Modern Composition

Stephanie Richards

Fullmoon

PUBLISHED May 16, 2018

Canadian transplant Stephanie Richards' new disc is promoted as an experimental/improv effort — it is that, and more. Because her instrumen...

Jean-Michel Blais's Night Moves on 'Dans ma main' Are Far From the Sunny Days Captured on 'Il'

PUBLISHED May 10, 2018

The first time I try to call Jean-Michel Blais, no one picks up.   On a second call, I get through, and he apologizes almost immediately. A...

Jeremy Dutcher Reclaims a Hidden Past on 'Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa'

PUBLISHED May 9, 2018

Jeremy Dutcher is a composer, anthropological researcher, pianist, activist, classically trained operatic tenor and time traveller. If that...

Jean-Michel Blais

Dans ma main

PUBLISHED May 7, 2018

It's clear from the cover art that the second release from Jean-Michel Blais is going to be different. While 2016's Il (and its own cover a...

Jean-Michel Blais Blatantly Lifts from Radiohead on 'Dans ma main' but Avoids a Lana Del Rey Moment

PUBLISHED May 4, 2018

If parts of "roses," the first single from Jean-Michel Blais's forthcoming sophomore album, Dans ma main, sound familiar, it's not by desig...

Brian Eno

Music For Installations

PUBLISHED Apr 30, 2018

One of the reasons why Brian Eno's ambient music has been so influential is that he makes it sound easy. How many of us have dozed off to M...

Luton

Black Box Animals

PUBLISHED Apr 26, 2018

Recently formed contemporary composition duo Luton have such sublime chemistry that it sounds like they've been creating hauntingly beautif...

Arvo Pärt

The Symphonies

PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2018

It is difficult to understand the power of Arvo Pärt's work without first recognizing his Estonian heritage, and the politics of the former...