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Ellen Reid Taps Shabaka Hutchings on 'Spiritual Sun'
by Josh Sharpe - August 07, 2024 Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Reid — best known for her works that span opera, sound design, film scoring, avant-pop, and more — shares 'Spiritual Sun,' the latest preview from Big Majestic, which is out August 30. Accompanying Reid on 'Spiritual Sun' is the musician and composer Shabaka Hut...
Ringdown (Caroline Shaw and Danni Lee Parpan) Shares New Single 'Ghost'
by Josh Sharpe - June 27, 2024 Portland, OR-based cinematic pop duo Ringdown, featuring creator-musicians Danni Lee Parpan and Pulitzer and Grammy winner Caroline Shaw, releases its second single via Nonesuch Records, “Ghost.' The song explores the loneliness of living in a world where we have the ability to immediately reach any...
Christopher Rountree Shares 'Pulpit' From Debut Album
by Josh Sharpe - June 04, 2024 Christopher Rountree — the 3-time GRAMMY-nominated composer, conductor, and band leader best known as the Founder and Artistic Director of the Los Angeles new music collective Wild Up — has shared 'Pulpit,' the latest preview from 3 BPM, his debut album as a composer out July 12. Listen to the track...
Christopher Rountree (Wild Up) Will Make Debut With 3 BPM (Three Beats Per Minute)
by Josh Sharpe - May 15, 2024 Christopher Rountree — the 3-time GRAMMY-nominated composer, conductor, and band leader best known as the Founder and Artistic Director of the Los Angeles new music collective Wild Up — will release 3 BPM, his debut album as a composer out July 12. 3 BPM finds a lineup of musicians — including piano...
BrhyM (Bruce Hornsby & YMusic) Announce 'Deep Sea Vents' Album
by Michael Major - January 10, 2024 To celebrate the announcement, BryhM has also released the single “Deep Blue”- a funky meditative strut featuring electric sitar. The album was produced by Hornsby and Rob Moose and recorded in both Williamsburg, VA and in New York, NY. It features additional contributions from jazz legend Branford ...
Bruce Hornsby & YMusic Announce 'BrhyM': A Collaborative Concert Experience
by Michael Major - November 06, 2023 The tour will kick-off in Urbana, IL at Foellinger Auditorium and will make stops across performing arts complexes in Kansas City, MO on March 14, San Francisco, CA on April 5, Thousand Oaks, CA on April 10 and wrap in Denver on April 23. See the full run, including these newly-announced dates and p...
California Festival: A Celebration Of New Music Launches November 3, 2023
by Michael Major - November 02, 2023 California Festival: A Celebration of New Music launches November 3, 2023. The Festival was conceived by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel, San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payare, and San Francisco Symphony Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen....
The Crossing Releases 30th Album: Shara Nova's Titration, Out Today on Navona Records
by A.A. Cristi - April 28, 2023 Acclaimed Grammy Award-winning choir The Crossing, led by Donald Nally, releases its 30th album Titration, on Navona Records. Premiered at the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center in Big Sky, Montana in August 2022, Titration is another creative collaboration between The Crossing and Shara Nova, fou...
The Next Festival of Emerging Artists Launches 'Next Fest Connects'
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 12, 2020 Faced with the crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, The Next Festival of Emerging Artists, the unique contemporary music festival founded in 2013 by composer, conductor, and bassist Peter Askim, acted quickly to address the needs of musicians by forming a new component: Next Fest Connects. ...
Sufjan Stevens Shares His Take Justin Peck's Ballet 'The Decalogue'
by Abigail Charpentier - October 18, 2019 Oscar- and Grammy-nominated composer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Sufjan Stevensreleases his acclaimed score for Justin Peck's ballet The Decalogue today via his own label, AKR....
Sufjan Stevens Debuts 'IV' from THE DECALOGUE
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 04, 2019 Oscar- and Grammy-nominated composer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Sufjan Stevens debuts pianist Timo Andres' recording of “IV” from The Decalogue today....
Sufjan Stevens to Release Score for Justin Peck's Ballet 'The Decalogue'
by Abigail Charpentier - September 17, 2019 Oscar- and Grammy-nominated composer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Sufjan Stevens will release his acclaimed score for Justin Peck's ballet The Decalogue October 18 via his own label, AKR. Performed by the pianist Timo Andres, the recording is the first time the score, premiered during the New...
Matthias Goerne's Final Performances as Artist-in-Residence at the New York Philharmonic
by Rebecca Russo - February 19, 2019 Music Director Jaap van Zweden will conduct the New York Philharmonic in John Adams's The Wound-Dresser, featuring baritone Matthias Goerne in his final appearance as The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence; Ives's Central Park in the Dark; and Brahms's Symphony No. 1, Thursday, March 21, ...
My Brightest Diamond Returns with New Studio Album A MILLION AND ONE
by Tori Hartshorn - October 30, 2018 My Brightest Diamond is excited to announce the November 23rd release of her new full-length studio album – A Million And One – via Rhyme & Reason Records. My Brightest Diamond's Shara Nova produced the new LP along with Grammy-nominated producer Anthony “The Twilite Tone” Khan (Gorillaz, Kanye Wes...
My Brightest Diamond Returns with New Studio Album A MILLION AND ONE
by Tori Hartshorn - October 19, 2018 My Brightest Diamond is excited to announce the November 23rdrelease of her new full-length studio album – A Million And One – via Rhyme & Reason Records. My Brightest Diamond's Shara Nova produced the new LP along with Grammy-nominated producer Anthony “The Twilite Tone” Khan (Gorillaz, Kanye West...
Paul Simon To Release New Album IN THE BLUE LIGHT September 7, With Final Leg Of Homeward Bound - The Farewell Tour
by Macon Prickett - July 12, 2018 Legendary songwriter, recording artist and performer Paul Simon will release his 14 th studio album - In The Blue Light - on September 7. Produced by Simon and Roy Halee, who have worked together since the 1960s, the album features a talented cast of musicians who have joined Simon to lend fresh pe...
Violist Jonah Sirota Celebrates New Album STRONG SAD at National Sawdust This June
by Macon Prickett - May 22, 2018 Jonah Sirota, former violist of the Chiara String Quartet, releases his debut solo albumSTRONG SAD worldwide on National Sawdust Tracks on June 22, 2018. Sirota will celebrate the album's release with a concert at National Sawdust (80 N. 6th St., Brooklyn) on Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at 7pm, performin... |