Pierre Kwenders Dreams for the World
LOVE NOTES
“I grew up surrounded by music lovers. There was always music playing and people dancing. There was always a reason for a family gathering, and I was one of those kids always ready to [...]
Sound notes
Editor's Note from Musicworks 142
Last year in mid October, while scrolling down Facebook, I came across a densely expressive and evocatively written post from Montreal singer Sarah Albu, who was “surfacing momentarily, [...]
Yaz Lancaster’s Liberatory Modes
POST-GENRE INTERACTIONS
There’s a rare kind of malleability to the music of transdisciplinary artist Yaz Lancaster. Best known as a composer, violinist, and poet, Lancaster holds degrees both in classical [...]
Features
SUMMER 2022: INVENTIONS AND INTERVENTIONS
The authentic enthusiasm and curiosity of artists writing about artists for whom they feel an affinity propelled Musicworks in its early days. This dynamic is in the magazine’s DNA and[...]
Gayle Young's Gentle Interventions
THE ECOLOGY OF VOICES
In early October 2021 Gayle Young and I meet in Toronto before heading to her home in Ontario’s Niagara region. The drive is less than two hours, yet somehow, our destination is[...]
Reviews
Instruments of Happiness. Slow, Quiet Music in Search of Electric Happiness.
Redshift Records, TK497.
Double Review: Joane Hétu. Tags; Ensemble SuperMusique. Sonne l’image.
Ambiances Magnétiques, AM 268 & AM 266.