kevin press
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Released: 2018 Label: Naviar Records Genre: Contemporary Song Lines is mostly a traditional work built largely around McCorry’s delicate touch on the cello. If you were to ask what peace of mind sounds like, this would be as good an answer as any. The Moderns
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Released: 2023 Label: Public Recordings Genre: Contemporary The piece begins with each performer choosing five notes with which to work during the piece’s duration, which can run in three equal segments totalling thirty minutes, forty-five minutes, or an hour. This version comes in at around forty-eight minutes. There are specific directions for the notes chosen, including…
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Released: 2022 Label: Alder & Ash / Lost Tribe Sound Genre: Contemporary If I Were My Body confronts the self-hatred many men feel about their own bodies, the link to patriarchy and oppression, and the measure against an unattainable standard of beauty. Few men speak about this (“Dude, you ever feel insecure when you watch sports?”), but…
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We can thank John Zorn for connecting Eyal Maoz and Eugene Chadbourne, both of whom he’s worked with in the past. The two have produced a fascinating album for the Infrequent Seams label called The Coincidence Masters. Chadbourne and I have been trading emails, and he’s been sending along recordings which I’ll feature on episode…
The Moderns 