what’s new: sounds of Chicago (in Amsterdam)
Mike Reed’s The Separatist Party (Mike Reed drums/percussion; Rob Frye tenor saxophone/flute/percussion; Ben LaMar Gay cornet/flugelhorn/percussion; Cooper Crain guitar/synthesizer; Dan Quinlivan synthesizer; Marvin Tate vocals), live, Amsterdam, 6/18/26 (performance begins at 18:00)
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Jeff Parker ETA IVtet (Jeff Parker, electric guitar with electronics; Jay Bellerose, drums and percussion; Anna Butterss, bass; Josh Johnson, alto saxophone with electronics), live, Los Angeles, 2025 (published yesterday)
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sounds of Buenos Aires
Juana Molina (1961-, voice, guitar, keyboards, electronics, compositions) with Diego López de Arcaute (drums, percussion), live, Buenos Aires (CCK [Centro Cultural Kirchner]), live, Buenos Aires, 2022
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Joy Guidry (bassoon, electronics, compositions), “Dear June A Letter to my Father,” “You’ve Done What You Can,” “Praise & Worship,” published 2/27/26
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Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh (viola, electronics), live, Lithuania (Vilnius), 2025
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John Cage (1912-1992), In a Landscape (1948); Thomas Kotcheff (piano), Bryan Curt Costors (electronics), published 1/15/26
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what’s new(ish)
Chicago Underground Duo (Chad Taylor, drum kit, percussion, mbira, kalimba; Rob Mazurek, trumpet, piccolo trumpet, RMI electric piano, modular synths, samplers, voice, flutes, bells), “Hyperglyph” (video by Rob Mazurek), published 9/17/25
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Nate Smith (drums) with James Francies (keyboards, synthesizer), Josh Johnson (alto saxophone), Ben Williams (bass), “Magic Dance,” live (studio), Seattle, 10/1/25 (published yesterday)
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SML, live, Chicago (Empty Bottle), 2025 (published 11/6/25)
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like nobody else
Terry Riley (June 24, 1935-, composer, musician), 90th birthday celebration, live, New York, 6/24/25: The Holy Liftoff (2024), Claire Chase (flutes); In C (1964), large ensemble
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