After years of touring with Godspeed You! Black Emperor and SUMAC, Patrick Shiroishi unveils his two-suite composition 'Forgetting is Violent,' his saxophone tones carrying the weight of Japanese American internment camps and contemporary racist violence.
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After twenty years of performances and one shelved recording, the pianist-songwriter and cellist finally capture their unique blend of contemporary classical, avant-jazz, and American folk on 'Reno'.
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The Ethiopian nun and pianist transformed heartbreak into transcendence, creating music that fused European classical training with sacred Ethiopian traditions across ninety-nine years of exile, prayer, and resilience.
British-born pedal steel player Spencer Cullum discusses his move to Music City, the organic formation of his ambient-adjacent trio Shrunken Elvis, and why staying true to his musical identity matters more than fitting the Nashville mold.
The Canadian composer's JADE technology transforms EEG data into sound, turning six dancers into living instruments for his spatial audio album 'The Laws of Nature.'
In his latest book, 'The Jazzmen,' Tye examines how Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie fought racial injustice offstage, using their fame to push America toward a more equitable future.
The versatile percussionist opens up about his formative years under Betty Carter's mentorship, his Grammy-winning work with Brittany Howard, and how creative constraints led to his most liberated album yet.
The Grammy-nominated virtuoso gathers twenty-four former students and collaborators for 'Diary of a Fiddler #2: The Empty Nest,' a celebratory album that doubles as a master class in acoustic music community.
The Juilliard-trained dancer discusses his new role as executive director of the 170-year-old venue, which stands tall as the Hudson Valley's community anchor and an international performance destination.
The saxophonist's debut album 'BloodLines' draws from Indigenous, Hispanic, and African American traditions to create a suite that follows the arc of a hero's journey.
The innovative composer's transmedia work 'Why Frets?' invents an elaborate fictional history of the electric guitar and critiques New York's downtown music scene from an imaginary future.
Bill Orcutt, Steve Shelley, and Ethan Miller take turns behind the wheel on their debut collaboration, a live recording that captures the uncertainty and electricity of three musicians surprising themselves in real time.
From backing the Flying Luttenbachers to channeling Philip K. Dick's mysticism, Werber opens up about the visionary experience that shaped his solo debut 'Krater' and his collaboration with Sunn O)))'s Daniel O'Sullivan.
The Philadelphia-based synthesist and software engineer specializes in distilling thousand-dollar Eurorack workflows into affordable plugins. His latest creation, Waymaker, democratizes the expensive world of modular synthesis for bedroom producers everywhere.
Between pandemic delays and Hurricane Helene's destruction, Bask channeled years of adversity into a concept album about inter-dimensional travel that feels deeply rooted in Appalachian soil.
The Vermont-based indie rocker reflects on building a music career outside cultural centers, the influence of Dylan's 'Street Legal' on his songwriting, and why he believes understanding yourself requires understanding the places you go.
With his trio Cardume, the Grammy-winning Brazilian percussionist strips away the familiar structures of jazz to create something more elemental—three musicians moving like a school of fish through uncharted sonic waters.
Three decades into his career, Abbasi returns to acoustic guitar for 'Sound Remains,' processing personal loss while questioning what it means to let go in both music and life.
The pioneering audio/visual artist reflects on how Robert Anton Wilson's "think for yourself, distrust authority" philosophy shaped both Coldcut's sound and Ninja Tune's thirty-five-year mission.
Saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom's album 'Songs in Space' brings together her pioneering approach to surround sound jazz, a vision of music in zero gravity, and a belief that silence gives the brain time to process music moving through dimensions.
The Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark frontman discusses why Kraftwerk matter more than the Beatles, how political resistance sparked 'Bauhaus Staircase,' and why his band refuses to make "shit records."
The experimental composer's album 'Sleep in the Shadow of the Alternator' transforms his childhood memories of Coalville's mines and factories into a dreamlike narrative about the East Midlands' vanished industry.
Isaac Sherman's debut 'A Pasture, Its Limits' spans years and cities, built from hardware synthesizers, gibberish vocals, and a belief that "the humanness comes through music when you strip away all the glitz."
The progressive trio of Pat Mastelotto, David Kollar, and Paolo Raineri constructed their second album from a rejected mafia film score. The result trades their debut's density for space and accessibility.
The saxophonist and composer left Broadway's steady income to lead a seventeen-piece ensemble in Indianapolis. His latest album, 'Communal Heart,' proves that creative independence can flourish outside traditional industry expectations.
Anthony David Vernon argues that hip-hop has lost its rebellious edge, but embracing anti-fascist resistance could restore the genre's defiant power and give artists something meaningful to fight against.
The British music producer and Polish clarinet virtuoso built 'The Universe Will Take Care of You' in four spontaneous London studio days, capturing the act of playing without thinking.
On 'Cursed Month,' the young composer uses microtonal intervals to create intensity without relying on volume or overdrive. As Yang explains, "Heaviness comes from the playing itself, not just the sound."
Two musicians from different worlds found common ground in their rejection of static electronic music. The result is 'All the Light of Our Sphere,' an album that treats improvisation as narrative and loops as living things.
Nigel Blackwell's band returns with 'All Asimov and No Fresh Air,' their sixteenth album of sharp pop punk and surrealist commentary on a world gone mad.
Fred Thomas's latest release, 'Critical Violets, Dream Erosion Pt. VII,' continues his "drumless" series by embracing musical reduction as a creative philosophy, proving that stripping away familiar elements can lead to his most compelling music yet.
The electronic composer and cellist discuss their album 'Ego Death,' the art of surrender, and how their partnership is centered on creative dissolution rather than individual expression.
The Mexican-born, Chicago-based drummer discusses his album 'The Crisis Knows No Borders,' his philosophy on small daily sacrifices, and why convenience keeps getting in the way of saving the world.
Composer Jamie Hamilton collaborates with Phaedra Ensemble to turn internet-age mythology about an unexplained global drone into a "darkly humorous fever-dream" about collective hallucination.