Seth Colter Walls has worked as a political correspondent in cities such as Beirut and Washington, though now he writes about books, movies and music — often with an affection for experimental forms. His criticism and reporting have appeared in Newsweek, the Village Voice, the Washington Post, and The Awl, among other places.
Mary Halvorson has kept busy since stepping out as a bandleader toward th… more »
One of the knocks against outta-left-field, Bach-loving piano phenom Simo… more »
Lisa Moore is one of modern music's great interpreters; she's always turn… more »
Pianist Vijay Iyer had a breakout year in 2009, with his trio album Histo… more »
In 2011, trumpeter Dave Douglas released three short albums (by modern st… more »
Calling it: Craig Taborn is the most mysterious figure in contemporary ja… more »
Jim O'Rourke never really quit music after resigning from Sonic Youth to … more »
The principal excitement of this three-disc set involves watching (and ju… more »
Anne-Sophie Mutter has some pull. How much pull? What other star, in this… more »
Whenever a new composer "arrives," a portion of the ensuing excitement co… more »
With operas, symphonies and solo piano pieces that are so well loved, you… more »
Doctor Atomic is the most problematic of Adams's operas. On the one hand,… more »
Our 9/11 Requiem. The piece that got Adams his Pulitzer. There was (and r… more »
This release features the most playful piece in the Adams canon. And, for… more »
America's leading contemporary symphonist has never written a Symphony No… more »
Whether he's whipping up aggressive essays for orchestra or extended piec… more »
If Philip Glass's Einstein on the Beach and Satyagraha exploded the myth … more »
It is upsetting to some that, in this dramatization of the Achille Lauro … more »
Aside from the original "Shaker Loops," the other highlight of Adams's ea… more »
John Cage's percussion works are hard to pull off. First, you have the no… more »
These are cynical times in the culture industry — so much so that, … more »
Here's the setup: Three legends and an ex-wunderkind (now approaching… more »
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