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Dec 22, 2021 · The 10 best contemporary albums of 2021. The year’s best experiments ranged from Blank Gloss’s ambient Americana to Space Afrika’s manipulated Manchester field recordings and Floating Points ...
Grammy-winning saxophonist Tia Fuller, a professor in the Ensemble Department, defines the work of contemporary music as “excellence, influence, and exploration of what we know as popular music today—discovering the fundamental components of today’s music through cultural influences, social constructs, and cross-pollination of genres.”.
Music pervades many aspects of contemporary everyday life; it appears in commercials, blares from speakers in stores and restaurants, accompanies commuters on the way to work, and energizes gym-goers when their motivation is flagging. Music festivals such as Lollapalooza (in Chicago) and the Sziget Festival (in Budapest) attract enormous crowds ...
Aug 20, 2018 · Contemporary composition has become as fractured as the art world—and that’s a good thing. By Alex Ross. August 20, 2018. Illustration by Richard McGuire. When the hip-hop artist Kendrick Lamar...
Dec 6, 2022 · The Best Music of 2022. December 6, 202211:30 AM ET. NPR Music’s annual guide to the essential songs and albums of the year. Read the list. The Best Rock of 2022. The Best R&B of 2022. The...
Dec 24, 2020 · The 10 best contemporary music albums of 2020. We survey the best albums from the experimental edges of classical, jazz and more, from ambient sludge to blissful electronica. More on the best...
May 6, 2022 · Contemporary Music | The New Yorker. Summer Contemporary-Music Preview. Mononymous superstars take over local stages, the Moldy Peaches return, John Cale and Horsegirl play free shows, and...
