Modern Composition

Terry Riley and Gyan Riley

Way Out Yonder

PUBLISHED Jul 9, 2019

Despite canonically important contributions to 20th century minimalism and contemporary music, in speaking on his recent collaborations wit...

Joseph Shabason / Ben Gunning

Muldrew

PUBLISHED Jul 4, 2019

Filling a truck full of synths and drum machines, multi-instrumentalists and improv musicians Joseph Shabason and Ben Gunning headed north,...

Bonnie "Prince" Billy and the National's Bryce Dessner Announce Collaborative Album

PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2019

Always game for collaboration, Bonnie "Prince" Billy has teamed up with the National's Bryce Dessner and modern classical unit Eighth Black...

Eluvium

Pianoworks

PUBLISHED May 30, 2019

Over the course of almost two decades, Matthew Cooper has mainly taken one of two approaches to his Eluvium output: as a painter of expansi...

G. Calvin Weston and the Phoenix Orchestra

Dust and Ash

PUBLISHED May 21, 2019

This is a tight and ferocious work marrying advanced string section composition and a smoking, groove-heavy rock-jazz fusion unit. Pianist...

Rainer Weins

FIMAV, Victoriaville QC, May 17

PUBLISHED May 18, 2019

Debuting as a composer and conductor after a couple of decades appearing at FIMAV in an array of ensembles and musical duties, Montreal´s o...

Qasim Naqvi

Teenages

PUBLISHED May 17, 2019

Teenages represents quite a shift from the dark minimalism of  Naqvi's work as a drummer in Dawn of Midi. Where similarities lie is with te...

Bang on a Can All-Stars

FIMAV, Victoriaville QC, May 16

PUBLISHED May 17, 2019

Bang on a Can, from NYC, have been around in some form or other for almost as long as the 35 years of the Festival International de Musique...