The Ever-Evolving Sounds of Thanya Iyer
The music of Thanya Iyer (the name of the musician–composer as well as of her band) is impossible to define—both for her fans and for herself. “I can’t really place the [...]
Sound notes
Lina Allemano is Splitting Time
FREAKY AS SHE WANTS TO BE
If Toronto’s avant-jazz and free-improv community has a living room, it’s the Southern Cross Lounge, the front room of the Tranzac Club—a cluttered bandstand with an ancient [...]
Joseph Shabason’s patient unravelling
CONTENT IN THE STILLNESS
When we listen to music, are we meant to enter the hearts and minds of those who’ve created it? Or is listening more of an interior experience—of turning inwards and creating space [...]
Raven Chacon's Harmonious Language
“I loved the Beatles so much that I totally exhausted listening to their music. I wanted more.” For Raven Chacon, the answer was easy. “I recorded all of their albums on [...]
THE DRONE REMAINS INSANE
My partner Emily and I moved to Glasgow from Toronto a year ago. The first TV shows we saw included a pipe-band championship and a shepherding competition. Both were brilliant to listen to. We [...]
Features
WHAT'S INSIDE THE WINTER 2018/2019 ISSUE?
The final issue of Musicworks' 40th anniversary year features first-person stories, collaborative creativity, and a hint of chocolate. Buy it now!
On the[...]
Ociciwan Contemporary Art Collective: in memoriam . . . Project
A NEW SCORE HONOURS THE PAST
THE EIGHTH PROJECT initiated by the Edmonton-based Ociciwan Contemporary Art Collective, in memoriam . . . , was nominally about a performance, but soon[...]
Luke Nickel Transmits a Living Score
A HUSHED WORKSHOP
Luke Nickel has written me a piece.
No, wait.
That’s not quite right.
Luke Nickel[...]
HEAVY METAL FLESH MUSIC
In the spring of 2018, Chinese archeologists announced that they’d unearthed a four-thousand-year-old collection of jaw harps (kouxian in Chinese) at the Shimao ruins, a[...]
Reviews
The Oakland Elementary School Arkestra. The Saga of Padani.
Modern Harmonic, MH-8067.
Hübsch, Martel, Zoubek. Otherwise; Cyril Bondi / Pierre-Yves Martel / Christoph Schiller. tse.
Insub.rec.CD01; another timbre, at123.
Kukuruz Quartet. Julius Eastman—Piano Interpretations
Intakt Records, Intakt CD 306.
Vancouver New Music Festival: Quartetti—A festival of string quartets.
Vancouver, British Columbia. October 18–20, 2018.