Author Archives: Steve Peters

Rooted in Eastern European Jewish life, Yiddish music holds echoes of migration, memory, and revolution. In Facing Yiddishland, three bold artists push this tradition into new terrain. Lori Goldston, Chaia, and Levoneh reimagine the Yiddish song tradition through glitchy and psychedelic performance techniques.Classically trained and rigorously de-trained, possessor of a restless, semi-feral spirit, Lori Goldston (Earth, Nirvana, Mirah) is … Read More →

Saxophonist Steve Griggs, synthesist Ruben Griggs, and percussionist Greg Campbell reunite as Dowsing, a free-improv interplay between acoustic jazz and ambient electronics. Imagine John Coltrane at peace, scanning the crepuscule on a Southern California beach, his toes in warm ebbing waves, birds darting above in dimming dusk, the boom of a low-rider rumbling in the distance, a nearby bucket … Read More →

In a world that demands that we define ourselves with tags and constructed concepts, one can feel constricted by words that box our identity, often, creating separation from each other. What makes us all the same? What makes each one of us unique? This world premiere explores both sides of the human experience and invites you to “undefine” yourself … Read More →

A quadruple-header of PNW free improvisation groups drawing from drone, old-time, no-wave, noise and beyond.

Water Shrews – Creatures ambling thru tones. Brains combine to form a single organism. Group sound. Who is playing what? That’s the point. Listening to the sounds of sticks, reeds, strings, whoops and hollers in order to breathe and then play along.

Friends of the Road … Read More →

FLOOM is Maxx Katz‘s solo experiment in embodied improvisation, using flute, downtuned doom guitar, and extreme vocals. Maxx Katz is an artist, composer, and performer based in Portland, Oregon, whose work draws on vocabulary from performance art, free improvisation, jazz, contemporary classical, and heavy metal. A classically trained flutist with an M.A. in Music from the University of Virginia, … Read More →

Judith Berkson is a vocalist, pianist and composer living in Los Angeles, California. Her multi-disciplinary work explores tuning by navigating the small differences in pitch that alter perception and activate memory. She received her undergraduate from New England Conservatory, a masters in composition from Wesleyan University and a doctorate from California Institute of the Arts. Judith has collaborated with Kronos … Read More →

The Force Of Listening #4 presents nine sonic and visual works presented by artists from across the US to create an evening of experimental ambience, music, and sound art coming on the heels of this year’s Campbient session, organized by REALMOREREAL. Artists include Violet Palace (Olympia, WA), Leora Malka (Los Angeles, CA), Julia Edith Rigby (Santa Ana, CA), … Read More →

Ground Hum presents a night of deep listening and sonic exploration with Jake Muir and Raica. 

Jake Muir is a Berlin based sound artist, DJ, and field recordist. He approaches his practice as a listener first, carefully curating, layering and processing sounds that help him deconstruct and contextualize his lived experiences and influences. Using investigative software methodologies, DJ techniques, and … Read More →

“…let the colors inside your eyelids take musical form for 19 glorious minutes of modular synth majesty.” (AnEarful on River of Life)

Tracing arcs from crystalline to the hypnotic and back, Mario Diaz de Leon performs a set of works for Buchla synthesizer, including the newly released “RIver of Life,” a prismatic meditation on a 32-note melody that draws inspiration … Read More →

Since January 2024, In Series has been working at a lofty goal: bringing composed music to a scene with more than its fair share of noise-niks, improvisers, nooks, and crannies. Having found a stable home at Capitol Hill’s Vermillion, series organizers Peter Tracy (cello) and Aaron Michael Butler (percussion) have curated concerts centered around works and performances by local … Read More →