Washington D.C.
Creative Music in DC Transparent Productions Union Arts
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Philadelphia
Ars Nova Workshop Fire Museum Impermanent Society of Philadelphia
Manhattan
Cornelia Street Cafe (West Village) The Stone (Lower East Side)
Brooklyn
A.E. Randolph Presents (Crown Heights) Brackish (Boerum Hill) Bushwick Improvisers Collective (Bushwick) Happy Lucky no. 1 (Crown Heights) Home Audio (different locations) Ibeam Brooklyn (Gowanus) Limited Resources (Williamsburg) Outskirts (East New York) Sista’s Place (Bedford-Stuyvesant) Soup & Sound (Crown Heights) Varisound Sessions (Bushwick)
SYLVIE COURVOISIER & MARY HALVORSON – CROP CIRCLES
Sylvie Courvoisier and Mary Halvorson’s Crop Circles is an exercise in balance, while still maintaining a great sense of musical freedom. Brooklyn-based Halvorson plays guitar on the collaboration album alongside Switzerland-native and pianist, Courvoisier, also currently working in Brooklyn. The two work democratically, shifting leads and complementing the other’s sound in a way that seems
JESSICA ACKERLEY TRIO – COALESCE
Alberta native, Jessica Ackerley works with drummer, Nick Fraser and bassist, Mat Muntz on her debut album, Coalesce (available on Bandcamp). The record is a study of space through the relationships between sound and silence. The title suggests an intention of sound. Before listening, we are made aware of a “coming together.” As the album