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TAK Ensemble -- Photo by Titilayo Ayangade

The Substance of Silence on TAK Ensemble’s “Between the Air”

Though air hangs all around us, it’s usually imperceptible. But when it moves, we hear it. A gale ru...
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Bethany Younge, Eric Wubbels, Golnaz Shariatzadeh, Lewis Nielson, TAK Ensemble, Tyshawn Sorey
SydeBoob -- Courtesy of artist

SydeBoob Duo’s “Au Naturel” is a Bold and Athletic Debut

As SydeBoob Duo, soprano Anna Elder and flutist Sarah Steranka perform bold and athletic repertoire...
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Anna Elder, Anthony Braxton, Beat Furrer, Eric Moe, Max Johnson, Ramin Akhavijou, Rebecca Saunders, Sarah Steranka, SydeBoob Duo
Goal Weight (Marguerite Cox and Jennifer Gersten) -- Photo by Vivian Wang

Chance Meeting Leads to Fruitful Collaboration on Goal Weight’s “Keep Telling Yourself That”

What does it mean to bring a project to life with a collaborator you met by chance — say, at a celeb...
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Goal Weight, Jennifer Gersten, Marguerite Cox, Relative Pitch Records
Maiani Da Silva -- Photo by Franklin Yeep

Maiani da Silva Renews Sonic Connections to Nature on “Brouhaha”

On Brouhaha: Shaped by Fire (Sono Luminus, 2026), violinist Maiani da Silva suggests that listeners...
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Fjóla Evans, Ian Gottlieb, Jascha Narveson, Kelley Polar, Maiani da Silva, Sono Luminus, Zachary Good
Madli Marje Gildemann -- Photo by Enso Photography

Madli Marje Gildemann Looks to Nature on “Dream Sequence of an Ancient Forest”

The Estonian composer Madli Marje Gildemann explores the fragile thresholds between sound, embodimen...
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KAIROS, Kaspar Mänd, Ludensemble, Madli Marje Gildemann
Irreversible Entanglements -- Photo by Annemone Take

A Call to Action from Irreversible Entanglements: “Vibrate Higher, Beyond the Noise”

Although Camae Ayewa, Tcheser Holmes, Luke Stewart, Aquiles Navarro, and Keir Neuringer had lived an...
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Aquiles Navarro, Camae Ayewa, Helado Negro, Impulse! Records, Irreversible Entanglements, Keir Neuringer, Luke Stewart, Moor Mother, Motherboard, Tcheser Holmes
Harriet Tubman -- Photo by Michael Halsband

Harriet Tubman & Georgia Anne Muldrow Grow Radical Gardens on “Electrical Field of Love”

Harriet Tubman’s Electrical Field of Love is a deeply personal album collaboratively written and rec...
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Brandon Ross, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Harriet Tubman, JT Lewis, Melvin Gibbs, Pi Recordings
Macie Stewart, Whitney Johnson, and Lia Kohl for

“BODY SOUND” is an Invigorating Take on Sculpted Improvisation

Sometimes, music transports us to a place so far from reality, it can feel like an out of body exper...
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International Anthem, International Anthem Recording Co., Lia Kohl, Macie Stewart, Whitney Johnson
Zeena Parkins -- Courtesy of artist

On Zeena Parkins’ “Lament for the Maker,” the Melodic and Experimental Beautifully Merge

In new music, there is a world of primarily textural music that I sometimes refer to as “creaky door...
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James Fei, John Bischoff, Laetitia Sonami, Mills College, Zeena Parkins
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Flutronix Collapses Time and Mines Multitudes on “Black Being” Album

The multitudes of Black womanhood are center stage in Black Being, a new four-part song cycle by Flu...
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Allison Loggins-Hull, Chicago Sinfonietta, Flutronix, Jaki Shelton Green, Mei-Ann Chen, Nathalie Joachim
Ishmael Ali -- Photo by Yvonne Schmedemann

Ishmael Ali’s “Burn the Plastic, Sell the Copper” Explores Quirky, Communal Sonic Palettes

Ishmael Ali carries many titles and is in no danger of running out of projects. He is a cellist, imp...
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Amalgam Arts, Bill Harris, Brianna Tong, Corey Wilkes, Ed Wilkerson Jr., Ishmael Ali, Jim Baker

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