Bethanne Kunert

Michael Malis with Virago: From Darkness We Awaken

by Troy Dostert
October 9, 2022

A ubiquitous presence in the Detroit improvised music community since the early 2010s, pianist Michael Malis has also become something of a sage in charting the emotional landscape of the Covid era. His 2020 release, Dualisms, presented a series of impressive duets which outlined the tensions between resilience and despondency. Now he has teamed up with Virago, a Detroit-based chamber quartet, for an even more intimate musical exploration of the possibilities for renewal which can be found amidst the darkest ...