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Beautiful Mechanical: yMusic, The Ready-Made Collaborators

Daniel J. Kushner | Posted 12.04.2011 | Arts
Read More: Annie Clark, Judd Greenstein, My Brightest Diamond, Shara Worden, Gabriel Kahane, St. Vincent, Ymusic, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Indie Classical, Beautiful Mechanical, Son Lux, Ryan Lott, Chamber Music, Arts News
Daniel J. Kushner

yMusic has created something stunning and uncanny -- a vital document of the indie-classical movement that simultaneously resists and transcends the connotations associated with the subgenre.

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Beyond Ecstatic: The Multimedia Fever Dream of "Letters to Distant Cities"

Daniel J. Kushner | Posted 05.28.2011 | Arts
Read More: Murat Eyuboglu, Indie Classical, My Brightest Diamond, Shara Worden, New Amsterdam Records, Mustafa Ziyalan, Rob Moose, Clare and the Reasons, Poetry, Letters to Distant Cities, Arts News
Daniel J. Kushner

Letters to Distant Cities achieves a rare feat -- it gifts the listener with a truly multimedia experience that one can rarely access through a conventional album in the privacy of home.

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Ecstatic Music Festival Interview #5: Sarah Kirkland Snider and Rob Moose

Daniel J. Kushner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: NOW Ensemble, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Music, Rob Moose, Interview, Indie Classical, My Brightest Diamond, Shara Worden, Ecstatic Music Festival, Arts News
Daniel J. Kushner

On Wednesday, March 16 at 7:30 p.m. composer Sarah Kirkland Snider partners with vocalist/composer Shara Worden of the art rock band My Brightest Diam...

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The Top 10 Alternative Art Songs of 2001-2010

Daniel J. Kushner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Slidepollajax, The Lotus Eaters, Untitled 8, Alternative Art Song, Classical, St. Vincent, Gabriel Kahane, Shara Worden, My Brightest Diamond, Opera, Sigur Ros, Dirty Projectors, Rock, Ice and the Storm, Annie Clark, Two Doves, Joanna Newsom, Paris Is Burning, Neurotic and Lonely, All Delighted People, Indie Classical, Matt Marks, I Don't Have Any Fun, Jonsi, Sufjan Stevens, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Pop, Tornado, Cosmia, Arts News
Daniel J. Kushner

With the absurd distinction between serious and non-serious musics largely eradicated, it's time to take stock of some of the best alternative art songs of 2001-2010.

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