Starting from Scratch
Violinist Marija Kovačević is helping broken fiddles find their voice.
New MusicOffice Hour
Kate Soper’s latest album, featuring Sam Pluta, stabs playfully at truth and perception.
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Judith Hamann and Joshua Bonnetta create an impossible environment from sounds.
New MusicMeans of Production
Flutist Laura Cocks’ debut album examines hybridity and the limits of intimacy
New MusicVocalist Charmaine Lee’s New LP Speaks, Gargles, and Whimpers For Itself
The consistently fresh arc of "KNVF" offers a sense that it might have been recorded a hundred different ways—a testament to the value of being such a curious, permeable performer.
ReviewJudy Jackson’s "Superball" is a Robotic Dreamscape
In her robotic delivery over peppy electronics, Jackson, who records as Boule Goes Boing, invokes Laurie Anderson if she were narrating a children’s book. The effusive result manages to be at home both in a playroom and on the dance floor.
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