Trigos combines contemporary and Indigenous influences in works like his new 'Simetrías Prehispánicas' (Pre-Hispanic Symmetries), winner of the 2024 Azrieli Commission for International Music.
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Music Reviews: Frank Zappa’s Expanded ‘Apostrophe (’),’ plus Mike Montrey Band, Kevin Gordon, Rebecca Frazier, Guy Davis, and Mac Leaphart
Reviews of an expanded edition of Frank Zappa's Apostrophe, plus Mike Montrey Band, Kevin Gordon, Rebecca Frazier, Guy Davis, and Mac Leaphart
Read More »Interview: Composer Yair Klartag on His Azrieli Prize Commission ‘The Parable of the Palace’
Klartag's new work for choir and four double basses, the winner of the Azrieli Foundation's Commission for Jewish Music for 2024, investigates the limits of logic and reason in explaining reality and the metaphysical.
Read More »Music Review: ‘Symbiont’ – Jake Blount and Mali Obomsawin
Symbiont Climate change is arguably the biggest challenge we face. Everyone from politicians to the person on the street have an opinion on whether it exists or what should be done about it. So this is a topic that’s ripe for artistic expression. With Symbiont Jake Blount and Mali Obomsawin …
Read More »Music and Book Reviews: A Joe Meek Anthology, an Arthur Lee/Love Biography, and a Double Dose of Michael McDermott
Reviews: An anthology of tracks produced by Joe Meek, a biography of Arthur Lee & Love, and new music from Michael McDermott.
Read More »Music Reviews: A Gerry and the Pacemakers Anthology, plus Ronnie Self, Duke Robillard, and Greg Copeland
A new Gerry and the Pacemakers anthology collects all their hit singles (some in both stereo and mono) plus a 1964 California concert, an EP, and lots of album tracks.
Read More »Concert Review: Fourth Wall Ensemble Sings Caroline Shaw’s Pulitzer-Winning ‘Partita’ and More
With a sound that mixed plangency and purity, and an almost palpable fearlessness, the Fourth Wall Ensemble did this wonderful music justice.
Read More »Music Reviews: Jerry Phillips, Uncle Lucius, Colin James, Wild Ponies, and Chillingsworth Surfingham
Jerry Phillips, the son of legendary Sun Records founder Sam Phillips, grew up rubbing shoulders with icons such as Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Johnny Cash. Yet it is only now, at age 75, that he has gotten around to releasing an album of his own.
Read More »Music Reviews: Lindsey Buckingham’s ‘20th Century Lindsey,’ plus Steve Forbert and Michael Reynolds
Reviews: A box set collects solo work by Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham, plus Steve Forbert and Michael Reynolds.
Read More »Music Review: ‘Amelia’ by Laurie Anderson
With 'Amelia' Laurie Anderson has created a beautiful and compelling recounting of the last voyage of Amelia Earhart.
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