Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: John McCowen’s “Models Of Duration”

Play Models Of Duration to the unprepared, and they won’t know what hit them. They’ll undoubtedly recognize that they’re facing

November 4, 2022 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Baba Commandant And The Mandingo Band achieves a classically elemental mix of sounds on its third album. The West African

October 27, 2022 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

The Bergisch-Brandenburgisches Quartett took its name from the two German land regions where its four members resided. Rüdiger Carl (reeds,

October 21, 2022 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

The guitar may be easily portable, but it is nonetheless freighted with all manner of baggage. In diverse locales around

October 14, 2022 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

“Shit Changes,” proclaims one of the tunes that bassist Michael Formanek wrote for Multicolored Midnight, but Thumbscrew persists. That’s pretty

October 7, 2022 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Marisa Anderson has spent most of the last four years angling away from the solo music she made during the

September 30, 2022 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania