Steve Smith
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Mali Obomsawin – Sweet Tooth (Our of Your Head; due Oct. 28, 2022) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake Suite; Missy Mazzoli – Violin Concerto ("Procession"); Johann Sebastian Bach – Sonata for solo violin No. 2 in A minor (BWV1003) – iii. Andante;…
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Missy Mazzoli and Jennifer Koh (center) with Santtu-Matias Rouvali and the Philharmonia Orchestra. (Photograph: Missy Mazzoli's Instagram) On Sunday, August 14, the brilliant violinist Jennifer Koh joined the Philharmonia Orchestra and its principal conductor, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, in the European premiere of a new composition by Missy Mazzoli, Violin Concerto ("Procession"), during the BBC Proms at…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Shinobu Nemoto & Dave Seidel – Traveling in Stillness (self-released; 2022) Sepultura – Morbid Visions/Bestial Devastation (Cogumelo Produções/Roadrunner; 1985-86/2004) Various artists – The Trailhead 69 (8/7/22) (Mixcloud; 2022) Ahem – Ahem (Housecraft; 2022) Eric Huebner – Earth: Music for Solo Piano by Stephen…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Steve Roach – One Day (Steve Roach Exclusive; 2022) Bobby Previte – Nine Tributes (self-released; 2022) Webb Crawford – Joiners (Tripticks Tapes; due Sept. 2, 2022) Derek Bailey – Solo Guitar, Vol. 1 (Incus/Honest Jon's; 1971/2017) William Parker – Universal Tonality (Centering/AUM Fidelity;…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Metallica – MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ, May 14, 2017 (Nugs.net; 2017) DOMi & JD Beck – NOT TiGHT (Apeshit/Blue Note; 2022) Amon Amarth “Get in the Ring” from The Great Heathen Army (Metal Blade; due Aug. 5, 2022) Victoria Cheah – A…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Caroliner – Gut b/w Lower Intestinal Clocks (self-released; 1998) Artur Schnabel – Klavierquintett; Klaviersonate; Lieder – Irmela Roelcke, Sibylle Kamphues, Pellegrini-Quartett (CPO; 2013) Artur Schnabel – Complete Works for Solo Piano – Jenny Lin (Steinway & Sons; 2019) Vorlust – Lick the Flesh…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Various artists – Flotation Device 2022-06-19 – Commemorations (Mixcloud; 2021) The Dead – Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, CA, June 28, 2015 (Live Music Archive; 2015) Forrest Moody – abgeewigte linie – Jack Yarbrough (Sawyer Editions; 2022) Kory Reeder – Codex Vivere – Apartment…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… ::: July 4 All-American Music Spotlight ::: Aaron Copland – Symphony No. 3 – San Francisco Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas (SFS Media; 2020) Louis Armstrong – The Best of the Hot 5 & Hot 7 Recordings (Columbia/Legacy; 2002) Various artists – RCA Country Legends:…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 8 in C minor (rec. March 15, 1949) – Berlin Philharmonic/Wilhelm Furtwängler (Archipel; 2021) Desiccation – Cold Dead Earth (Transylvanian Tapes; 2022) Aequoria – Dim (Transylvanian Tapes; 2022) Nicole Atkins – Memphis Ice (Single Lock; 2021) John Scofield…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Wild Up – Julius Eastman, Vol. 2: Joy Boy (New Amsterdam; due June 17, 2022) Brett Dean – Hamlet – Allan Clayton, Barbara Hannigan, Sarah Connolly, Rod Gilfry, Kim Begley, John Tomlinson, David Butt Philip, Jacques Imbrailo, Rupert Enticknap, Christopher Lowrey, Glyndebourne Chorus,…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… David Tudor – Rainforest IV – Composers Inside Electronics (Neuma; 2022, recorded 1977) Steve Roach/Jeffrey Fayman – Trance Spirits (Projekt; 2002/2022) Lucy Liyou – Welfare (Ijn Inc.; 2020) Xisle – The Gatherings 9 May 1992 (The Gatherings; 2020) Lucy Liyou – Practice (Full…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Steve Roach – Deep Night (Steve Roach Exclusive; 2022) Michael Abels – Isolation Variation – Hilary Hahn (Deutsche Grammophon; 2022) Steve Roach – March 2022 Exclusive (Steve Roach Exclusive; 2022) Forbidden – Forbidden Evil (Combat; 1988) Steve Roach – Now (self-released; 1982) Steve…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Survival Unit III – The Art of Flight: For Alvin Fielder (Astral Spirits; 2022) Josep Maria Guix – Images of Broken Light – Abel Tomàs, Arnau Tomàs, Josep Colom, London Sinfonietta/Geoffrey Paterson (Neu; 2019) Carcass – Reek of Putrefaction (Earache; 1988) Tangerine Dream…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Envy of None – Envy of None (Kscope; 2022) Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch – Ravage (130701/FatCat; due May 27, 2022) Gerycz/Powers/Rolin – Beacon (self-released; 2022) Kiss – Off the Soundboard: Tokyo 2001 (UMe; 2022) Richard Strauss – Elektra – Nina Stemme, Elza van den Heever,…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Reinier van Houdt – drift nowhere past/the adventure of sleep (Elsewhere; due April 25, 2022) Tim Parkinson – archive: 2003 – performances by Parkinson Saunders, Craig Shepard/Tim Parkinson, Julia Eckhardt, and Jürg Frey (self-released; 2022) Sirone – Artistry (Of the Cosmos/moved-by-sound; 1979/2022) Jamaaladeen…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Roxy Music – Viva! (Island; 1976) Roxy Music – Heart Still Beating (Reprise; 1990) Roxy Music – Live at the Apollo (London 2001) (Warner Music Vision; 2002) Fossil Aerosol Mining Project – Real Time 3-20-22 (self-released; 2022) Demdike Stare – Embedded Content (DDS;…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Albert Ayler Quartet with Don Cherry – European Recordings Autumn 1964 revisited (ezz-thetics; 2022) Albert Ayler – Spirits Rejoice and Bells revisited (ezz-thetics; 2022) Anchor and Burden – Weigh Anchor (Iapetus; 2021) Lori Goldston & Stefan Christoff – Punk Equinox (Dasa Tapes; 2022)…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Gurun Gurun – Uzu Oto (Buh; due March 11, 2022) Hideo Yamaki, Dave Douglas, Bill Laswell – Misogi (Greenleaf Music subscriber exclusive; 2022) Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – Sonatas & Rondos – Marc-André Hamelin (Hyperion; 2022) Amosphère – More Die of Heartbreak (更多的人死于心碎)…
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This week’s Night After Night Playlist includes choice sounds from Krallice, Lasse Marhaug/Jérôme Noetinger, Eva-Maria Houben, Isaiah Ceccarelli, and more—bend an ear.
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… George Lewis – Minds in Flux – BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov (ROIO; 2021) Alvin Singleton – After Fallen Crumbs; Shadows; A Yellow Rose Petal – Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/Louis Lane, Robert Shaw (Nonesuch/First Edition; 1989/2007) Philip Glass – Symphony No. 11 – Bruckner…
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