Articles by Nilan Perera

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  Fred Frith and the Arte Quartett

  Still Urban

  PUBLISHED Mar 16, 2009

  The environment in which art is created has long been a significant factor, if not a driving force, behind the work itself. Whether the art...

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  Trio 3 + Irene Schweizer

  Berne Concert

  PUBLISHED Mar 16, 2009

  As super-groups go, Trio 3 have got more credentials than one would care to count. Andrew Cyrille (percussion), Oliver Lake (reeds) and Reg...

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  Joni Mitchell

  The Fiddle and the Drum

  PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2009

  This performance is the result of the collaboration between Mitchell's songs, both old and new, and the choreography of Jean Grande-Maitre...

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  Cleaver / Parker / Taborn

  Farmers By Nature

  PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2009

  This is a CD of a live performance by Gerald Cleaver (drums), William Parker (bass) and Craig Taborn (piano) at the Stone in NYC. While all...

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  Reinhold Friedl

  Xenakis [A]Live

  PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2009

  The commitment to presence by a listener/viewer continues to be a question that must be the elephant in the room for any composer living in...

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  Dream Algebra

  Free Burma

  PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2009

  This release by Rainer Wiens plots the latest facet of musical progression by one of Canada's most creative artists. The subtext of groove...

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  Birdsongs of the Mesozoic with Oral Moses

  Dawn of the Cycads

  PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2009

  Birdsongs' keyboard/percussion plus guitar trio must've provided some classic moments of disconnect when they hit the stage at various punk...

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  Evan Parker / AIM Toronto Interface

  Somewhere There, Toronto ON February 13 to 15

  PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2009

  Toronto's Association of Improvising Musicians (AIM Toronto) has been bringing in artists to perform with Toronto improvisers for the past...