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Ukrainian Field Notes XXIII

Another episode, another milestone with 200+ interviews in almost 15 months since the full-scale invasion. For n. XXIII, we start off in the States speaking to Erlena Dlu about contemporary classical music, before heading to Dnipro, Ukraine, to discuss the

Ukrainian Field Notes XXIII

Another episode, another milestone with 200+ interviews in almost 15 months since the full-scale invasion. For n. XXIII, we start off in the States speaking to Erlena Dlu about contemporary classical music, before heading to Dnipro, Ukraine, to discuss the

The Best Film & TV Soundtracks of All Time ~ Part Two

Welcome back to Part Deux of our list of the Best Film & TV Soundtracks of All Time! We hope you liked the first half; it’s worth a look over there to start if this is your first visit. One

The Best Film & TV Soundtracks of All Time ~ Part Two

Welcome back to Part Deux of our list of the Best Film & TV Soundtracks of All Time! We hope you liked the first half; it’s worth a look over there to start if this is your first visit. One

The Best Film & TV Soundtracks of All Time ~ Part One

“Remove [the] score from any scene, and it becomes nearly unrecognizable. Something has instantaneously and fundamentally gone, like the soul of the piece.” JJ Abrams said this about John Williams’ work on Star Wars, but it’s equally applicable to the

The Best Film & TV Soundtracks of All Time ~ Part One

“Remove [the] score from any scene, and it becomes nearly unrecognizable. Something has instantaneously and fundamentally gone, like the soul of the piece.” JJ Abrams said this about John Williams’ work on Star Wars, but it’s equally applicable to the

Ukrainian Field Notes XXII

This month we are traveling to Kyiv where we explore Solar Nights with Shadow Unit, and discuss fundraising compilations with Volyk Artem and Volodymyr Kozhevnikov, while Hockins bemoans the current output of tiktok “sharovarshchyna” music. After a pit stop in

Ukrainian Field Notes XXII

This month we are traveling to Kyiv where we explore Solar Nights with Shadow Unit, and discuss fundraising compilations with Volyk Artem and Volodymyr Kozhevnikov, while Hockins bemoans the current output of tiktok “sharovarshchyna” music. After a pit stop in

The 25 Best Spring Albums of All Time

“Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him… Something up above was calling him imperiously… Hither and thither through the meadows he rambled busily, along the hedgerows, across the copses, finding everywhere birds

The 25 Best Spring Albums of All Time

“Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him… Something up above was calling him imperiously… Hither and thither through the meadows he rambled busily, along the hedgerows, across the copses, finding everywhere birds

Ukrainian Field Notes XXI

As we enter the second year of the full-scale Russian invasion, we pursue our survey of the experimental and electronic scene in Ukraine with another round of interviews taking us to Odesa, Rivne, Ivano-Frankivsk and Kyiv as well as Lithuania,

Ukrainian Field Notes XXI

As we enter the second year of the full-scale Russian invasion, we pursue our survey of the experimental and electronic scene in Ukraine with another round of interviews taking us to Odesa, Rivne, Ivano-Frankivsk and Kyiv as well as Lithuania,

Next Festival review

if you are making a music festival, radio or any cultural program and not inviting Ukrainians or vicitims (sic) of the Russian violence, dunno, what you are doing [eastbloc af sound alliance pinned tweet] Music festivals in 2022 have not

Next Festival review

if you are making a music festival, radio or any cultural program and not inviting Ukrainians or vicitims (sic) of the Russian violence, dunno, what you are doing [eastbloc af sound alliance pinned tweet] Music festivals in 2022 have not

2023 Spring Music Preview ~ Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz

The Arrowounds album pictured here boasts some incredible artwork; read below to discover how to turn the digital image into a physical artifact.  This is just one of dozens of releases in our most expansive category, running the tonal gamut

2023 Spring Music Preview ~ Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz

The Arrowounds album pictured here boasts some incredible artwork; read below to discover how to turn the digital image into a physical artifact.  This is just one of dozens of releases in our most expansive category, running the tonal gamut