Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC
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
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.
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
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
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
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

















