Essential New Music: Amy Rigby's "Hang In There With Me"

Essential New Music: Amy Rigby’s “Hang In There With Me”

From connection comes meaning, but also pain. This album’s title words “Hang in there with me” come from third track
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Essential New Music: Bilders' "Dustbin Of Empathy"

Essential New Music: Bilders’ “Dustbin Of Empathy”

Wandering poet. Novelist whose work has been translated into Serbian. Gladiator opposing the efforts of New Zealand’s national library to
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Essential New Music: Dave Rempis / Tashi Dorji Duo's "Gnash"

Essential New Music: Dave Rempis / Tashi Dorji Duo’s “Gnash”

Poly-saxophonist (he’s up to four now) Dave Rempis and electric guitarist Tashi Dorji are hardly strangers. With their trio Kuzu
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Essential New Music: Nightshift's "Homosapien"

Essential New Music: Nightshift’s “Homosapien”

Changes come fast and hard in the 21st century, and they don’t let up. Nightshift’s last album, 2021’s Z​ö​e, caught that queasy
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Essential New Music: Savage Republic's "Live In Wroclaw January 7 2023"

Essential New Music: Savage Republic’s “Live In Wroclaw January 7 2023”

All good things come to an end, sometimes more than once. Originally founded in Los Angeles in 1981, Savage Republic
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Essential New Music: Jake Xerxes Fussell's "When I’m Called"

Essential New Music: Jake Xerxes Fussell’s “When I’m Called”

Jake Xerxes Fussell was raised and mentored by folklorists, but he also grew up in the age of MTV. He
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Essential New Music: Ayal Senior's "Ora"

Essential New Music: Ayal Senior’s “Ora”

In troubled times, music can offer a perspective on what’s going on, or it can be an antidote. Ora aspires
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Essential New Music: Nathan Bowles Trio's "Are Possible"

Essential New Music: Nathan Bowles Trio’s “Are Possible”

It’s been nearly six years since Nathan Bowles put out Plainly Mistaken, his last solo album, but he has not been slacking.
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Essential New Music: Dirty Three's "Love Changes Everything"

Essential New Music: Dirty Three’s “Love Changes Everything”

Love Changes Everything. Who is the recipient of that titular sentiment, and who is doing the loving? Given that this
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Essential New Music: Charles Gayle / Milford Graves / William Parker's "WEBO"

Essential New Music: Charles Gayle / Milford Graves / William Parker’s “WEBO”

Milford Graves never seemed to be that worried about making records. An early run of recordings for ESP-Disk in the
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Essential New Music: Elijah McLaughlin & Caleb Willitz's "Morning Improvisations, Evening Abstractions"

Essential New Music: Elijah McLaughlin & Caleb Willitz’s “Morning Improvisations, Evening Abstractions”

One mark of artists is that when they get really good at something, they change things up. It’s hard to
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Essential New Music: The Handover's "The Handover"

Essential New Music: The Handover’s “The Handover”

The Handover suggests something transactional. But the sound and the effect of the music created by oudist Aly Eissa, violinist
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Essential New Music: Bitter Wish's "Candle Finger"

Essential New Music: Bitter Wish’s “Candle Finger”

Based on the evidence of issued recordings, Bardo Pond seems to have ceased making music. While archival releases continue to
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Essential New Music: Mountain Movers' "Walking After Dark"

Essential New Music: Mountain Movers’ “Walking After Dark”

Walking After Dark picks up right where its predecessor, World What World, left off in 2021. At the time, things didn’t look so
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