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ListN Up Playlist: Andrea Curutchet-Stevenson (April 23, 2026)

Andrea Curutchet-Stevenson is a trans non-binary and second-generation New Yorker who releases and performs their music under the name ¡Cachabacha!. They take inspiration from Latin Jazz, R&B, and American folk styles, and set off-kilter melodies and jazz chords afloat over a mixture of South American rhythms in their exploration of identity, love, and heritage. Their debut … Continued

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5 Questions to Ryan Alexander (Founder, Project Poetic Justice)

With Project Poetic Justice, artist and activist Ryan Alexander combines his passion for social justice education and his training in composition to create a musical community inside the DC Jail. Over the course of ten weeks, incarcerated young adults are invited to write poetry, compose music, and showcase their work in two concerts: one held … Continued

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Rewire Festival Offers an International Space for Catharsis and Connection

The 2026 Rewire Festival opened not with a bang, but as a beautifully disjointed conversation. In the span of five minutes, I caught morsels of Dutch, Italian, English, French, and Arabic while sitting cross-legged on the floor of Amare — the largest cultural center in The Hague. Italian composer-performer Caterina Barbieri and ONCEIM took the … Continued

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5 Questions Mai Khôi (singer, composer, activist)

Few children dream of being a pop star and actually achieve that goal — but that is what happened for Mai Khôi. The singer-turned-activist studied music with her father, joined his wedding band at age 12, and went on to win the Vietnam Television Award for song and album of the year in 2010. The … Continued

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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 might renew their connection to nature by attuning to different rhythms and cycles in music. The recording and performance project features six new works for solo violin, with each composer considering a unique idea about humanity’s place in the Earth’s … Continued

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For Allison Loggins-Hull, Community and Reciprocity Feed Place-Based Music Making

This interview has been lightly edited for clarity. Flutist and composer Allison Loggins-Hull has always been focused on storytelling. Her projects tend to include history and social commentary, as seen in key collaborations with Julia Bullock and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Toshi Reagon and Alarm Will Sound, and Castle of our Skins. Those throughlines … Continued

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Perpetual Adaptability: Amina Claudine Myers at 84

Defining the full scope of Amina Claudine Myers’ artistry feels impossible. At 84, she has nurtured an expansive practice defying genre and boundaries across classical, jazz, gospel, and avant-garde idioms. As a pianist, organist, vocalist, composer, improviser, and educator, she has worked all over the world, from touring with celebrated musicians Anthony Braxton, Archie Shepp, … Continued

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ListN Up Playlist: Xavier Emmanuel (April 9, 2026)

Denver, Colorado born Xavier Emmanuel (he/him) is a multi-hyphenate artist/scholar and PhD candidate in Creative Practice and Critical Inquiry at the Harvard University Department of Music. His work as a musician, scholar, and multi-hyphenate artist situates music as a lens to explore sonic and systemic organizations of labor, emotion, movement, behavior, and bodies in time. Emmanuel’s creative work … Continued

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Éliane Radigue: A Legacy of Listening Closely, Together

On a spring day in 2022, an uninterrupted hum emanates from the center of a room, as natural as the human voice yet produced by electronic instruments. As I stand in the corner listening to Éliane Radigue’s L’Île re-sonante (2000), I notice every subtle waver and new overtone from this small collection of notes. The … Continued

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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, embodiment, and perception. Her music often dwells in states of suspension and transformation, drawing on extended instrumental techniques, subtle timbral shifts, and an acute sensitivity to sonic space. Moving fluidly across a continuum of musical transformation, Gildemann crafts immersive, destabilising sonic fields that … Continued

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Lucy Liyou Breaks Free in Visceral “Mister Cobra” Performance

Before she took the stage as “Babygirl,” we were preparing for Lucy Liyou’s character to bleed. Ushers had proactively cautioned audience members in the first two rows at Performance Space New York that they were sitting in the splash zone for fake blood. The anticipation of inevitable gore mingled with the sea of trash onstage … Continued

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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 and worked in the same spaces for years, their latent connections finally crystallized in 2017 on their eponymous debut album, Irreversible Entanglements. Since then, the five-piece ensemble has crafted novel soundworlds that dramatize the poetry of Camae Ayewa (a.k.a. Moor Mother). … Continued

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5 Questions to Olivia Block (media artist, composer)

Olivia Block is pictured on her website before a glistening Steinway piano, illuminated from behind on a moody, darkened stage swirling with fog, her attention turned to a cart with an array of small, solid-state electronics. She wears a meditative expression on her face that harmonizes with the introspective nature of her work. In her … Continued

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ListN Up Playlist: Keren Abreu (March 26, 2026)

Keren Abreu is a singer-songwriter whose music is a multilingual blend of folk lyricism, pop melodies, and powerhouse vocals. Born and raised in the Bronx, New York and the proud daughter of Dominican immigrants, Keren’s musical journey has taken her from the pulpit of her childhood church to sold-out venues across New York City. ÉXITO, her … Continued

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Building Financial Stability Beyond the Gig

Money Matters is a NewMusicBox x I CARE IF YOU LISTEN collaboration, supported by New Music USA As someone who has lived as an artist and an arts leader, I have seen how often talented artists pour everything into their craft while leaving the financial side of their lives underdeveloped. It’s understandable. Most artists are trained … Continued

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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 recorded with Grammy award-winning singer Georgia Anne Muldrow over a multi-day session. On the band’s sixth album (out Mar. 27 on Pi Recordings), the recording process is reflected so clearly in the music itself, which often feels like it is engaging … Continued

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Experimentalism in Transition: a Mercurial Week at Borealis 2026

Seated in the round at Åsane Kulturhus, a string of spoken words transmogrified in spatialized audio as composer and vocalist Camille Norment strategically intoned key words along with the pre-recorded recitation: “Dissolve… devolve… solve…” Earlier, the sound of footsteps on gravel had circled the audience during sparse, morse code-like dialog between viola d’amore, double bass, … Continued

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“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 experience. Other times, music invites us to reexamine our lived experiences, keeping us firmly grounded in our own field of perception. BODY SOUND (Mar. 20, International Anthem) presents the listener with a compelling union of these … Continued

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London’s “Eternal Series” Honors the Generous Possibilities of Experimental Music

London’s Eternal Series is a relatively new addition to the city’s contemporary and experimental music scene. Curated by Sasha Elina, who originally founded the series in Moscow in 2014, the program offers a space for limitless experimentation and tenderness, bridging the gap between multiple forms of artistic expression. This month’s iteration of Eternal Series featured … Continued

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ListN Up Playlist: Patrick Shiroishi (March 12, 2026)

Patrick Shiroishi is a Japanese-American multi-instrumentalist, composer, and poet based in Los Angeles. Over the last decade he has established himself as one of the premier improvising musicians in the city, playing solo and in numerous collaborative projects. He has presented work and performed at the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, … Continued

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Through “The Great Wall of Los Angeles,” The LA Philharmonic Explores the Importance of Living History

An important part of preserving history is cementing it in our cultural memory, reintroducing and reinforcing it to new and returning audiences. On March 7, the Los Angeles Philharmonic did just that. Led by Gustavo Dudamel and curated by Gabriela Ortiz, The Great Wall of Los Angeles featured six commissions inspired by Judy Baca’s mural … Continued

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Video Premiere: Beyond This Point Performs “TacocaT” by Julie Zhu

It is easy to forget that the use of electronics in music composition was initially seen, by some, as a harbinger of machines replacing humans. Fast forward 80 years and people are still making music — and now dealing with the miraculous and unsettling potential of AI. For Julie Zhu — who, in addition to … Continued

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Luminescence Festival 2026 Explores the Electrifying and Meditative Potential of Listening

What defines a song? Is it verses, choruses, and bridges organized in a way that builds tension and then releases it? Is it lyrics that tell us about life and all its hope, grief, and messiness? Maybe it’s all of the above, or perhaps it’s something else entirely. One thing is certain: A song is … Continued

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Talk Show Parses Daytime TV Absurdity and Horror at Roulette Intermedium

An audience of all ages flooded Brooklyn’s Roulette Intermedium with curious energy on Feb. 26 for the east coast premiere of Miss America, the newest project from Talk Show. The duo is the artistic child of drummer/modular synthesist Qasim Naqvi and trumpeter Steph Richards, created nearly two decades ago through shared sensibilities around experimental theater. … Continued

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