Omnivorous Listening with John Hollenbeck

The music of drummer and composer John Hollenbeck omnivorously draws from jazz, post-rock and contemporary classical traditions. It makes sense: he's collaborated with an eclectic ros... Oct 2, 2013

The Women Behind Maya Beiser

Cellist Maya Beiser has dedicated her career to pushing the limits of her instrument's repertoire, working with a diverse array of collaborators, from Tan Dun to Brian Eno, Steve Reich and Mark O'Connor.

Sep 25, 2013

Donnacha Dennehy's Journey through Music

Donnacha Dennehy, founder of the renowned new-music collective Crash Ensemble, shares his Mixtape, which spans from David Bowie and Steve Reich to Morton Feldman and Osvaldo Goljiov.

Sep 18, 2013

Buke & Gase on Finding Perfect Musical Moments

Coloring "traditional technique" with pedals, amplifiers, foot percussion and various DIY inventions, Brooklyn duo Buke and Gase has developed a unique approach that's at once jolty pop and abrasive experimental music.

Sep 11, 2013

Tristan Perich on Connections Across Structure, Genre & Style

Sound, visual and installation artist Tristan Perich is fascinated with the sound of 1-bit electronics – low fidelity tones generated with the least possible amount of digital informa... Sep 4, 2013

Dawn of Midi on Tightropes and Intelligible Shapes

Though New York City's Dawn of Midi resembles a jazz trio, their mechanical, textured music has more in common with post-rockers Tortoise or the pensive electronica of Squarepusher th... Aug 28, 2013

David Harrington's World of Music

For this week's mixtape violinist David Harrington of the Kronos Quartet offers a playlist that jumps freely across time periods and continents, from Erik Satie to Nam June Paik to traditional Scandinavian folk music.

Aug 14, 2013

The Sound of the Road with Jolie Holland

The music of California-based singer-songwriter Jolie Holland brings is colored with elements of hushed folk, pre-war swing and film noir soundtracks. She shares music by Morton Feldm... Aug 7, 2013

Music to Leave this World with John Luther Adams

The music of 2014 Pulitzer Prize-winner John Luther Adams seethes with the serenity and savage violence of his Alaskan home. Listen to his Mixtape. Jul 31, 2013

The Bad Plus's Ethan Iverson on Living Piano Music

Pianist for the adventurous jazz trio The Bad Plus, Ethan Iverson has performed with such legends as Fred Hersch, Lee Konitz and Charlie Haden. His Mixtape features piano music from R... Jul 24, 2013