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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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