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Clover Nahabedian

Clover Nahabedian (she/her) is a trans artist living in New England. She is a founding member of Strange Trace Opera and plays in the band Cheap City.
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Paul Pinto -- Photo by Amanda Pinto

On “Water Music” from Paul Pinto, The Recording Studio is An Essential Instrument

Paul Pinto has two biographies. There’s the formal bio that comes with his electronic press kit, whi...
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Clover Nahabedian
Jess Rowland -- Photo by Max Lee

In “Plastiglomerates,” Jess Rowland Tries to Break AI with Unexpected Musical Fusions

In her website bio, sound artist, musician, and composer Jess Rowland describes her music as being c...
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Clover Nahabedian
Joseph Bohigian -- Photo by Raffi Paul

Joseph Bohigian Connects Armenian Traditions to Diasporic Culture on Debut Album

Composer Joseph Bohigian’s debut album The Water Has Found its Crack is centered around his engageme...
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Clover Nahabedian
Ciyadh Wells -- Photo by Erik Arrajan

5 Questions to Ciyadh Wells (Executive Director, Castle of our Skins)

The work of guitarist, activist, and scholar Ciyadh Wells is a whirlwind of activity centered on inc...
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Clover Nahabedian
Cassie Wieland (Vines) -- Photo by Anna Longworth

5 Questions to Cassie Wieland (Vines)

Last month, composer Cassie Wieland released her first album under the artist name Vines. Wieland’s...
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Clover Nahabedian
jaimie branch -- Photo by Ben Semisch, Courtesy of the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts

jaimie branch Issues Joyous Rallying Cry on Final Fly or Die Album

Last August, jaimie “Breezy” branch’s death was met with an outpouring of love. The 39-year-old comp...
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Clover Nahabedian
Ryan Suleiman -- Photo by Phil Daley

5 Questions to Ryan Suleiman (composer)

Ryan Suleiman is a Boston-based composer whose music interacts with the simultaneous awe of engaging...
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Clover Nahabedian
Annika Socolofsky -- Photo by Xuan

Annika Socolofsky Channels Queer Feminine Rage into Healing on “Don’t Say a Word”

Annika Socolofsky’s new album Don’t Say A Word (out June 23 via New Amsterdam) represents a journey...
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Clover Nahabedian
Yaz Lancaster AmethYst

In Audiovisual Debut Album “AmethYst,” Yaz Lancaster Curates Internal Dialogues with Collaborators

Yaz Lancaster is a transdisciplinary artist, composer, and violinist whose work combines various tec...
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Clover Nahabedian
Kati Agócs--Photo by Kate L Photography

5 Questions to Kati Agócs (composer)

Kati Agócs is an award-winning composer from Ontario, Canada, who currently serves on the compositio...
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Clover Nahabedian
The Crossing Carols After a Plague

The Crossing Shares Pandemic Stories on “Carols After a Plague”

The Philadelphia-based chamber choir The Crossing has long supported musical works that tackle socia...
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Clover Nahabedian
Kimia Hesabi Nemāno Gaona

On “Nemāno Gaona,” Kimia Hesabi Synthesizes Iranian Folk and Contemporary Classical Music

In the ancient Iranian language Avestan, “Nemāno Gaona” translates to “colors of home.” On her debut...
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Clover Nahabedian
Marti Epstein--Photo by Andrew Sherman

After Decades in Boston, Marti Epstein is Still Chasing the Psychic Beauty of the Plains

The music of Marti Epstein longs for wide open spaces – which might seem like a strange choice for a...
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Clover Nahabedian
Eden Rayz Corpus Vice

Eden Rayz’s “Corpus Vice” Blends Death Metal and Contemporary Classical Music

As classical musicians become more interested in styles of playing outside of what is traditionally...
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Clover Nahabedian
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Harvard’s Eileen Southern Initiative Celebrates Music of Black Americans

On April 7-9, 2022, the Eileen Southern Initiative and Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute hosted a weeken...
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Clover Nahabedian
Weavings album cover

Nicolás Jaar’s “Weavings” is a Fascinating Triumph of Technology

Since its inception in 2003, Unsound Festival has become well known for its carefully curated, genre...
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Clover Nahabedian
Laura Ortman--Photo by Marne Lucas

5 Questions to Laura Ortman (musician, composer)

Laura Ortman (White Mountain Apache) is a musician and composer whose work walks the line between li...
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Clover Nahabedian
Saman Shahi Microlocking

Saman Shahi Creates Welcoming Spaces on Microlocking

Even for fans of contemporary classical, microtonal music can sometimes be a tough sell. Not because...
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Clover Nahabedian
gabby fluke-mogul--Photo by Rachael Uhlir

5 Questions to gabby fluke-mogul (violinist, improviser, composer)

gabby fluke-mogul is a violinist, improviser, and composer whose music experiments with the boundari...
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Clover Nahabedian
Shi-An Costello [alloy]

On [alloy], Shi-An Costello Deftly Mixes Approaches to the Prepared Piano

An alloy is a metal made by combining various elements with the purpose of creating greater strength...
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Clover Nahabedian
Wendy Eisenberg--Photo by Magdalena Abrego

5 Questions to Wendy Eisenberg (improviser, composer, songwriter)

Wendy Eisenberg is a composer, performer, and guitarist whose music lives in the gray area between f...
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Clover Nahabedian
Joseph C. Phillips Jr.--Photo by Jenny Wohrle

5 Questions to Joseph C. Phillips Jr. (Numinous founder & composer)

Joseph C. Phillips Jr. is a composer who defines his own work as “mixed music,” a style...
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Clover Nahabedian
Eun Lee--Photo by Carmen Rubio

5 Questions to Eun Lee (Executive Director and Founder, The Dream Unfinished)

Eun Lee is the Executive Director and Founder of The Dream Unfinished, an activist orchestra based i...
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Clover Nahabedian
Grex Everything You Said Was Wrong

Everything You Said Was Wrong: Grex Pushes Experimental Multi-Genre Boundaries

Grex is the Oakland-based duo of Karl Evangelista and Rei Scampavia whose music blends free jazz, no...
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Clover Nahabedian
Deerhoof and Wadada Leo Smith To Be Surrounded By Beautiful, Curious, Breathing, Laughing Flesh Is Enough

Unbound by Genre, Deerhoof and Wadada Leo Smith Work Wonders

Without being hyperbolic, Deerhoof is one of the hardest working bands in the business. In the past...
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Clover Nahabedian
Transsonus Weaving Music

Weaving Music: Transsonus’ Experimental Debut Album (Gold Bolus Recordings)

Transsonus is the experimental duo of drummer Jessie Cox and pianist Sam Yulsman. Their debut album,...
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Clover Nahabedian
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Mariachitlán Features Orchestral Works of Juan Pablo Contreras

Mariachitlán is a collection of high energy orchestral works by the composer Juan Pablo Contreras (b...
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Clover Nahabedian
Anaïs Maviel in the garden

Anaïs Maviel’s “Visceral and Beautiful” in the garden (Gold Bolus)

Anaïs Maviel is an experimental composer working primarily in New York. From the composers website,...
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Clover Nahabedian
Object Collection You Are Under Our Space Control

Object Collection’s You Are Under Our Space Control (Slip)

Since 2004, writer/director Kara Feely and composer Travis Just, under the name Object Collection, h...
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Clover Nahabedian
Alex Weiser and all the days were purple

Alex Weiser Explores the Divine on “and all the days were purple”

Alex Weiser’s newest release and all the days were purple (Cantaloupe Music) is a gently haunting ex...
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Clover Nahabedian
Rachel Barton Pine Blues Dialogues

Rachel Barton Pine’s Blues Dialogues Explores Blues and Classical Idioms

Rachel Barton Pine is a versatile violinist and advocate for both new music and the cataloguing of m...
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Clover Nahabedian
Night Wave

Yuko Fujiyama’s Night Wave Blends Bold Compositions with Free Improvisation

Night Wave, Yuko Fujiyama’s first release on innova, is a must-hear for fans of both contemporary cl...
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Clover Nahabedian

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