Vanessa Ague reviews concerts by Tyshawn Sorey, Mabe Fratti, Macie Stewart, and more at the 2025 Big Ears Festival in Nashville, Tennessee.

Ellen Fullman and Theresa Wong in performance at Roulette on 1/31/25 “What’s the Long String Instrument?” my Lyft driver asked when he picked me up from the Albany-Rensselaer Train Station. I told …

Dear Reader, Another year is under our collective belt. Can you believe it? I always feel a little incredulous when December comes around and I try to think of all the things that I did over the la…

Vanessa Ague profiles Kite (Suzanne Kite) at EMPAC and the intersections of Lakota tradition, modernity, and experimentalism in her work.

Photo by Matt Mehlan (@matt_mehlan), courtesy of Roulette It is rare to be so present that the earth seems to stop spinning. But if anything can do it, it’s live music — the kind that’s so meaningf…

Featuring Waxahatchee, Chappell Roan, Kendrick Lamar, skaiwater, Tyla, Xavi, and more

A new composition performed by London’s Phaedra Ensemble is inspired by a curious sonic phenomenon known as The Hum. Vanessa Ague investigates

Elaine Mitchener speaks to Vanessa Ague about the influence of John Cage and Jean-Michel Basquiat on her curation for this year’s Deep Time Festival