Improv and Avant-Garde

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  Dr. Lonnie Smith, Jazz Organ Icon, Dies at 79

  PUBLISHED Sep 29, 2021

  Dr. Lonnie Smith — the American jazz Hammond B3 organist who was named an NEA Jazz Master in 2017 — has died. Blue Note Records confirmed t...

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  Arca Returns with New Song "Incendio," Charity Concert Film

  PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2021

  Arca has returned with new song "Incendio," a Spanish-language track co-produced with Omar that you can hear below. "Incendio" arrives tod...

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  Mas Aya's 'Máscaras' Is a Rewarding Sonic Revolution

  PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2021

  How do you touch the present? That might have been the single question guiding Brandon Valdivia's newest Mas Aya record, Máscaras ("Masks")...

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  Moor Mother's 'Black Encyclopedia of the Air' Is a Perfect Storm of Mood and Music

  PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2021

  In late 2020, Camae Ayewa (a.k.a. Moor Mother) released BRASS with the supremely underappreciated rapper Billy Woods, initiating a move fro...

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  Mike Patton Bows Out of Faith No More, Mr. Bungle Shows for Mental Health Reasons

  PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2021

  Faith No More and Mr. Bungle have cancelled tour dates and festival appearances planned for September and October due to the mental health...

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  BADBADNOTGOOD Announce Tour, Share New Song "Beside April"

  PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2021

  A month away from releasing new album Talk Memory, BADBADNOTGOOD have shared both a new song and tour dates for 2021 and 2022. "Beside Apr...

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  Amon Tobin Shares New Single "Phaedra," Launches Bandcamp Vinyl Campaign

  PUBLISHED Sep 3, 2021

  Brazilian electronic musician, producer and composer Amon Tobin is back today with another preview of his forthcoming How Do You Live album...

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  Jean-Michel Blais Shares "mumures" Ahead of New Album

  PUBLISHED Sep 3, 2021

  Jean-Michel Blais has announced a new album with the arrival of single "murmures." The Montreal-based musician's latest, which he calls a t...