply-directed linear time in Gershwin's "Concerto in F" and Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby."
LiteratureVocalist Charmaine Lee’s New LP Speaks, Gargles, and Whimpers For Itself
The consistently fresh arc of "KNVF" offers a sense that it might have been recorded a hundred different ways—a testament to the value of being such a curious, permeable performer.
ReviewTAK Ensemble Reaches for the Cosmos
Taylor Brook’s "Star Maker Fragments" evoke the extraterrestrial.
ReviewHolland Andrews Phones It In
On the cusp of their EP release, the performance artist devises new ways of listening closely.
New MusicJudy Jackson’s "Superball" is a Robotic Dreamscape
In her robotic delivery over peppy electronics, Jackson, who records as Boule Goes Boing, invokes Laurie Anderson if she were narrating a children’s book. The effusive result manages to be at home both in a playroom and on the dance floor.
New MusicSea Change in “Ocean Body”
The physical action of showing up to experience "Ocean Body" promotes intentional hearing but with a caveat: knowing that you will never hear or see the whole picture.
Vocal MusicThrottling Transcendence and Intentional Unintelligibility in Liturgy’s "Origin of the Alimonies"
It was no coincidence that I spoke with Hunter Hunt-Hendrix about her latest Liturgy album, "Origin of the Alimonies", on the day of the Great Conjunction and the solstice. She felt that December 21 would set the tone perfectly for discussing her opera, and I am bound to agree.
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