Interviews

Music as Movement: A Lost Conversation with Marilyn Mazur

On December 12, 2025, the world lost a truly innovative voice. When any accomplished artist passes, there is a natural…

6 days ago

Living Proof of the Same Cell: A Conversation with Lucian Ban and Mat Maneri on ‘Cantica Profana’ and ‘The Athenaeum Concert’

Folk music is often broadly defined as being a music “of the people.” But what does that really mean? Of…

3 weeks ago

The Willpower of Notes: A Conversation with Eyvind Kang on ‘Riparian’

Over the last half-century, a growing number of artists and theorists have explored the concept of ecomusicology, a theoretical approach…

1 month ago

La Belle Ville: A Conversation with David Binney and Tommy Crane on ‘The Isle’

Music has always pulsed through Montréal’s DNA, from its origins to the present. Legend tells that when the city's founder,…

2 months ago

Touching the Purple Haze: A Conversation with Stanley Jordan on Reimagining Jimi Hendrix

Often, emphasis on genre improperly discards the lines of influence that transcend imposed stylistic segmentations. No artistic expression exists solely…

2 months ago

Looking to the Cosmos: A Conversation with Patricia Brennan on ‘Of the Near and Far’ (Part Two)

We continue our conversation with Patricia Brennan on ‘Of the Near and Far’ by delving deeper into her compositional process…

2 months ago

Looking to the Cosmos: A Conversation with Patricia Brennan on ‘Of the Near and Far’ (Part One)

For eons, humanity has looked up at the vastness of the night sky in wonder. The pinholes of light shining…

2 months ago

Musical Tether: A Conversation with Sonya Belaya on ‘Dacha’

Music has a unique ability to convey emotions that transcend written or spoken language. Things lost in translation cannot be…

3 months ago

Honoring the Feeling: A Conversation with Mocean Worker (Adam Dorn) and Joe Alterman on ‘Keep the Line Open’

Tribute albums have been an ubiquitous part of modern music. They generally fall into two categories. Some honor a specific…

3 months ago

Hearing the Future: A Conversation with Gary Bartz on ‘The Eternal Tenure of Sound: Damage Control’

As a vehicle to facilitate group improvisation - or collaborative creation in the moment, as some artists refer to it-…

3 months ago