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Tara Cunningham Explores the Natural Sounds of Objects on “Almost – Not Exactly” Album

Christos Stylianides, Elina Demirtzioglou, Liam Noble, Morgan Noise, Nonclassical, Sofia Poutchtou, Tara Cunningham

Known for her distinctive voice as an improviser and composer, UK guitarist Tara Cunningham’s new solo release, Almost – Not Exactly, balances bold experimentation with the natural percussion of…

Michelle Hromin

Jul 23, 2025

Essay

Ivory Tower Values are Keeping New Music Inaccessible and Unaffordable

Money Matters

Money Matters is a NewMusicBox x I CARE IF YOU LISTEN collaboration, supported by New Music USA In ongoing debates about how to make the new music community more socioeconomically equitable and access…

John Dante Prevedini

Jul 22, 2025

Concert

Alex Ho Explores Loss and “Unexpected Revelation” in “Ye Xian”

Alex Ho, Beibei Wang, Daniel Shao, ESEA Encounters, Joanne Chiang, Keith Pun, Southbank Centre, Ziyang Huang

In mid-July, London is in festival mood. Overlapping with the famous Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, a short festival of East and South-East Asian arts was taking place at the Southbank Centre. ESEA E…

Caroline Potter

Jul 21, 2025

Video

Video Premiere: Ning Yu plays David Bird’s “Iron Orchid”

David Bird, Mark Reigelman, New Focus Recordings, Ning Yu

Kaleidoscopic images of a pianist’s hands are interspersed with exaggerated shots of empty interiors. A flower emerges from a milky substance; another is submerged in violet water, its petals fl…

I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

Jul 15, 2025

Ava Mendoza, gabby fluke-mogul, and Carolina Pérez -- Photo by Martin Bisi

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“Mama Killa” from Ava Mendoza, gabby fluke-mogul, and Carolina Pérez Shows the Power of Propulsion

Ava Mendoza, burning ambulance, Carolina Pérez, gabby fluke-mogul

No sound is too potent for the trio of guitarist Ava Mendoza, violinist gabby fluke-mogul, and drummer Carolina Pérez. The three musicians, who each hail from a different corner of the experimental mu…

Vanessa Ague

Jul 14, 2025

Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp -- Photo by Emilie Pelissier

Concert

Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp Brings Joyful Grooves to Rhode Island’s Machines with Magnets

dakoudakou, Machines with Magnets, Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp, OTPMD

Switzerland’s Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp (OTPMD) and Providence, Rhode Island’s dakoudakou are two groups that could absolutely perform for a seated audience; these are bands that, by desi…

Clover Nahabedian

Jul 9, 2025

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