New Music

I was taking pictures on the Union St. bridge when I heard a strange blend of melodicas, clarinets, kazoos and keyboards approaching. I turned to my left and saw Marc […]

Walking across Union St. trying to catch up with Marc Ribot's Gowanus soundwalk, I pass this old factory space and hear the slow movement from Beethoven's 4th piano concerto coming

Having thoroughly enjoyed my soundwalk through the woods of Kitchener last month, I was happy to hear that Issue Project Room will be hosting their first annual "Soundwalk-a-thon" this Sunday, (6/7)

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During a break from the action yesterday, I spoke to a composer friend, who had a bit of a different take on the Marathon: "Bang on a Can is kind

Well, at least they're appropriately named: after taking nearly 40 minutes to set up, Chicago post rock vets Tortoise finally started their marathon-ending set at 11:32 tonight. So much for

Kicking off the marathon's final stretch is Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, who gives us an hour of tranquility (including a melodic piano solo and a new work written for the

On the surface, there isn't anything all that innovative about Evan Ziporyn's "Sulvasutra," which he wrote for the Silk Road Ensemble (though he wasn't sure he was supposed to tell

Note to Missy: when you get the NY Times critic tapping his shoe to your sweet strings and ipod-driven beats, you're probably onto something. Too bad they only let you