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Lizzie No Shares 'Halfsies' Feat. Allison Russell And Attacca Quartet
by Michael Major - January 18, 2024 Lizzie No collaborates with Allison Russell and members of Attacca Quartet on new album 'Halfsies.' The album's opening song features Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Allison Russell and strings from members of the Grammy-winning group Attacca Quartet, who deliver a frenetic, inescapable tension tha...
Spotify Releases New Sylvan Esso Live at Electric Lady EP
by Michael Major - May 24, 2023 Sylvan Esso is the latest band to release a six-track Electric Lady EP, featuring re-imagined versions of songs from their latest album, No Rules Sandy, including “Coming Back To You,” “Didn’t Care,” “How Did You Know,” “Look At Me,” Your Reality,” and a cover of Low’s “Will The Night” to honor the...
Ellis Ludwig-Leone (San Fermin) Shares 'Our Lady of the Dunes'
by Michael Major - January 26, 2023 False We Hope’s movements flicker through themes of hope and loss, connection and isolation: a prayer book for the nonbeliever. Featuring lyrics by MacArthur recipient and Pulitzer finalist Karen Russell (Swamplandia!) and poet Carey McHugh, False We Hope is an attempt for ritual and human connectio...
Ellis Ludwig-Leone (San Fermin) Announces First Album of Concert Works
by Michael Major - January 12, 2023 Ellis Ludwig-Leone, composer and creative force behind San Fermin will release his first album of concert works. The album, via Better Company Records, features Ludwig-Leone on piano and synthesizer, as well as string accompaniment by the GRAMMY-winning Attacca Quartet and vocalist Eliza Bagg (Lisel...
Apple Music Releases Carols Covered 2022 Holiday Playlist feat. Ellie Goulding & More
by Michael Major - November 03, 2022 The global Carols Covered playlist is back with a new line-up of exclusive to Apple Music holiday songs reimagined by some of contemporary music's most impactful artists, plus a few of the highlights from years past. Apple Music is launching the inaugural Classical Carols Covered playlist. Listen to...
American Composers Orchestra's EarShot CoLABoratory Program Addresses Systemic Barriers Within Orchestral Commissioning
by Stephi Wild - October 07, 2022 American Composers Orchestra (ACO) has relaunched its EarShot CoLABoratory fellowship program, which previously ran from 2007-2016. This season's Fellows are inti figgis-vizueta, Trevor New, Yvette Janine Jackson, and Mendi & Keith Obadike....
Fotografiska New York to Host UNFILTERED MUSIC FESTIVAL
by Marissa Tomeo - March 03, 2022 Over three evenings in March 2022, Fotografiska New York will host the inaugural Unfiltered Music Festival, featuring some of the city’s most vital and accomplished musical voices, inviting the audience to experience music in one of the most striking spaces in NYC. ...
Becca Stevens & Attacca Quartet Announce Collaborative Album
by Michael Major - February 25, 2022 GRAMMY-nominated singer-songwriter Becca Stevens and GRAMMY Award-winning Attacca Quartet announced their collaborative album Becca Stevens | Attacca Quartet. The album announcement comes with the first single “45 Bucks” and an accompanying live performance video shot at Skillman Studios in Brooklyn...
Canadian Brass Announce CANADIANA
by A.A. Cristi - October 07, 2021 As the most celebrated and enduring brass quintet in history, Canadian Brass unveil the first peek at their forthcoming and first ever all-Canadian album with the release of 'Hallelujah' - available now. ...
VIDEO: San Fermin Releases 'My First Life' Music Video With Wye Oak
by Michael Major - September 28, 2021 San Fermin have announced their forthcoming collaborative compilation entitled 'In This House'. The compilation will be released on December 10 and will feature collaborations with Nico Muhly, Sorcha Richardson, Thao Nguyen, Wye Oak, Attacca Quartet, The Districts, and Wild Pink....
Patrick Watson Unveils New Video For 'Can't Stop Staring At The Sun'
by TV News Desk - July 22, 2021 A Mermaid in Lisbon, which came out in May, is the latest release by Patrick Watson, featuring Teresa Salgueiro and the Attacca Quartet. ...
43rd Annual BRIC CELEBRATE BROOKLYN! Festival Announces Lineup
by Sarah Jae Leiber - June 02, 2021 The 2021 BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival will also offer a movie night featuring the 1973 documentary Wattstax, which highlights the 1972 Watts Summer Festival, as well as an evening dedicated to dance co-conceived by Tatiana and BRIC featuring the Passion Fruit Dance Company with DJ sets by Soul ...
San Fermin Announces the Second Chapter of 'The Cormorant' Project
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 27, 2020 Following the critically acclaimed release of The Cormorant I this Fall, Brooklyn-based art pop project SAN FERMIN today announce the March 27 release of The Cormorant I & II, the second and final installment in their latest dual-part album. Introducing the project with the October release of The Co...
Lizzo, Billie Eilish, & Lil Nas X Lead GRAMMY Nominations - See Full List!
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 20, 2019 Recording Academy® President/CEO Deborah Dugan alongside Academy Chair of the Board of Trustees and renowned record producer Harvey Mason Jr., as well as GRAMMY Awards® host Alicia Keys and past two-time GRAMMY® nominee Bebe Rexha, today revealed nominees for the 62nd GRAMMY Awards in select categor...
JACK Quartet + So Percussion Play 'Songs That Are Hard to Sing'
by Abigail Charpentier - November 15, 2019 Songs That Are Hard to Sing is an octet composed by Dan Trueman for the JACK Quartet and Sō Percussion. This collaboration of contemporary music heavyweights unites “the nation's most important quartet,” (New York Timeson JACK) with Sō Percussion's “exhilarating blend of precision and anarchy, rigor...
San Fermin Share New Album 'The Cormorant I'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 04, 2019 Brooklyn-based art pop project SAN FERMIN today release their new album THE CORMORANT I via Better Company, bandleader Ellis Ludwig-Leone's new imprint under Sony Music Masterworks. Envisioned as the first of a two-part album release, The Cormorant I ushers in a new era for San Fermin and sets the t...
San Fermin Announce New Album THE CORMORANT I
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 14, 2019 Brooklyn-based art pop project SAN FERMIN announce new album The Cormorant I, the group's first full-length to be released via Better Company, bandleader Ellis Ludwig-Leone's new imprint under Sony Music Masterworks. Due out October 4, The Cormorant I ushers in a new era for San Fermin, who envision... |