Improv and Avant-Garde

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  The Incredible Life of Beverly Glenn-Copeland: Canadian Music's Unsung Hero

  PUBLISHED Sep 23, 2020

  Beverly Glenn-Copeland has been patiently waiting for his audience to arrive. At age 76, the music he made decades earlier has only recentl...

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  Blood Orange's Devonté Hynes Unveils Score for 'We Are Who We Are'

  PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2020

  Blood Orange mastermind Devonté Hynes has announced plans to release his original score for Luca Guadagnino's HBO Max coming-of-age series,...

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  Brian Eno Compiles More 'Film Music' on New LP

  PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2020

  Composer extraordinaire Brian Eno is seemingly never not working, meaning he's amassed a truly impressive body of work over the years. Some...

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  Sarah Davachi Traverses Heaven and Earth on 'Cantus, Descant'

  PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2020

  While Sarah Davachi has always tapped into the divine, her latest album is her most ambitious offering yet. Rife with diverse textures and...

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  Ryuichi Sakamoto's 1981 LP 'Hidari Ude No Yume' Finally Getting Wide Release

  PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2020

  A rare album from Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto will finally makes its way across the ocean, as 1981's Hidari Ude No Yume (which trans...

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  nêhiyawak's Matthew Cardinal Details Debut Solo Album

  PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2020

  nêhiyawak's Matthew Cardinal has readied his debut solo album. The multi-instrumentalist will share Asterisms on October 27 through Arts &...

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  Montreal's L'OFF Jazz Festival Details Hybrid 2020 Edition

  PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2020

  Montreal's L'OFF Jazz festival is gearing up for its 21st edition next month, and organizers have now detailed a retooled concert-going exp...

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  Mac DeMarco, Jessy Lanza, Owen Pallett Contribute to 'Ever New' Charity Compilation

  PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2020

  A host of Canadian artists have contributed original music and covers to a new compilation in support of Black, Indigenous and LGBTQ2S char...