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.
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… 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 »
This year marks the 200th anniversary of Franz Liszt’s birth. We… more »
Let’s take a moment to admire the service the Mode label has done f… more »
“ASLSP” stands for “As SLow aS Possible,” which c… more »
Late in life, Cage took to writing a large catalog of “number… more »
Ignore the (awful!) cover: This music is anything but safe and self-satis… more »
John Cage wrote some of his best music for partner Merce Cunningham… more »
Historically, it’s been Cage’s “construction” pie… more »
There’s no efficient way to collect all of Cage’s early piano… more »
Just what kind of R&B visionary is the ascendant star Miguel? While … more »
Jim O’Rourke never really quit music after resigning from Sonic You… 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 e… more »
Doctor Atomic is the most problematic of Adams’s operas. On the one… more »
Our 9/11 Requiem. The piece that got Adams his Pulitzer. There was (and r… more »
With operas, symphonies and solo piano pieces that are so well loved, you… more »
This release features the most playful piece in the Adams canon. And, for… more »
America’s leading contemporary symphonist has never written a Symph… more »
If Philip Glass’s Einstein on the Beach and Satyagraha exploded the… more »
As they age, extreme metal merchants often inject various non-metallic styles into their songs in order to hasten their musical growth. Sometimes, as with Alcest and Jesu, they develop to the point where their original… more »
