A Golden Wire and friends looked back to the 17th century in the latest Aspect Chamber Music Series concert.
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Music Review: Bex Marshall – ‘Fortuna’
On her first album in over 10 years, the blues-rocker's expressive vocals crackle with the years, while her guitar playing is if anything sharper than ever.
Read More »Music Review: Ekmeles – A Choir Pushes Boundaries with ‘We Live the Opposite Daring’
The new music sextet unleashes microtones and nontraditional tunings among other boundary-pushing elements of music by six contemporary composers.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): The Excruciatingly Brilliant ‘Bark of Millions,’ A Queer Rock-Opera Happening
Taylor Mac and Matt Ray's musical drag extravaganza honors millennia of queer history.
Read More »Concert Review: Avant-Garde Showcase Marks Ursula Oppens’ 80th Birthday
Eight pianists, eight composers: A concert tribute honored pianist and contemporary music champion Ursula Oppens as she turned 80.
Read More »Concert Review: Pianist Lucas Debargue Deploys Bach, Beethoven and Chopin to Champion 20th-Century Composer Nicolas Medtner
Debargue played Bach, Beethoven and Chopin to set up a fiery performance of Russian composer Nicolas Medtner's youthful piano sonata.
Read More »‘How Brutal This Land’ – New Amsterdam Singers to Debut ‘Arctic Explorations,’ Folk Opera by Michael Dellaira Based on US Explorer’s 1856 Book
Elisha Kent Kane's memoir of his 1850s Arctic expedition forms the basis for a new folk opera.
Read More »Music Review: Matteo Mela and Lorenzo Micheli – ‘Scarlatti: 12 Sonatas’ Arranged for Guitar Duo
A stirring display of six-string virtuosity from two superb guitarists who are also fine arrangers
Read More »Concert Review: Experiential Orchestra, Artefact Ensemble – Arvo Pärt ‘Passio,’ A Concert for Peace and Healing
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine hosted the Experiential Orchestra and Artefact Ensemble in Orthodox chants and a passion setting by Arvo Pärt.
Read More »Music Premiere: The Weird Sisters Aim for the Cosmos with ‘Come On, Spaceship’; Full-Length Space Disco Album Drops Feb. 3
The 'independent space disco duo' debut a new dance vibe mixing grunge punk, funk rock, and EDM, without a psychedelic edge.
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