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Ukrainian Field Notes XLVI

Lots of in depth interviews this month mostly recorded back in May in Ukraine which you can both listen to and read. In Dnipro, I reconnect with old friends Roman Slavka, Eugene Gordeev and Igor Yalivec to talk about Module

Ukrainian Field Notes XLVI

Lots of in depth interviews this month mostly recorded back in May in Ukraine which you can both listen to and read. In Dnipro, I reconnect with old friends Roman Slavka, Eugene Gordeev and Igor Yalivec to talk about Module

First Half Highlights ~ The Top 20

We’re about to take a short summer break (back on Monday), but first, we’re excited to present our staff picks for the first half of 2025.  We invited each writer to choose two albums or EPs released from January 1-June

First Half Highlights ~ The Top 20

We’re about to take a short summer break (back on Monday), but first, we’re excited to present our staff picks for the first half of 2025.  We invited each writer to choose two albums or EPs released from January 1-June

Ten Tracks That Sound Like Summer

Summer is as much about the feeling of summer as the season itself; in like manner, summer music is as much about the sound as it is the season of release. Many summer albums are not released in summer, while

Ten Tracks That Sound Like Summer

Summer is as much about the feeling of summer as the season itself; in like manner, summer music is as much about the sound as it is the season of release. Many summer albums are not released in summer, while

Ukrainian Field Notes XLV

Most of this month’s interviews were recorded when I visited Ukraine back in May. In Lviv I had the privilege of taking part in a jamming session with veterans held by Victory Beats at the Superhumans Center, a specialist clinic for

Ukrainian Field Notes XLV

Most of this month’s interviews were recorded when I visited Ukraine back in May. In Lviv I had the privilege of taking part in a jamming session with veterans held by Victory Beats at the Superhumans Center, a specialist clinic for

Ziad Nawfal, Nour Sokhon and Stefan Christoff present Signals and connection [mix]

Early this year, we reviewed Nour Sokhon‘s Beirut Birds, which Richard Allen found to be “teeming with urgency, … an example of an album released at exactly the right time.” Another recent record, Beyond All Borderlines, is an evocative collaboration

Ziad Nawfal, Nour Sokhon and Stefan Christoff present Signals and connection [mix]

Early this year, we reviewed Nour Sokhon‘s Beirut Birds, which Richard Allen found to be “teeming with urgency, … an example of an album released at exactly the right time.” Another recent record, Beyond All Borderlines, is an evocative collaboration

Ukrainian Field Notes XLIV

The current episode of Ukrainian Field Notes is dispatched directly from Ukraine. I am writing this introduction from Lviv, where for the past three days I have been attending the Lviv Media Forum. As usual this has been an informative

Ukrainian Field Notes XLIV

The current episode of Ukrainian Field Notes is dispatched directly from Ukraine. I am writing this introduction from Lviv, where for the past three days I have been attending the Lviv Media Forum. As usual this has been an informative

To Float Freely Away ~ An Interview with Zosha Warpeha and Mariel Terán

Zosha Warpeha and Mariel Terán are each deep-dive explorers of instruments. As improvisers and composers, they’ve developed unique voices in contemporary instrumental music: Warpeha’s recent record, silver dawn, was one of my favorites of last year, and Terán’s work has

To Float Freely Away ~ An Interview with Zosha Warpeha and Mariel Terán

Zosha Warpeha and Mariel Terán are each deep-dive explorers of instruments. As improvisers and composers, they’ve developed unique voices in contemporary instrumental music: Warpeha’s recent record, silver dawn, was one of my favorites of last year, and Terán’s work has

Jeremy Young presents “With all our knowable ills, in airs thickened by electricity, we reset our chessboards.” [mix]

We’ve been fans of Jeremy Young‘s work, as a solo artist and band member, for as long as we’ve been doing this blog; we reviewed a Sontag Shogun split and a solo  szilárd record way back in 2012, and before

Jeremy Young presents “With all our knowable ills, in airs thickened by electricity, we reset our chessboards.” [mix]

We’ve been fans of Jeremy Young‘s work, as a solo artist and band member, for as long as we’ve been doing this blog; we reviewed a Sontag Shogun split and a solo  szilárd record way back in 2012, and before