Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Sun Ra’s “Lights On A Satellite: Live At The Left Bank”

Le Sony’r Ra, the philosopher/composer/musician/poet known to the world as Sun Ra, died in 1993. Recordings from across his career

January 24, 2025 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

While it may be a stretch to say that bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten has been a citizen of the world,

January 17, 2025 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Everest. Kilimanjaro. Fuji. Some mountains just have to be climbed, no matter what. Blind Willie Johnson’s “Dark Was The Night,

January 6, 2025 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Not everything that Simon Joyner sings is autobiographical, but it’s always true. The Omaha-based singer and guitarist has spent the

December 16, 2024 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Instrumental music has its limits as a way of advocating for social change, and Tashi Dorji knows this. But he

December 4, 2024 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Cleared is a Chicago duo with fixed personnel but a morphing modus operandi. When Michael Vallera and Steven Hess started

November 8, 2024 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Double-LP compilation Melt Away has been released in tandem with Matador’s 25th anniversary reissue of Bardo Pond’s Set And Setting. It comprises one

November 1, 2024 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania