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Gabriel Kahane Cuts the Genre Cord
The list of guest artists gracing Gabriel Kahane's new self-titled album reads like a Who's Who of great indie/classical/pop/chamber wherever-you-want-to-file-it performers, musicians linked by a shared creative impulse.
By Molly Sheridan
Published: 9/22/2008
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Peter Evans and the End of the World
The intense physicality that causes Peter Evans to produce such formidable spittle is backed up by his prodigious technique.
By Trevor Hunter
Published: 8/18/2008
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Decoding Ken Ueno
Ken Ueno is a man comfortable with a gear shift—a composer of music that thrills with its interior complexity in one case and probes the ear deeply with a simple overtone vocal line in the next. He is also as likely to pick up the inspiration for his work inside a candy store and a childhood memory as in the text of Calvino, Beckett, or Joyce.
By Molly Sheridan
Published: 7/21/2008
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Sharing Secrets—The Enigmatic Music of Molly Thompson
On stage, Molly Thompson's music comes across as honestly raw and yet sophisticatedly crafted, filled with intimate lyrics and intriguing cross-genre influences. Off stage, she's disarmingly forthcoming—the kind of woman you could easily think of as your best friend after a 15-minute conversation. Still, her musical personality seems to draw a curtain around some more mysterious internal characters, and it keeps her audiences on their toes.
By Molly Sheridan
Published: 6/23/2008
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Hot Heart Cool Mind–The Music of Ned McGowan
A move to Amsterdam precipitated a burst of activity from Ned McGowan, turning him into a musical polymath whose diversity of interests is perhaps his greatest asset.
By Trevor Hunter
Published: 5/19/2008
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Play It Again, Jenny Lin
Whether it's the grandiose sweep of a Chopin etude or a defiant new piece by a little-known young composer, Jenny Lin dedicates every ounce of her musical prowess to deliver knock-'em-dead performances.
By Randy Nordschow
Published: 4/22/2008
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Going Nowhere with Alex Mincek
Alex Mincek's melting pot mentality creates something very American, but also distinctly individual.
By Trevor Hunter
Published: 3/24/2008
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Slipping Through Memory—The Music of Elizabeth Brown
As a child growing up on an Alabama agricultural station, composer Elizabeth Brown may not have been able to envision a future life in music for herself, but she could already hear it playing in her head.
By Molly Sheridan
Published: 2/19/2008
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Inside the Networks of John Bischoff
Just as we ate before microwaves and were polite before cell phones, there are those who remember made-at-home computer music before Apple invented it.
By Molly Sheridan
Published: 1/21/2008
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The Complexity of Jason Eckardt
Jason Eckardt is a composer who produces scores of frighteningly complex notation; who counts Schoenberg, Coltrane, Stockhausen, Ferneyhough, and Lachenmann among his primary influences; and who got his start in music as a guitarist in a metal band.
By Molly Sheridan
Published: 12/17/2007
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