Kevin Press

  • Australia’s Unsound Adelaide festival celebrates a decade of programming with a three-day schedule in July. Heinali, Sofie Birch and Antonina Nowacka are among the featured acts. Also featured: The event is part of Illuminate Adelaide, a multimedia, international arts festival that runs June 28 – July 30. Tickets are at illuminateadelaide.com.

  • Sufjan Stevens is planning a May 19 release of his new album Reflections, featuring performances by pianists Timo Andres and Conor Hanick. The LP is Stevens’ score for a ballet by choreographer Justin Peck. You can find the release on Asthmatic Kitty Records. Stevens is quoted in the media release: “I’m constantly thinking about bodies…

  • Richard Chartier produces extraordinary music and sound art under his own name, and as Pinkcourtesyphone. He and I talked about his latest drone recording stase hivernale, the creative process and his “new, contemporary and formative electronic/avant garde/experimental/unusual music” radio show. For me, this is a perfect example of the dual nature of drone works. It…

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  • Joanna Mattrey is a classically trained violist who has established herself in the world of contemporary music – both composed and improvised. Her third solo album is Soulcaster, out now on Notice Recordings.