Review: Julian Lage Quartet’s ‘Scenes from Above’

2 weeks ago
Jim Hynes

Julian Lage is unafraid to switch gears. While the guitarist has held together his trio with bassist Jorge Roeder and drummer Dave King, over…

Echoes of Chickadee Valley: A Conversation with Christopher Hoffman on ‘Rex’

2 weeks ago

When one thinks of the great artistic cataloging of North American bird paintings, John James Audubon's name often first comes…

Review: John Ellis and Doublewide’s ‘Fireball’

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Despite the name of woodwind specialist John Ellis’s Double Wide, suggesting a large ensemble, the group is a quintet, with…

Finding Cues: A Conversation with Elias Stemeseder on ‘Studies in Prolation, for S-L plus Ensemble’

3 weeks ago

Often, great treasures can be found in mines already long before dug. This is certainly the case with the lautenwerk.…

Review: Craig Taborn’s ‘Dream Archives’

3 weeks ago

The first release by Craig Taborn since being named a MacArthur Fellow in late 2025, Dream Archives (ECM, 2026) finds…

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

4 weeks ago

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

Review: Kris Davis and the Lutosławski Quartet’s ‘The Solastalgia Suite’

1 month ago

Coined by the philosopher Glenn Albrecht, the term ‘solastalgia” centers on the theme of homesickness while still at home with…

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

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

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

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

The Cellar Door Sessions at Fifty-Five: December 19, 1970

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Saturday, December 19, 1970 For first-time listeners to The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 (Columbia, 1970), the first four discs can…