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2016

2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 Concerts Listings for 2016 December 1 (Thursday) Music for Agnes Martin: John Zorn with Carol Emanuel, Ikue Mori, William Winant, Ches Smith, Dither Guitar Quartet, American Brass Quintet Guggenheim Museum 7 pm $30 Marc Ribot solo; Marc Ribot Trio with Henry Grimes, Chad Taylor The Stone 8, 10 pm $20

Top 10 Posts of 2016

Our readership increased by 103% in 2016. We reviewed many records and live concerts and published monthly features on key artists working the New York scene. Here is a list of our top 10 most-popular posts from 2016: July Artist Feature: Moor Mother Review: Brandon Lopez Debuts New Trio at the Owl, Nov 17, 2016

Playlist for the Week of December 12, 2016

Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet – Asphalt Flowers Forking Paths (Hat Hut, 2008) Quentin Tolimieri – Piano (pfMentum, 2016) Sean Ali – My Tongue Crumbles After (Neither/Nor, 2016) Adam Caine Trio – Thousandfold (No Business, 2009) Jaap Blonk & Damon Smith – Hugo Ball: Sechs Laut-und Klanggedichte, 1916 (Balance Point Acoustics, 2010) [cassette] Dustin Carlson –

Freedom Principle

A Review by John Morrison “The Freedom Principle” is a common thread that runs through Black life in America. In the abstract, it is the collective/culminating desire for autonomy and self-determination in an oppressive society. This principle lives as a historical continuum, manifesting itself in our collective cultural, political and spiritual moods, challenging the dominant

Best Live Concerts of 2016

Editor’s Picks (chronological order) Matana Roberts, Fay Victor, Liberty Ellman, Shayna Dulberger, Qasim Naqvi – The Stone, January 15 review Craig Taborn-Mette Rasmussen-Ches Smith – The Stone, January 27 review Farmers by Nature: Craig Taborn, William Parker, Gerald Cleaver – The Stone, January 30 review Heart of the Ghost: Luke Stewart, Jarrett Gilgore, Ian McColm

Best Records of 2016

Moor Mother – Fetish Bones (Don Giovanni) review | interview Anthony Braxton – 3 Compositions (EEMHM) 2011 (Firehouse 12) Ches Smith-Craig Taborn-Mat Maneri – Bells (ECM) Taylor Ho Bynum – Enter the PlusTet (Firehouse 12) Anais Maviel – Houle (Gold Bolus) review Tom Rainey Trio – Hotel Grief (Intakt) interview Rafal Mazur-Keir Neuringer Duo – Diachronic Paths (Relative