Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Loren Connors & Oren Ambarchi’s “Leone”

Loren Connors has dueted with many guitarists over the years, but he always presents them with the same challenge. The

February 5, 2021 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

How much does an album really matter? That all depends on who you ask. If you’re Neil Young, you have

January 28, 2021 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Photo by David Zukauskas This album may be a first encounter, but it’s by no means a first impression. Guitarist

January 22, 2021 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

When you need to respond quickly, you might let your fingers do the walking. Wendy Eisenberg has the sort of

January 4, 2021 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Time sure can do a number on status and perspective. In 2020, Makoto Kawabata is the ringleader of the celebrated,

December 26, 2020 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

When musicians revise their practices to achieve a new normal post-pandemic, they might want to take notes from Masaki Batoh.

December 19, 2020 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

This quartet gathered for the first—and so far only—time on a late summer night when everyone happened to be playing

December 10, 2020 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania