Modern Composition

Rainer Weins

FIMAV, Victoriaville QC, May 17

PUBLISHED May 18, 2019

Debuting as a composer and conductor after a couple of decades appearing at FIMAV in an array of ensembles and musical duties, Montreal´s o...

Qasim Naqvi

Teenages

PUBLISHED May 17, 2019

Teenages represents quite a shift from the dark minimalism of  Naqvi's work as a drummer in Dawn of Midi. Where similarities lie is with te...

Bang on a Can All-Stars

FIMAV, Victoriaville QC, May 16

PUBLISHED May 17, 2019

Bang on a Can, from NYC, have been around in some form or other for almost as long as the 35 years of the Festival International de Musique...

Josephine Wiggs

We Fall

PUBLISHED May 16, 2019

Best known as the bassist for the Breeders, Josephine Wiggs' latest solo album, We Fall, is a compelling mix of ambient electronics and spa...

William Ryan Fritch

Deceptive Cadence: Music For Film, Vol. I & II

PUBLISHED May 16, 2019

Perhaps the most consistently awe-inspiring collection yet in a career brimming with emotional epics, Deceptive Cadence is a stunning achie...

​Yann Tiersen Premieres "Usal Road" Video

PUBLISHED May 14, 2019

French composer Yann Tiersen released his latest album All earlier this year, and now he's treated "Usal Road" from that record to a set of...

Various Artists

Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Box Set

PUBLISHED May 9, 2019

Listening to this new box set of 50 years of performances from the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (by Smithsonian Folkways), three re...

Efrim Manuel Menuck & Kevin Doria

are SING SINCK, SING

PUBLISHED May 8, 2019

In a Toronto appearance in support of his 2018 solo album Pissing Stars, Efrim Manuel Menuck introduced a song with duelling questions: "Wh...