Source: The Arts Fuse. Once again, I was proud to contribute to this long-running, detailed, and thankless effort. This is the 20th Annual Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll—the first real one (discounting my mid-year dabbling) since Francis died in April, 2025. His death was expected, but still a shock. A health crisis in 2022 forced […]

Source: Wayward Music Series. Joey Largent & MaumaeThu. Jan. 15, 6:30 PM; $10 – $20 at the door Composer and percussionist Joey Largent, visiting from Istanbul, joins movement artist Maumae (formerly Katrina Wolfe) to perform Moonlight Dream Dervishes, a three-hour durational performance of sculptural movement, improvised cymbal music, and field recordings. Doors open 6 PM, […]

Source: The Free Jazz Collective. Philipp Eden/ Frantz Loriot/Matina Tantanozi – And Raw, Lift My Eyes (Inexhaustible editions, 2025) Peter Evans & Petter Eldh – Jazz Fest (More is More Records, 2025) Henri Herteman, Claude Parle, Michel Kristof, Makoto Sato – FISHEYE (s/r, 2025) Paul Rogers – Abbaye de l’Épau (Self-Released, 2025) Gayle Young and […]

Source: Futurism Restated. We spoke for nearly an hour and a half about the project—why Autechre, what determined his selections, and how he managed such a mind-boggling undertaking, from the transcriptions themselves to the actual playing. Parish also talked at length about his practice as a self-taught guitarist and teacher, and how his years as […]

Source: Bandcamp. The second point is straightforward and should be not be controversial. The questions surrounding the first point are with regard to what “substantial” means in practice and how robust Bandcamp’s enforcement is going to be. Nonetheless, this is an important step in the ongoing AI backlash. The existence of these tools are not […]

The words “with Ray Anderson” are about as reliable an assurance of quality as you’ll find in the music world. Joe Hertenstein, drummer and leader on this record, doesn’t shy away from hiring sidemen with more name recognition than he has. For The 7th Dinner Live, that means a veritable all-star quartet of inside-out (or […]

On Monday January 19 at the Hideout, RA’s Cross Modulations series will present a duo of Leroy Bach/Mail Sugimoto and a quartet of Jason Stein/Paul Giallorenzo/Ausberto Acevedo/Tyler Damone. More info below: WHAT: Resonance Arts presents Bach/Sugimoto and Stein/Giallorenzo/Acevedo/Damon WHEN: Monday, January 19, 2026. Doors at 8p, music at 8:30p WHERE: The Hideout, 1354 W Wabansia Ave, Chicago, IL 60642 HOW MUCH: $15. Admission […]

Source: Musique Machine. Emma-Lynn – Self Titled No Fun HNW – Bleached Bones Flayed Skin Koobaatoo Asparagus – Purely Visuals Whore’s Breath – A Pot to Piss In or A Window to Throw It Out Of Sebastian Tomb/Angel Brügger – The Two Most Powerful Warriors Are Patience and Time Dirk Serries – 250804

Source: 90.9fm WDCB. Chicago journalist and jazz aficionado Andy Pierce hosts “Another Place” Sundays at midnight. The show explores creative music, jazz and the avant-garde, and delves into the longer, more complex compositions and improvisations in jazz.

Source: a closer listen. With its extended tones and forlorn timbres, drone music seems perfectly suited to score the expanse of winter. Just as snow blankets disparate objects in a blanket of white, the long and in some cases never-ending nights distort perceptions of time. Some of the albums below dive into the heart of […]

John Butcher’s latest set of solo performances, Away, I Was, feels like something of a retrospective. The pieces span 17 years. They include improvisations and written pieces, tenor and soprano saxophone, bare horns and overdubbing. Yet a true retrospective of the Butcher solo oeuvre would require much more. Away, I Was documents more than a […]

Here is where I post, at a frequency of about once a week, a list of the new music that caught my attention. All of the releases listed below I have heard for the first time recently and come recommended. Austin Williamson + Blanket Swimming – HorizonsClouds Taste Satanic – Berlin 2023Ugasanie – Endless Cold, […]