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  • Tim Robbins and Bill Frisell Do Hunter S. Thompson

    A music-and-text recording of Hunter S. Thompson’s 1970 article “The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved” will be available on vinyl for the first time, thanks to Shimmy-Disc. Actor Tim Robbins and jazz-great Bill Frisell are among the artists featured. The celebrated piece is considered the first example of Thompson’s gonzo journalism. It ran in […]

    Kevin Press

    June 27, 2022
    Spoken Word
  • The Moderns ep. 216

    Contemporary music from everywhere. federico mosconi – outdoor melodies 0.00  Alberto Boccardi – Arenaria 1 4.11  Xqui – Piece 12.10  Florence Cats – In The Air 16.10  Alexandra Spence – Green Waves 31.21  Jacek Doroszenko – Landscape Of Algorithmic Desire 34.53  Matt Shoemaker – Pasar Klithikan 42.05  Sally Decker & Briana Marela – Interview 1.00.35  […]

    Kevin Press

    June 25, 2022
    Radio Program
  • Joy Guidry Wins 2021 Berlin Prize for New Artists

    Bassoonist and composer Joy Guidry has won the 2021 Berlin Prize for New Artists. Their latest is Radical Acceptance, released this past February by Whited Sepulchre Records. “One of the reasons that we created the Berlin Prize for Young Artists was to award musicians with singular voice and vision,” writes the jury. “[Guidry] redefined the […]

    Kevin Press

    June 25, 2022
    News
  • Friday Five: Jun. 24, 2022

    This week’s favourites: Matt Shoemaker – Brengenging Sala (Elevator Bath) Alexandra Spence – Blue waves, Green waves (Room40) Stereo Minus One – Lodestone (Machine Records) Various Artists – The Asocial Telepathic Ensemble (Corvo Records) Angelina Yershova, Ynaktera – Time For Change (Twin Paradox Records) Plus one: Remembering Matt Shoemaker

    Kevin Press

    June 24, 2022
    Friday Five
  • Discussions: Sally Decker and Briana Marela

    Sally Decker and Briana Marela have produced a wonderful new disc entitled Small Tremble In Slow Motion. Its focus – according to the two artists – is grief and its impact on us, physically and emotionally.

    Kevin Press

    June 23, 2022
    Discussions
  • Sound Art Mixtape 21

    The International Nothing – Just None of Those Things 0.00  Marc Matter – Could Change  Lawrence English – Viento (Antarctica) 45.19  Shit and Shine – Plum Whiskey 1.00.49  Aidan Baker – Harmonics 1.06.09  yan jun – killer 1.15.25 

    Kevin Press

    June 22, 2022
    Podcast, Sound Art
  • Ron Carter Added to DC Jazz Festival

    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. […]

    Kevin Press

    June 21, 2022
    Event
  • Must See: Lisa Gerrard and Marcello de Francisci’s First Single

    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.”

    Kevin Press

    June 20, 2022
    Video
  • The Moderns ep. 215

    Contemporary music from everywhere. Julee Cruise – Mysteries of Love 0.00  Anne Chris Bakker – Leavings 4.52  Metavari – Bloom 7.13  a view from a window – the longest day of the year 10.38  Imeall – Ripped Scripts (Original Mix) 13.43  SHRINE – Extinction 17.56  Loris Cericola – Message from Beyond 22.49  Lila Bazooka – […]

    Kevin Press

    June 18, 2022
    Radio Program
  • Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp to Close Music Gallery Season

    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 […]

    Kevin Press

    June 18, 2022
    Event
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