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Laurie Anderson

Laurie Anderson is one of America’s most reknowned – and daring – creative pioneers. Known primarily for her multimedia presentations, she has cast herself in roles as varied as visual artist, composer, poet, photographer, filmmaker, electronics whiz, vocalist, and instrumentalist. O Superman launched Anderson’s recording career in 1980, rising to number two on the British pop charts and subsequently appearing on Big Science, the first of her seven albums on the Warner Brothers label. Other record releases include Mister Heartbreak, United States Live, Strange Angels, Bright Red, and the soundtrack to her feature film Home of the Brave

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Article: Album Review

Savina Yannatou & Primavera en Salonico with Lamia Bedioui: Watersong

Read "Watersong" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright


Watersong is the fifth album on ECM for the extraordinary Greek world-music and free-jazz singer Savina Yannatou and Primavera en Salonico, her splendid Athens-based ensemble: Kostas Vomvolos on qanun and accordion, Harris Lambrakis on nay, Kyriakos Gouventas on violin, Yannis Alexandris on oud, Michalis Siganidis on double bass and Dine Doneff on percussion. The album also ...

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Cloudward

Label: Nonesuch Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: The Gate; The Tower; Collapsing Mouth; Unscrolling; Desiderata; Incarnadine; Tailhead; Ultramarine.

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Kris Davis, Luke Stewart, Rob Mazurek and More

Read "Kris Davis, Luke Stewart, Rob Mazurek and More" reviewed by Hobart Taylor


New music from Kris Davis, Luke Stewart and Silt Remembrance Ensemble, Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra and more. Playlist Rahsaan Barber “The Long Wait For Justice" from Six Words (Jazz Music City) 0:00 Kris Davis “Knotweed “ from Run The Gauntlet (Pyroclastic) 6:15 Luke Stewart and Silt Remembrance Ensemble “ATTENTION !!!"from The Order (Self ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Godwin Louis, Laurie Anderson, and remembering Jack Mouse

Read "Godwin Louis, Laurie Anderson, and remembering Jack Mouse" reviewed by Hobart Taylor


New music from Godwin Louis, Laurie Anderson, a previously unreleased tune from Wayne Shorter and remembering pioneering percussionist Jack Mouse.Playlist Godwin Louis “Thy Will Be Done" from Psalms and Proverbs (Blue Room) 0:00 Anna Butterss “Shorn" from Mighty Vertebrate (International Anthem) 4:49 Nduduzo Makhathini “Amathongo" from In The Spirit Of Ntu Blue Note 9:40 ...

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Article: Album Review

Chantal Acda: Silently Held

Read "Silently Held" reviewed by Neil Duggan


Somewhere near the point where jazz, Americana and alt-folk meet, Belgian singer-songwriter Chantal Acda can be found. She has carved out a distinctive sound using a restricted and intimate sonic landscape crafted to enhance her vocal delivery. Her voice is soft and breathy with a fragile edge, and she delivers her lyrics with an intense focus. ...

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Article: Album Review

Steph Richards: Power Vibe

Read "Power Vibe" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


Fire music. Free jazz. Third stream. Fourth stream. Avant improv, noise chamber blues, and whatever the meta and hashtags say it is, this sextet of loose cannons knows better and holds all the cards. Imagine for a moment what the reaction might be if your facial muscles suddenly, involuntarily, started to freeze, leaving you ...

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Article: Album Review

Mary Halvorson: Cloudward

Read "Cloudward" reviewed by Doug Collette


The title of guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson's Cloudward alludes to the sense of optimism she has stated she felt when writing the bulk of the material in fall of 2022. And while this palpable sense of faith in the future is in marked contrast to the tangible air of eerie foreboding that surfaced so often on this ...

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Article: Album Review

Mary Halvorson: Cloudward

Read "Cloudward" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


Guitarist, composer & raconteur Mary Halvorson could very comfortably (and rightfully) wear the sobriquet of “The Charles Mingus of Guitar" if she wanted to. But even that open-ended comparison would limit her as she outdoes herself again on Cloudward. Though it must surely be getting harder to top herself given the string of releases--the ...

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Majel Connery e il Questionario di Proust

Read "Majel Connery e il Questionario di Proust" reviewed by Paolo Peviani


Si definisce artista inclassificabile che non dice quasi mai di no a qualcosa. Cantante, compositrice, musicologa, conduttrice di podcast radiofonici, direttrice di Opera Cabal, un think tank rivolto all'unione tra lavoro creativo ed accademico nell'opera, Majel Connery ama mescolare le influenze classiche e dell'opera con una mentalità elettronica. Il tratto principale della mia ...


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