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2021 Winter Music Preview ~ Modern Composition
What does winter sound like? From solo piano to orchestra, the artists in our Modern Composition category turn color into music and vice versa. The natural heirs to Satie, Debussy, Beethoven and more, these contemporary composers are always seeking new
2021 Winter Music Preview ~ Modern Composition
What does winter sound like? From solo piano to orchestra, the artists in our Modern Composition category turn color into music and vice versa. The natural heirs to Satie, Debussy, Beethoven and more, these contemporary composers are always seeking new
2021 Winter Music Preview ~ Experimental
What happens when experimental musicians are locked inside for months on end? Given the extra time in their sonic laboratories, some come up with even more creative experiments. This winter, we’ll be hearing the results of lockdown as filtered through
2021 Winter Music Preview ~ Experimental
What happens when experimental musicians are locked inside for months on end? Given the extra time in their sonic laboratories, some come up with even more creative experiments. This winter, we’ll be hearing the results of lockdown as filtered through
2021 Winter Music Preview ~ Electronic
Over the past year, our Electronic department has become our most active, and with good reason: we need these upbeat flavors, these reminders of body movement, these tempoed tunes to remind us that better days are on their way. The
2021 Winter Music Preview ~ Electronic
Over the past year, our Electronic department has become our most active, and with good reason: we need these upbeat flavors, these reminders of body movement, these tempoed tunes to remind us that better days are on their way. The
2021 Winter Music Preview ~ Ambient and Drone
With over 200 releases listed, this is once again our biggest Winter Music Preview ever, and the largest instrumental music preview on the planet! Winter is a fitting season for ambient music, which seems tailor-made for the soft, the still
2021 Winter Music Preview ~ Ambient and Drone
With over 200 releases listed, this is once again our biggest Winter Music Preview ever, and the largest instrumental music preview on the planet! Winter is a fitting season for ambient music, which seems tailor-made for the soft, the still
Where Will Music Head in 2021?
What’s next for the music industry? With so many artists recording and releasing music from home, the entire landscape of music has changed. In this article, we take some educated guesses on where music may be headed next. Formats The
Where Will Music Head in 2021?
What’s next for the music industry? With so many artists recording and releasing music from home, the entire landscape of music has changed. In this article, we take some educated guesses on where music may be headed next. Formats The
Music to Play on Christmas Day
Merry Christmas to all our readers who celebrate it! We realize that this is going to be a difficult Christmas for a lot of people who won’t be able to gather as they would like; and that many will spend
Music to Play on Christmas Day
Merry Christmas to all our readers who celebrate it! We realize that this is going to be a difficult Christmas for a lot of people who won’t be able to gather as they would like; and that many will spend
ACL 2020 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year
After all the chaos of 2020, there’s some solace found in the fact that the artist who scored our Album of the Decade at the beginning of the year now receives our Album of the Year award at year’s end.
ACL 2020 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year
After all the chaos of 2020, there’s some solace found in the fact that the artist who scored our Album of the Decade at the beginning of the year now receives our Album of the Year award at year’s end.
ACL 2020 ~ Best Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz
All four of our sub-categories find a home in this year’s list, forming a diverse community. Loud and soft tones co-exist, but no voice is raised to drown out the rest. If only our whole world could be like this!
ACL 2020 ~ Best Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz
All four of our sub-categories find a home in this year’s list, forming a diverse community. Loud and soft tones co-exist, but no voice is raised to drown out the rest. If only our whole world could be like this!
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