Improv and Avant-Garde

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  Yo-Yo Ma Performs in Front of Washington's Russian Embassy in Solidarity with Ukraine

  PUBLISHED Mar 8, 2022

  While in town for a performance at the Kennedy Center yesterday (March 7), prodigious cellist Yo-Yo Ma performed on the sidewalk in front o...

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  Plastikman Gets Chilly Gonzales for Collaborative Album 'Consumed in Key'

  PUBLISHED Mar 2, 2022

  Canadian techno legend Plastikman and Montreal-born Grammy-winning pianist Chilly Gonzales — born Richie Hawtin and Jason Charles Beck, res...

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  Maylee Todd's 'Maloo' Is a Path to a Brighter Future

  PUBLISHED Mar 2, 2022

  Throughout her career, Maylee Todd has delivered her outsider-pop quirks with heavy dose of whimsy, evident as early as her 2010 debut Choo...

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  Joyful Joyful Announce Self-Titled Debut Album

  PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2022

  Drone-hymn experimenters Cormac Culkeen and Dave Grenon have announced their debut album as Joyful Joyful. The self-titled effort is due to...

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  Toronto's Idée Fixe Records Launches Sister Label with the Brodie West Quintet, High Alpine Hut Network

  PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2022

  Toronto's Idée Fixe Records has announced the formation of sister label Ansible Editions, a new home for "loosely defined jazz adjacent wor...

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  Colin Stetson Used Hog Grunt Recordings In His 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' Score

  PUBLISHED Feb 11, 2022

  Colin Stetson's latest film score comes into the world with the arrival of David Blue Garcia's Texas Chainsaw Massacre on Netflix February...

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  Jean-Michel Blais Crafts Lush, Life-Affirming Compositions on 'aubades'

  PUBLISHED Feb 2, 2022

  For Jean-Michel Blais, aubades is a rebirth. From its opening notes, its whisks listeners away. On the new album from the esteemed post-cla...

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  Loraine James Readies New Album as Whatever the Weather

  PUBLISHED Feb 2, 2022

  Loraine James has announced a new album under alias Whatever the Weather. The North London producer will share the self-titled effort on Ap...