Improvisational-classical string quartet Tontine Ensemble released a new album. It’s nine compositions that entail the musicians exploring eruptive spontaneity amongst themselves, living up to the record’s title. There’s moments of profound suspense, frantic tension and calm between sonic storms with each track invoking the imagery suggested by its name; “Arachnid” gracefully motions like a spider in a web and “Unboxing”
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Lady Cannon recently announced that they are disbanding – but not before they released a new EP. Martha Cannon’s enchanting blend of folk, Americana, and pop takes us for a dance one last time as the band touches on themes such as distance growing between two lovers, misplacing love, and coming back to someone who’s hurt you. An ensemble of
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Singer-songwriter Caley Conway returns with a new EP today. These three songs build from lyrics from Joni Mitchell’s “The Last Time I Saw Richard” into full concepts of their own; each song arranges Mitchell’s words into elaborate snapshots, carried by Conway’s feathery yet bold vocals. This lucid exercise is amplified by a substantial orchestra of musicians behind Conway consisting of
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Classical-improvisational string quartet Tontine Ensemble are out with a new album. Together the four musicians – violinist Allen Russell, violist Molly Lieberman, cellist Pat Reinholz, and double bassist Barry Paul Clark – explore planes of harmonic expression, communicating with one another through thematic determination. With a knack for discovery while also clinging to familiarity when necessary, Tontine Ensemble carefully and
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Experimental jazz artist Andrew Trim is out with a new record. With the likes of Barry Paul Clark on bass, Nick Lang on drums and Dan Pierson on keyboards, Trim brings a flurry of ensnaring rhythms and lively psychedelia. The quartet dwell from a place of immediacy and intention, reaching mesmerizing altitudes through precise creative communication. If you’re looking for
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Improvisational song trio Argopelter returned to Boone & Crockett for the first time in over a year and a half as part of their monthly residency there. Joining them for the evening was singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Caley Conway, who did a few Joni Mitchell tunes. Argopelter consists of guitarist Chris Porterfield, bassist Barry Paul Clark, and drummer Devin Drobka. The
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Ben Slowey sits down with the experimental electronic composer.
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Experimental electronic artist Adoptahighway has a new record out today – his first in five years. Barry Paul Clark said that he’d confronted mental health obstacles in the last year and took time to repair his relationship with being a musician. The record’s title refers to living comfortably with your shadow-self, with each track’s title seeming to be mantras in
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