Moki Cherry, an interdisciplinary 20th-century Swedish-born artist whose revolutionary work has gained recognition in recent years, gets a new show at the Fabric Workshop and Museum. Aaron P…
The latest album from virtuosic contemporary Philly choir The Crossing, fresh from its fourth Grammy win, features compositions by Ayanna Woods, Wang Lu, and Tawnie Olson. Aaron Pond reviews.
Night Side Songs, a new musical from the Lazour brothers based on real-life interviews with doctors, patients, and caregivers, gets its official world premiere at PTC. You might leave on the…
Fabric Workshop and Museum combines visual and audio elements for its latest show, but this installation fails visitors who want to pay sustained attention to the work. Aaron pond reviews.
A new sound installation by Oklahoma-based interdisciplinary artist and Delaware Tribe of Indians member Nathan Young comes to Pennsbury Manor with a disappointing execution. Aaron Pond revi…
A genre-straddling musical performance from experimental artist Lucy Liyou makes a quick stop at Asian Arts Initiative. Aaron Pond reviews.
Philly composer/guitarist Joshua Stamper's new album, soma schema, with his color as time sextet, presents an hour of orchestral easy-listening-meets-jazz-fusion, perfect for cleaning your h…
With a world-premiere commission by composer and sound artist Lea Bertucci, Ars Nova Workshop presented a musical meditation on the 2019 Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery explosion. Aar…
Bowerbird presents multi-instrumentalist Laraaji in its Liminal States series, streaming concerts with an unlikely goal: to put the listener to sleep. Aaron Pond reviews.
Quarantined at home but craving the one-of-a-kind music of Philadelphia's illustrious DIY scene? Aaron Pond is, too, with Kyle Press's 'Overtones, Drones, and Saxophones' and Boy Dirt Car's …
Mephisto's battle for a good man's soul still compels today, but a new Not So Silent Cinema score for Murnau's 'Faust,' by Brendan Cooney and members of the Bismuth Quartet, highlights an en…
Atlas Obscura presents a mildly amusing performance of Janaka Stuckey's necrophilous ritual poetry. Aaron Pond Reviews.
Music-maker Aaron Pond tried to fit in with students of the "masters," but learned he was expendable and illegitimate. So he found his own way. What's yours?
'The Crossing @ Christmas' came to Rittenhouse Square for an evening of death, devastation, and birds. Aaron Pond reviews.
Neil Feather's wildly unique instruments surprise, delight, and make mischief in pieces including composer Rosie Langabeer's latest work-in-progress, 'IDIOSYNCROPHILIA.' Aaron Pond reviews.