Articles by Devin Hurd
Alexander Berne & the Abandoned Orchestra
Self Referentials, Vols. 1 & 2
PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2013
The sand-swept journey of Self Referentials Vol. 1 begins with a field recording of Arabian music; it's a fragment that establishes a sense...
Kronos Quartet & Bryce Dessner
Aheym
PUBLISHED Nov 5, 2013
AHEYM is the fruit of yet another close working relationship between the Kronos Quartet and a composer of new music. This time they've join...
Phill Niblock
Touch Five
PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2013
The best sound from an evening at the symphony often occurs early on, as the ensemble tunes up. The mass of musicians focused upon a single...
Gurpeet Chana & Alaniaris featuring Scott Good
The Music Gallery, Toronto ON, October 20
PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2013
The X Avant VIII Festival closed out with an ear tuned toward the wider world as "This Is Our Music" set its sights upon the happy collisio...
A Tribe Called Red
Black Box, Toronto ON, October 19
PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2013
The X Avant VIII Festival took its genre-defying mandate outside its comfort zone of chamber music and avant-jazz to explore similar cross-...
Ensemble SuperMusique
Music Gallery, Toronto ON, October 18
PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2013
The opening piece of Ensemble SuperMusique's first set was an exercise in extreme restraint. A group dynamic that includes two drummers con...
Charlemagne Palestine
The Music Gallery, Toronto ON, October 13
PUBLISHED Oct 14, 2013
Charlemagne Palestine is the eccentric uncle we'd all like to become when we grow up. He is armed with just enough accomplishments in his l...
Quartetski / Gordon Grdina Trio
The Music Gallery, Toronto ON, October 11
PUBLISHED Oct 13, 2013
Quartetski's arrangement of The Rite of Spring won't inspire any riots, but it does stretch at the same boundaries that caused such a stir...
