Kevin Press

  • Contemporary music from around the world.

  • Blue Spiral Records is releasing a third edition of its Uto’Pians series, featuring new classical compositions in support of Centre Athenas, a wildlife rescue centre in France. The artists in the series are selected by curator Jordane Tumarinson. “A utopian is a dreamer,” says Tumarinson. “[T]oday we need dreamers like us, who believe in harmony…

  • This week’s favourites: Eugene Chadbourne & Quentin Rollet – Recorded Yesterday and on Sale Today (reqords) Ana Fosca – Poised at the Edge of Structure (The Helen Scarsdale Agency) Kyle Motl – Hydra Nightingale (Infrequent Seams) Quartetski – Cage (Independent) Survival Unit III – The Art of Flight: For Alvin Fielder (Astral Spirits) And from…

  • A pair of contemporary music giants are re-releasing a long-lost 2003 recording on Mar. 18, previously available only as a CD-R. Just 10 copies were produced of Recorded Yesterday and on sale Today. They were snatched up by attendees at the third Mo-Fo Antifolk Festival in Mains d’Oeuvres, Saint-Ouen. The duo in question is Eugene…

  • Toronto’s Women From Space Festival has announced its return to in-person programming, beginning Apr. 28. The event promises “a curious blend of experimental song, jazz, electronica and outright abstraction.” This year’s lineup features multimedia artist Sook-Yin Lee, sister duo PIQSIQ, pianist Marilyn Lerner, trumpet player Nicole Rampersaud, clarinetist Lori Freedman, trombonist Scott Thomson and a…