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Music, Music Feature Jan 20, 2021
Finding ways to play through the pandemic

Chicago improvisers Tim Daisy and Matt Piet have responded to the challenges of COVID by learning new ways to record alone.
- By Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Feature, Tim Daisy, Matt Piet, Light and Shade, (Pentimento), Relay Recordings, COVID-19, pandemic, improvised music, creative music, jazz, Ikue Mori, Dave Rempis, Jason Adaseiwicz, Frank Rosaly, Vox 4, Vandermark 5, Option Series, Experimental Sound Studio, Trio Red Space, Mars Williams, Jeb Bishop, Elisabeth Harnik, Phil Sudderberg, Jake Wark, Bill Harris, Four Letter Words, Sound of the City, Cecil Taylor, Rummage Out, Clean Feed, Josh Berman, Nick Mazzarella, Throw Tomatoes, Astral Spirits, City in a Garden, Ears & Eyes, Bill Harris, Amalgam, George Lewis, Lennie Tristano, Bill Evans, Morton Feldman, John Adams

Music, Music Feature Apr 4, 2019
Video
John Cage’s treasures are hiding in plain sight

The influential experimental composer’s largest archive lives in a library at Northwestern—and it goes a lot deeper than its famous Beatles lyric sheets.
- By Justin Curto
- Tags: Music Feature, John Cage, Northwestern University, John Cage Collection, Notations Project Collection, Correspondence Collection, new music, experimental music, Greg MacAyeal, UIUC, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 4’33”, HPSCHD, William Brooks, Lecture on the Weather, Beatles, Deering Library, Special Collections Reading Room, Note-o-Gram, Don L. Roberts, D.J. Hoek, Notations, Ryan Dohoney, Beatles, Yoko Ono, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Pierre Boulez, Second Piano Sonata, Steve Reich, Piano Phase, Morton Feldman, The King of Denmark, Music of Changes, Danger Musik for Dick Higgins, Fluxus, Nam June Paik, Robert Moran, Sketch for a Tragic One-Act Opera, Philip Corner, Mississippi River South of Memphis, Merce Cunningham, Buckminster Fuller, Marshall McLuhan, Kenneth Patchen, The City Wears a Slouch Hat, Roaratorio, Good Morning, Mr. Orwell, John Cage Research Grant, Rothko Chapel, Water Walk, Saving Abstraction, John de Menil, Dominique de Menil, Paul Sacher Foundation, Charlotte Moorman, A Feast of Astonishments, Block Museum of Art, Dick Higgins, Something Else Press, Jan Herman, Scott Krafft, Sound & Silence, Video

Music, Concert Preview Jul 12, 2018
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Two Chicago pianists perform a pair of rarely heard masterpieces by Morton Feldman
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Concert Preview, Christopher Narloch, Jonathan Hannau, Morton Feldman, piano, Recommended

Music, Music Feature Mar 31, 2014
David Grubbs on the meaning of records

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.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, David Grubbs, Bastro, Gastr del Sol, Jim O'Rourke, books, dissertations, University of Chicago, Brooklyn College, Conservatory of Music at Brooklyn College, Duke University Press, experimental music, 1960s, records, recordings, documentation, composers, free improvisers, John Cage, Derek Bailey, AMM, La Monte Young, David Tudor, Morton Feldman, Christian Wolff, Fluxus, Earl Browne, David Behrman, Time Records, Columbia Records, CDs, Morton Feldman, mp3 blogs, DRAM, Database o Recorded American Music, Kenneth Goldsmith, Corbett vs. Dempsey, readings, interviews, John Corbett, John McEntire, essays, Tony Conrad, college students, Henry Flynt, Ubuweb, Keith Rowe, Bob Ashley, Alvin Lucier, Charles Curtis, John Cale, Joseph Byrd, The United States of America

Music, In Rotation Jan 13, 2014
In Rotation: Composer Marcos Balter on contemporary-classical covers of Kreayshawn and Kesha

Plus: Ensemble dal Niente saxophonist Ryan Muncy on countertenor Philippe Jaroussky, the Reader's Peter Margasak on Nigerian enigma William Onyeabor, and more
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: In Rotation, Peter Margasak, Morton Feldman, pianists, Karl Larson, Aki Takahashi, Constellation, William Onyeabor, Luaka Bop, compilations, Minit Records, Allen Toussaint, Ernie K-Doe, Jessie Hill, Irma Thomas, Chris Kenner, Aaron Neville, Benny Spellman, Bobby Womack, Ike Turner, Tina Turner, Jimmy McCracklin, Marcos Balter, Columbia College, composers, Stevie Wonder, Arrigo Barnabé, Vanguarda Paulista, R We Who R We, covers, Ryan Muncy, Ensemble dal Niente, David Bowie, Jordi Savall, Philippe Jaroussky, Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi

Music, Music Feature Jun 13, 2013
A new box set gives experimental composer David Tudor his due

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.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, John Cage, spatialization, sound, liner notes, live music, David Tudor, piano, pianists, composers, New York School, Morton Feldman, Earle Brown, Christian Wolff, graphic notation, indeterminacy, Karlheinz Stockhausen, La Monte Young, Sylvano Bussotti, Stefan Wolpe, interpretation, Black Mountain College, Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, chance, performance, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, scores, recordings, documentation, box sets, CDs, electronic music, experimental music, Irma Wolpe, John Adams, Arnold Schoenberg, Igor Stravinsky, traditional instruments, Pierre Boulez, Matt Rogalsky, Robert Rauschenberg, computer music, neural networks

Blogs, Bleader May 2, 2013
Video Audio
Discovering the early avant-garde sounds of eclectic composer Joseph Byrd

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.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Joseph Byrd, United States of America, minimalism, avant-garde, La Monte Young, Steve Reich, Terry Riley, Virgil Thompson, Don Ellis, Dorothy Moskowitz, Broadcast, John Cage, Fluxus, Morton Feldman, Charlotte Moorman, Max Neuhaus, American Contemporary Music Ensemble, New World Records, String Trio, Video, Audio

Blogs, Bleader Mar 21, 2012
Eighth Blackbird does less and more

Eighth Blackbird celebrates musical minimalism and maximalism this weekend at the MCA.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Eighth Blackbird, Museum of Contemporary Art, minimalism, Morton Feldman, Philip Glass, Alvin Lucier, David Lang, Timo Andres, Jacob TV, Caleb Burhans, Fabian Svensson, Amy Kirsten, Kurt Rohde, Bruno Mantovani, Andy Akiho, Gyorgy Ligeti, Terry Riley, The Language of Less (Then and Now)

Blogs, Bleader Feb 3, 2012
A new direction for Viennese electronica kingpin Patrick Pulsinger

A live quartet recording featuring Austrian electronica whiz Patrick Pulsinger pays tribute to Morton Feldman
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Patrick Pulsinger, Pamelia Kurstin, Hillary Jeffery, Rozemarie Heggen, Besides Feldman, Morton Feldman, Col Legno

Music, Music Feature Jun 2, 2011
The ascent of the International Contemporary Ensemble

Chicago-born group brings youthful energy and genre-bending sensibilities to classical music
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, International Contemporary Ensemble, Robert Gonyo, Claire Chase, Phyllis Chen, Steve Lehman, Mario Diaz de Leon, John Adams, Eighth Blackbird, Third Coast Percussion, Dal Niente, John Cage, Morton Feldman, Phillipe Manoury, John Luther Adams, Museum of Contemporary Art, Marcos Balter, Du Yun, Nathan Davis, Pauline Oliveros, Harvey Sollberger, Huang Ruo, MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture, Driehaus Foundation, ICEfest, Katinka Kleijn, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Joshua Rubin, Whit Bernard, Matthias Pintscher, Kairos, David Sylvian, Peter Taub, Iannis Xenakis, Hahn Rowe, John Jasperse Company, Edgard Varese, George Lewis, Tyshawn Sorey

Blogs, Bleader Dec 23, 2008
Best of 2008, part two

My 40 favorite albums of 2008, continued: number 30 through number 21.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, J.D. Allen, Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Best of 2008, EmilÃana Torrini, Andrew Hill & Chico Hamilton, Eliza Carthy, Fernando Otero, John Ellis & Double Wide, Bon Iver, Morton Feldman, Thalia Zedek

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Finding ways to play through the pandemic

Chicago improvisers Tim Daisy and Matt Piet have responded to the challenges of COVID by learning new ways to record alone.

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John Cage’s treasures are hiding in plain sight

The influential experimental composer’s largest archive lives in a library at Northwestern—and it goes a lot deeper than its famous Beatles lyric sheets.

Recommended
Two Chicago pianists perform a pair of rarely heard masterpieces by Morton Feldman

David Grubbs on the meaning of records

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.

In Rotation: Composer Marcos Balter on contemporary-classical covers of Kreayshawn and Kesha

Plus: Ensemble dal Niente saxophonist Ryan Muncy on countertenor Philippe Jaroussky, the Reader's Peter Margasak on Nigerian enigma William Onyeabor, and more

A new box set gives experimental composer David Tudor his due

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.

Video Audio
Discovering the early avant-garde sounds of eclectic composer Joseph Byrd

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.

Eighth Blackbird does less and more

Eighth Blackbird celebrates musical minimalism and maximalism this weekend at the MCA.

A new direction for Viennese electronica kingpin Patrick Pulsinger

A live quartet recording featuring Austrian electronica whiz Patrick Pulsinger pays tribute to Morton Feldman

The ascent of the International Contemporary Ensemble

Chicago-born group brings youthful energy and genre-bending sensibilities to classical music

Best of 2008, part two

My 40 favorite albums of 2008, continued: number 30 through number 21.

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Chicago improvisers Tim Daisy and Matt Piet have responded to the challenges of COVID by learning new ways to record alone.

The influential experimental composer’s largest archive lives in a library at Northwestern—and it goes a lot deeper than its famous Beatles lyric sheets.

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.

Plus: Ensemble dal Niente saxophonist Ryan Muncy on countertenor Philippe Jaroussky, the Reader's Peter Margasak on Nigerian enigma William Onyeabor, and more

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.

Eighth Blackbird celebrates musical minimalism and maximalism this weekend at the MCA.

A live quartet recording featuring Austrian electronica whiz Patrick Pulsinger pays tribute to Morton Feldman

Chicago-born group brings youthful energy and genre-bending sensibilities to classical music

My 40 favorite albums of 2008, continued: number 30 through number 21.

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