Plus: Kelley Sheehan of Cacophony magazine on a solo percussion study of Russian Futurism, Reader critic Peter Margasak on Mariam the Believer’s latest leap of faith, and more
In a new book the former Gastr del Sol front man discusses why the experimental music of the 1960s was so rarely recorded at the time—and what changes when we listen to it today.
Despite his pioneering work with electronics and indeterminacy, he’s far more obscure than his friend John Cage—in part because he considered his music a living practice rather than something to be documented.
A terrific new collection of early works by the eclectic American composer Joseph Byrd, who founded the late 60s psychedelic rock band United States of America, has been released by New World Records.