Interviews

Crossroads: A Conversation with Either/Orchestra’s Russ Gershon on Èthiopiques and Nerses Nalbandian

Sometimes, the voice of an outsider provides a fresh perspective that adds richness to the status quo and pushes things…

1 week ago

Quest for Magic: A Conversation with Paul Winter on Earth Music and ‘Horn of Plenty’

The most common defense for insisting on genre classifications is that it “simplifies” discussions about music. According to Kelefa Sanneh,…

2 weeks ago

Evolution of Seeds: A Conversation with Peter Evans on ‘Ars Ludicra’

The popular perception of time is linear. One thing leads to another and then to another. But the passage of…

2 weeks ago

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…

4 weeks 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…

1 month 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…

2 months 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…

3 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…

3 months ago