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Ukrainian Field Notes XIX

Episode XIX of UFN, opens with Grammy award winner Nadia Shpachenko sourcing artwork from her native Kharkiv and Roman Slavka highlighting fundraising initiatives in Dnipro. Meanwhile, Amphibian Man surfs with the sea devil, Ragapop take time off touring to answer

Ukrainian Field Notes XIX

Episode XIX of UFN, opens with Grammy award winner Nadia Shpachenko sourcing artwork from her native Kharkiv and Roman Slavka highlighting fundraising initiatives in Dnipro. Meanwhile, Amphibian Man surfs with the sea devil, Ragapop take time off touring to answer

To Participate More Fully in the World ~ An Interview With Mario Diaz de Leon

Mario Diaz de Leon is an artist and professor from the US who has worked across different musical genres and styles as both composer and performer. We had the chance to talk with him over email, a conversation presented below

To Participate More Fully in the World ~ An Interview With Mario Diaz de Leon

Mario Diaz de Leon is an artist and professor from the US who has worked across different musical genres and styles as both composer and performer. We had the chance to talk with him over email, a conversation presented below

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

Way back in 2012, our very first Top 20 list was led by Godspeed You! Black Emperor and included albums by Sigur Rós, Caspian and Anoice.  2021 was a strong year for post-rock, and 2022 less so; but we have

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

Way back in 2012, our very first Top 20 list was led by Godspeed You! Black Emperor and included albums by Sigur Rós, Caspian and Anoice.  2021 was a strong year for post-rock, and 2022 less so; but we have

2023 Winter Music Preview ~ Modern Composition

It would have been easy for us to pack our Top Ten Albums of 2023 with works of modern composition, as the field is so fertile at this time of year.  Suffice it to say that the overall quality level is higher

2023 Winter Music Preview ~ Modern Composition

It would have been easy for us to pack our Top Ten Albums of 2023 with works of modern composition, as the field is so fertile at this time of year.  Suffice it to say that the overall quality level is higher

2023 Winter Music Preview ~ Experimental

Experimental music is a glimpse into the future, a tapping of future trends, the cutting edge of the new.   In this field, what’s next is what’s now.  Not that any of these musicians are trying to be popular after

2023 Winter Music Preview ~ Experimental

Experimental music is a glimpse into the future, a tapping of future trends, the cutting edge of the new.   In this field, what’s next is what’s now.  Not that any of these musicians are trying to be popular after

2023 Winter Music Preview ~ Electronic

The winter electronic slate sounds more upbeat than it has in years; we’d like to believe that it’s a reflection of the human spirit.  In hard times, hopeful music can nourish the soul.  While the world continues to bend beneath

2023 Winter Music Preview ~ Electronic

The winter electronic slate sounds more upbeat than it has in years; we’d like to believe that it’s a reflection of the human spirit.  In hard times, hopeful music can nourish the soul.  While the world continues to bend beneath

2023 Winter Music Preview ~ Ambient & Drone

Starting today, we delve more deeply into the winter release schedule, which already includes hundreds of titles: a boon for those who have packed away their 2022 playlists and are looking for something new. Our earliest 2023 submissions arrived in

2023 Winter Music Preview ~ Ambient & Drone

Starting today, we delve more deeply into the winter release schedule, which already includes hundreds of titles: a boon for those who have packed away their 2022 playlists and are looking for something new. Our earliest 2023 submissions arrived in

The Top Ten Albums of 2023

Happy New Year!  We’ve just wrapped up our Year-End Lists, and will soon publish our Winter Music Preview.  The amount of music listed there can be overwhelming, so we’ve decided to pick the world’s earliest Top Ten.  To be fair,

The Top Ten Albums of 2023

Happy New Year!  We’ve just wrapped up our Year-End Lists, and will soon publish our Winter Music Preview.  The amount of music listed there can be overwhelming, so we’ve decided to pick the world’s earliest Top Ten.  To be fair,