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Sana Nagano's 'Smashing Humans' Evokes Punk-Jazz Ethos on Debut Album
by Sarah Jae Leiber - January 21, 2021 The Brooklyn-based noise-jazz violinist Sana Nagano often finds herself at the center of the storm. As other instruments crash and careen around her, her assuredly melodic violin works to ground and stabilize the overall sound....
Samantha Boshnack Releases 'Seismic Belt-Live in Santa Monica'
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 15, 2019 The trumpeter and composer Samantha Boshnack isn't a geologist by trade, but she certainly thinks a lot about earthquakes and volcanoes. Over the past 15 years, while living in her adopted hometown of Seattle, Boshnack has hiked the environs of Washington's Mount Rainier and Mount St. Helens with a ...
Samantha Boshnack's Seismic Belt Releases Live in Santa Monica (Orenda Records) 3/15
by Tori Hartshorn - January 24, 2019 The trumpeter and composer Samantha Boshnack isn't a geologist by trade, but she certainly thinks a lot about earthquakes and volcanoes. Over the past 15 years, while living in her adopted hometown of Seattle, Boshnack has hiked the environs of Washington's Mount Rainier and Mount St. Helens with a ...
Trumpeter Cuong Vu Rekindles Chemistry With Bill Frisell on Second RareNoise Release, 9/28
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 18, 2018 As a follow-up to 2017's acclaimed Ballet: The Music of Michael Gibbs, Seattle-based trumpeter Cuong Vu joins forces once again with guitar great Bill Frisell, bassist Luke Bergman and drummer Ted Poor on the boundary-pushing quartet outing for RareNoiseRecords, Change in the Air. With all the membe...
Cuong Vu's Change in the Air feat. Bill Frisell Out in Late September on RareNoise
by Tori Hartshorn - August 30, 2018 RareNoiseRecords was founded in 2008 by two Italians, entrepreneur Giacomo Bruzzo and music producer Eraldo Bernocchi. Located in London, the label's mission is to detect and amplify contemporary trends in progressive music, by highlighting their relation to the history of the art-form, while choosi...
Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention's Revolutionary 1967 Album, 'Absolutely Free,' Celebrates 50th Anniversary
by Caryn Robbins - June 02, 2017 The Zappa Family Trust will mark the 50 th anniversary of Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention's politically-charged, envelope-pushing sophomore album, Absolutely Free, with an expanded vinyl-exclusive edition on September 29 via Zappa Records/UMe.... |