Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Some might say that List Of Demands sounds like it was ripped from today’s headlines, but given the way things

In the liner notes to Öppet Två, Swedish reeds player Mats Gustafsson describes a moment in 1982 that gave focus

“I am not guilty of insanity/My brain was taken in a brain robbery.” So sings one of the pseudonymous members

Le Sony’r Ra, the philosopher/composer/musician/poet known to the world as Sun Ra, died in 1993. Recordings from across his career

While it may be a stretch to say that bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten has been a citizen of the world,

Everest. Kilimanjaro. Fuji. Some mountains just have to be climbed, no matter what. Blind Willie Johnson’s “Dark Was The Night,

Not everything that Simon Joyner sings is autobiographical, but it’s always true. The Omaha-based singer and guitarist has spent the

Instrumental music has its limits as a way of advocating for social change, and Tashi Dorji knows this. But he

Cleared is a Chicago duo with fixed personnel but a morphing modus operandi. When Michael Vallera and Steven Hess started

Double-LP compilation Melt Away has been released in tandem with Matador’s 25th anniversary reissue of Bardo Pond’s Set And Setting. It comprises one

Brandon Seabrook is not a reluctant solo performer. Besides his various ensembles and appearances with other musicians, he keeps up

Ohrenschmaus is a German word that signifies a feast for the ears, and the title of the latest album by

The Hard Quartet would like you to know that this is not a project, it’s a band. But what kind

It’s time, quite literally, for Stefan Christensen to come clean. Previous recordings by the denizen of New Haven, Conn., have