Steve Smith

  • Playlist.

    Great Star Entered The Fire by Tuluum Shimmering Blue Heron – Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks, Vol. 4 (Blue Heron)(Nicholas Ludford – Ave cujus conceptio; Sarum plainchant – Kyrie Deus creator omnium; Robert Jones – Missa Spes nostra; Robert Hunt – Stabat mater) Andrew Rudin – Cello Sonata – Samuel Magill, Beth Levin; Viola Sonata…

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  •   Mick Thomson and Sid Wilson of Slipknot, by Matthew Shelter for Rolling Stone Slipknot + Lamb of GodXfinity Center, Mansfield, MA, Aug. 4, 2015RollingStone.comAugust 5, 2015 Much to my surprise and delight, my debut writing about music for Rolling Stone, to which I'd previously contributed a sizable Doctor Who feature last fall. I'm grateful…

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  • Playlist.

    Katharina Rosenberger – Erzählung – after Igor Stravinsky "L'Histoire du Soldat" - Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (Soundcloud) Clay Wilson – Skandha EP (The Bunker New York) Hallock Hill – Folsom Cave (Bandcamp) Toto – XIV (Frontiers) Yes – Union (Arista) Thurston Moore Band – St. Vitus, New York, NY, Oct. 21, 2014 (YouTube) Sonic Youth –…

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    Chen Yi – KC Capriccio; Suite for Cello and Chamber Winds; Woodwind Quintet; Feng; Tu – Carter Enyeart, members of the Lubbock Chorale; Texas Tech University Wind Ensemble/Sarah McKoin (Naxos) Stephen O'Malley – Gruidés – ONCEIM: l'Orchestre de Nouvelles Créations, Expérimentations et Improvisation Musicales (DDS) Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio in D, Op. 70,…

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  • Playlist.

    Weeks by Motion Sickness of Time Travel Motion Sickness of Time Travel – Weeks (self-released < Bandcamp) Tuluum Shimmering – Dark Star (Tranquility Tapes < Bandcamp) Palehound – Dry Food (Exploding in Sound; due Aug. 14) Palehound – Kitchen (Exploding in Sound < Bandcamp) Steve Reich – Music for 18 Musicians – Ensemble Modern/Brad Lubman…

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  • Playlist.

    Billy Gomberg – 061715a (tw) (Soundcloud) Billy Gomberg – 051715 (not even tides) (Soundcloud) Billy Gomberg – 053115 (everything is a voice) (Soundcloud) Kid606 – Recollected Ambient Works, Vol. 1: Bored of Excitement (Tigerbeat6 < Bandcamp) Kid606 – Recollected Ambient Works, Vol. 1.5: Discreet Music (Bandcamp) Alcest – Tristesse Hivernale (Drakkar Productions < YouTube) Quiet…

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  • Playlist.

    Jürg Frey – Grizzana and other pieces 2009-2014 – Ensemble Grizzana (Another Timbre)(Petit fragment de paysage – version one; Fragile Balance; Ombres exactes san dureté; A Memory of Perfection; Extended Circular Music No. 8; Grizzana; Petit fragment de paysage – version two; Petit fragment de paysage – version three; Lieues d'ombres; Tendre enchaînement des valeurs;…

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  •   John Weise of Sissy Spacek, by Amoeba Records NEW MUSIC BOSTONJuly 2015 (Posted July 11, and very much an attempt in progress this month…) We're late, and with more cause than usual. Rather than the characteristic attempt to catalog all of the myriad, wonderful new-music offerings coming up in Boston and the surrounding area,…

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  • Playlist.

    Grateful Dead – Dave's Picks, Volume 1: The Mosque, Richmond, VA 5/25/77 (Grateful Dead/Rhino) Benjamin Finger – Motion Reverse (Shimmering Moods) Jay Batzner – as if to each other… – R. Andrew Lee (Irritable Hedgehog < Bandcamp) Skogen – ist gefallen in den Schnee (Another Timbre) Skogen – Despairs Had Governed Me Too Long (Another…

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  • Playlist.

    A Gossamer Bit by Allison Cameron and Contact King Crimson – Park West, Chicago, IL, Nov. 10, 1981 (DGMLive) Steve Reich – Music for 18 Musicians – Steve Reich and Musicians (Nonesuch) King Crimson – Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, Nov. 10, 1981 (DGMLive) Grateful Dead – The Ark, Boston, MA, April 21, 1969 (Archive.org)…

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  • Chris Squire, by Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images   Utterly devastated beyond words to have to report the sad news of the passing of my dear friend, bandmate and inspiration Chris Squire. #yes — Geoffrey Downes (@asiageoff) June 28, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Farewell, Chris Squire. I came to Yes late, but made up for lost time, and I…

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  • Playlist.

    King Crimson – The Savoy, New York, NY, Nov. 7, 1981, first house (DGMLive) Jennifer Koh – Bach & Beyond, Part 2 (Cedille)(Johann Sebastian Bach – Sonata No. 1 in G minor; Partita No. 1 in B minor; Béla Bartók – Sonata for Solo Violin; Kaija Saariaho – Frises) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.…

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    x-ray three: Amorosa Sensitiva by Benjamin Finger Lamb of God – New American Gospel (Prosthetic) King Crimson – The Savoy, New York, NY, Nov. 6, 1981, second house (DGMLive) Jean Sibelius – Overture in A minor; Kuolema – complete incidental music; Two Songs from Twelfth Night; Kung Kristian II – complete incidental music – Pia…

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  • Playlist.

    King Crimson – The Savoy, New York, NY, Nov. 6, 1981, first house (DGMLive) Michael Bates – Northern Spy (Stereoscopic) David Bowie – Nothing Has Changed (Columbia/Legacy) Grateful Dead – Dave's Picks, Vol. 1: The Mosque, Richmond, VA 5/25/77 (Grateful Dead) Sly & the Family Stone – Live at the Fillmore East October 4th &…

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  • Matthew Aucoin, by Yoon S. Byun/Boston Globe   NEW MUSIC BOSTONJune 2015 (Updated June 1) 1 Chris Watford + Transient CanvasPresented by Equilibrium Concert SeriesMusic by Beau Kenyon, Timothy McCormack, Zach Sheets, and Scott WollschlegerDavis Square Theatre, 255 Elm St., Somerville8 p.m.$10More information 2 American Repertory TheaterMatthew Aucoin, CrossingRod Gilfrey, Alexander Lewis, Davone Tines, Jennifer…

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  • Playlist.

    Yes – Piazza della Riforma, Lugano, Switzerland, July 8, 2004 (YouTube) Yes – Boston Garden, Boston, MA, June 19, 1979 (audience recording < YouTube) Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 8 – Berlin Philharmonic/Günter Wand (RCA Red Seal) Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 9 – New York Philharmonic/Leonard Bernstein (Sony Classical) Anton Bruckner – Symphony No.…

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  • Playlist.

    Animals Out of Place by Jonathan Marmor Jason Lescalleet – This Is What I Do, Vol. 8 (Glistening Examples < Bandcamp) Jonathan Marmor – Animals Out of Place (self-released < Bandcamp)(Cattle in the Woods – Johnny Chang, Joe Drew, Quentin Tolimieri, Devin Maxwell, James Moore, Travis Just; Animal Play – Mimitabu; Penguin Atlas of African…

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  • Jack DeJohnette (center) and Made in Chicago, by Wes Orshoski/ECM Records Even when looking back, Jack DeJohnette forges aheadBoston GlobeMay 17, 2015 For the featured jazz story in today's Summer Arts Preview issue of the Boston Globe, a brief but event-filled article about jazz drummer, bandleader, and composer Jack DeJohnette, who brings his legend-studded quintet…

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  • Playlist.

    John Luther Adams – Clouds of Forgetting, Clouds of Unknowing – Apollo Chamber Orchestra/JoAnn Falletta (New World) King Crimson – Painters Mill Theatre, Owings Mills, MD, Nov. 4, 1981 (DGMLive) Grisha Shakhnes – All this trouble for nothing (Glistening Examples) Martin Scherzinger – African Math – Tom Rosenkranz, Chris Gross, Jen Choi (New Focus) Susan…

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  • David Torn, by Wes Orshoski/ECM Records David Torn soars through 'only sky' at RegattabarBoston GlobeMay 12, 2015 Scanning social media recently, Torn came across a journalist who was crowd-sourcing questions to ask him in an upcoming interview. A common reply: Ask what he’s been doing since “Cloud About Mercury.” That’s Torn’s most famous album, sure,…

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