Kevin Press
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Jazz legend Ron Carter has been signed to perform at this summer’s DC Jazz Festival in Washington. His set will be featured during the Sept. 3-4 Labour Day weekend at The Wharf. Also added to the festival, The Mambo Legends Orchestra (featuring former members of the Tito Puente Orchestra), Chien Chien Lu and Larnell Lewis.…
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One of the great vocalists of our time, Lisa Gerrard of Dead Can Dance fame, has partnered with producer and composer Marcello de Francisci on a new LP. Exaudia drops in August on the Atlantic Curve label. For now, we’ve got this first single to whet our appetites: “Until We Meet Again.”
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Contemporary music from everywhere.
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Switzerland’s 14-person Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp will headline the final instalment of The Music Gallery’s 2021-22 season on June 26. Montreal oud performer Sam Shalabi is opening the evening. The group’s veneration of Duchamp combines “free jazz, minimalist krautrock, symphonic mixtures, post punk within the big band format,” according to a press release. Shalabi…
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This week’s favourites: Bienoise – This Meaning Today (Mille Plateaux) Loris Cericola – Metaphysical Graffiti (Artetetra) Otto Lindholm – FortyTwo (Totalism) Andrew Tasselmyer – Songs For Nonexistent Films (Somewherecold Records) WeFreeStrings – Love in the Form of Sacred Outrage (ESP Disk) Plus one from the archives: Goldmund – Occasus (Western Vinyl)
The Moderns 