Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Luke Stewart’s “Luke Stewart Exposure Quintet”

The Exposure Series is an annual Chicago event (years with global pandemics excepted) that draws together improvising musicians from the

November 10, 2020 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

If you had to sum up the relationship between magicians and their audiences in one question, it would be, “Do

November 3, 2020 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

In disasters lurk opportunities. The Dead C, a trio that’s operated out of various towns on New Zealand’s South Island

October 28, 2020 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Cristina Marx/Photomusix If you spot a photo of Julia Reidy hefting her acoustic 12-string guitar, you might think she’s a

October 22, 2020 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Steve Gunn has spent quite a bit of the last decade establishing himself as a singer, songwriter and bandleader, and

October 14, 2020 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania

If you’re a player, it’s handy to have a few high cards hidden up your sleeve. But you also need

October 9, 2020 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

The Clawed Stone is the second recording by English saxophonist John Butcher, German synthesizer player Thomas Lehn and American pianist

September 30, 2020 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC