Some of the most striking textures on the Thunderbolts* score came from an unconventional source: The wood planks of a discarded shipping pallet. An unusual stylistic choice for some composers, this ...
Whitney Johnson makes music that asks to be excavated. On the Chicagoan’s latest solo album as Matchess, 2022’s Sonescent (Drag City), she sculpts two long-form pieces that patiently evolve into ...
In August 1952, when John Cage premiered his landmark composition 4’33”, the guy who sat at the piano occasionally turning a page but never hitting any keys was David Tudor. An avant-garde pianist and ...
Experimental composer Alvin Lucier has died at the age of 90 at his home in Middletown, Connecticut, The New York Times reports. Mary Lucier, the composer’s former wife and collaborator, shared the ...
“We could swing in different directions because the film does,” Son Lux's Ryan Lott tells THR. By Lily Moayeri Some of the most striking textures on the Thunderbolts* score came from an unconventional ...