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Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Arthur Russell Retains His Enigma on Gorgeous 'Picture of Bunny Rabbit'

PUBLISHED Jul 3, 2023

With every posthumous Arthur Russell album — each organized and edited with painstaking care by Russell's longtime partner Tom Lee and Audi...

Colin Stetson Tested the Limits in Ottawa

Ottawa Jazz Festival, June 30

PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2023

While others will be typing into the night about legendary headliner Herbie Hancock closing the main stage at the Ottawa Jazz Festival's fi...

Vampire Weekend Reveal Ezra Koenig "Took a Raga Singing Lesson with Terry Riley in Rural Japan"

PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2023

Vampire Weekend's vinyl-only live album Frog on the Bass Drum Vol. 01 is now out in the world, and crucially, an accompanying newsletter of...

Peter Brötzmann, Celebrated Free Jazz Saxophonist, Dies at 82

PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2023

Peter Brötzmann — the acclaimed German free jazz saxophonist who released over 50 albums across his career and recorded with Cecil Taylor,...

Jeremy Dutcher Announces Sophomore Album 'Motewolonuwok,' Shares New Single "Ancestors Too Young"

PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2023

Jeremy Dutcher has finally announced the follow-up to his beloved 2018 album Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa. Sophomore LP Motewolonuwok arrives...

Posthumous jaimie branch Album Announced with New Song "take over the world"

PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2023

A posthumous album by late American trumpeter and composer jaimie branch has been announced. Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))...

Sigur Rós Share New Single "Blóðberg," Kjartan Sveinsson Rejoins Lineup

PUBLISHED Jun 12, 2023

Icelandic post-rock dreamweavers Sigur Rós have released a new song. "Blóðberg" arrives with a new video directed by Johan Renck. "Blóðber...

Toronto's Thin Edge New Music Collective Showcase Works by Jocelyn Morlock, Bekah Simms for Reverb II

PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2023

Dedicated to commissioning and presenting composers of our time, Toronto's Thin Edge New Music Collective (TENMC) have announced their seco...