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I’ve become such a massive fan of Joanna Mattrey in the last few years, and am fascinated by her approach to improvisation and her principal instrument (viola). There are so many things I hear and feel when listening to her records. Sometimes it’s the open, exploratory spirit she follows; other times, a cathartic, emotive core […]
Some quick news on a couple new editions from Portraits GRM and a short continuation on some thoughts from yesterday’s Patreon episode, and how to navigate the current deluge of new music coming out. Let me know how you approach these things! A real barn burner for the pick of the day, too. Wednesday episodes […]
It’s Tuesday, the worst day. But got a damn fine pick of the day, plus some rambling news from Joanna Mattrey and Notice Recordings, and the new Old Saw record on Lobby Art. Wednesday episodes are exclusively on Patreon. Sign up now! Album of the Day: Jayve Montgomery “Florida” Additional Links: Notice RecordingsOld Saw Sewn the […]
It’s been a week of cold and ice in Tulsa, and we’re going on snow day number four. Everyone feels stir-crazy, so I’m surprised I pulled this column together this week. Still, with Bandcamp Friday looming, there was a pile of music I wanted to write about, so here we are. Speaking of Bandcamp Friday, The […]
Frank Meadows made one of my favorite ‘singer-songwriter’ records of 2022 with Dead Weight, and further, contributed so much great music to the world with label he helps run, Dear Life Records. Frank and I had been talking about him doing a mix for a while, but life kept interfering with the timing of it, […]
There’s a passage in “Tryst,” the opening piece on Dirge, where Joanna Mattrey breaks free of a hypnotic loop by stretching her Stroh violin’s notes into the night sky. Drifting lazily, holding the grit of the strings in awe, looping aimlessly in the air like a samara seed caught in a wind guest, Mattrey eventually comes back […]
When it comes to dream teams of improvisers, there’s honestly about a million different combinations that would qualify. That said, this quartet of gabby fluke-mogul, Matteo Liberatore, Joanna Mattrey, and Ava Mendoza is right near the top of any list. Death In the Gilded Age is like looking through backward through time with a rusted-out […]