Category Archives: Featured Articles

2023 Spring Music Preview ~ Ambient

By now, most people in the northern climates are preparing for spring; but spring is more than cherry blossoms and returning flocks.  Spring is a state of mind: a warming, a flowering, an emergence.  Spring is a feeling that, to

2023 Spring Music Preview ~ Ambient

By now, most people in the northern climates are preparing for spring; but spring is more than cherry blossoms and returning flocks.  Spring is a state of mind: a warming, a flowering, an emergence.  Spring is a feeling that, to

Julia E. Dyck and Stefan Christoff present A Silver Moon Mix

Tiohtià:ke / Montreal musician and community organizer Stefan Christoff has featured on this site many times over the last decade, including in his collaborations with Sam Shalabi, with his brother Jordan Christoff (as Anarchist Mountains), and with Nick Schofield (as

Julia E. Dyck and Stefan Christoff present A Silver Moon Mix

Tiohtià:ke / Montreal musician and community organizer Stefan Christoff has featured on this site many times over the last decade, including in his collaborations with Sam Shalabi, with his brother Jordan Christoff (as Anarchist Mountains), and with Nick Schofield (as

SP* Episode 28: COGNITIVE DISSONANCE – with Archivio Diafònico [podcast]

This episode features Giuseppe Esposito, a Neapolitan musician who runs the tape label Archivio Diafònico, an operation that mostly documents artists who are based in Napoli. The chaotic and bustling capital of the South of Italy undeservedly gets a bad

SP* Episode 28: COGNITIVE DISSONANCE – with Archivio Diafònico [podcast]

This episode features Giuseppe Esposito, a Neapolitan musician who runs the tape label Archivio Diafònico, an operation that mostly documents artists who are based in Napoli. The chaotic and bustling capital of the South of Italy undeservedly gets a bad

Ukrainian Field Notes XX

On the anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine it’s time to take stock. The first episode of Ukrainian Field Notes came out on March 19, 2022, with the first interviews dating back to March 5, 2022. Over the

Ukrainian Field Notes XX

On the anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine it’s time to take stock. The first episode of Ukrainian Field Notes came out on March 19, 2022, with the first interviews dating back to March 5, 2022. Over the

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