Playlist (Dreams You Still Believe).

A weekly tally of memorable things
Steve Smith has stuck in his ears.

Joseph Schwantner – New Morning for the World – Willie Stargell, Eastman Philharmonia/David Effron (Mercury; 1983)

<a href="http://bukeandgase.bandcamp.com/album/scholars">Scholars by Buke and Gase</a>
Buke and Gase – Scholars (Brassland; 2019)

<a href="http://weighter.bandcamp.com/album/bertoia">Bertoia by CAGE</a>
CAGE – Bertoia (Weighter; 2019)

Aaron Copland – Symphony No. 3; Three Latin American Sketches – Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Leonard Slatkin (Naxos; 2017)

Dead & Company – Playing in the Sand, Riviera Maya, MX, 2/17/18 (Los Muertos/Rhino; 2019)

<a href="http://dockeryemery.bandcamp.com/album/cathedrelic">Cathedrelic by R. Lee Dockery & Smokey Emery</a>
R. Lee Dockery & Smokey Emery – Cathedrelic (Astral Spirits; 2016)

<a href="http://unfathomless.bandcamp.com/album/yoi">Yoi by David Vélez – Simon Whetham</a>
David Vélez/Simon Whetham – Yoi (Unfathomless; 2013)

<a href="http://marginalfrequency.bandcamp.com/album/mfcd-e-alloys">MFCD E | Alloys by Lori Goldston | Judith Hamann</a>
Lori Goldston|Judith Hamann – Alloys (Marginal Frequency; 2019)

King Crimson – Meltdown: Live in Mexico City (DGM; 2018)

<a href="http://populistrecords.bandcamp.com/album/andrew-mcintosh-we-see-the-flying-bird-five-songs">Andrew McIntosh // We See the Flying Bird/Five Songs by Yarn/Wire and Estelí Gomez</a>
Andrew McIntosh – We See the Flying Bird/Five Songs – Estelí Gomez, members of Yarn/Wire (Populist; 2019)

<a href="http://diatribes.bandcamp.com/album/echoes-sirens">Echoes & sirens by diatribes</a>
Diatribes – Echoes & Sirens (Alpenraum; 2018)

<a href="http://ftarri.bandcamp.com/album/sextet">Sextet by Minami Saeki / Wakana Ikeda / Yoko Ikeda / Taku Sugimoto / Stefan Thut / Manfred Werder</a>
Minami Saeki/Wakana Ikeda/Yoko Ikeda/Taku Sugimoto/Stefan Thut/Manfred Werder – Sextet (Meenna; 2018)

Taku Sugimoto & Minami Saeki – Songs (Slub Music; 2017. Audio samples here.)

Taku Sugimoto & Minami Saeki – Songs (ftarri; 2018. Audio samples here.)

<a href="http://newbraxtonhouse.bandcamp.com/album/gtm-iridium-2007">GTM (Iridium) 2007 by Anthony Braxton</a>
Anthony Braxton – GTM (Iridium) 2007 (New Braxton House; 2012)

<a href="http://sunramusic.bandcamp.com/album/monorails-and-satellites-vols-1-2-and-3">Monorails and Satellites Vols. 1, 2 and 3 by Sun Ra (solo piano)</a>
Sun Ra – Monorails and Satellites Vols. 1, 2 & 3 (Saturn/Cosmic Myth; 1966/2019)

King Crimson – “Cadence and Cascade (Four Singers)” (DGMLive; 1970/2019)

Michael Byron – Fabric for String Noise (Cold Blue; due Feb. 8, 2019. Audio sample here.)
> Fabric for String Noise, Parts 1 & 2 – String Noise; Dragon Rite – James Bergman

<a href="http://standingonthecorner.bandcamp.com/album/red-burns">RED BURNS by Standing On The Corner</a>
Standing on the Corner – Red Burns (self-released; 2017)

<a href="http://newbraxtonhouse.bandcamp.com/album/gtm-syntax-2017">GTM (Syntax) 2017 by Anthony Braxton</a>
Anthony Braxton – GTM (Syntax) 2017 (New Braxton House; 2019)

John Adams – On the Transmigration of Souls – New York Philharmonic/Lorin Maazel (Nonesuch; 2004)

Michael Oesterle – L’hiver Monastique – Clemens Merkel (collection qb; 2007. Audio sample here.)

<a href="http://caducrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/gossamers">Gossamers by Rosalind Hall & Judith Hamann</a>
Rosalind Hall & Judith Hamann – Gossamers (caduc.; 2017)

<a href="http://lorigoldston.bandcamp.com/album/creekside-solo-cello">creekside: solo cello by Lori Goldston</a>
Lori Goldston – creekside: solo cello (self-released; 2014)

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New Music Preview: Nick Storring

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February 26, 2020

Exclusively on National Sawdust Log, watch a gorgeous animated-collage video for "My Magic Dreams Have Lost Their Spell," the title track from a forthcoming LP by composer and cellist Nick Storring.

Playlist (The Clamorous Choir of Birds).

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February 24, 2020

This week's tally of memorable things National Sawdust Log editor Steve Smith has stuck in his ears includes selections featuring Carla Bley, Dave Douglas, Riot Ensemble, and Ludvig Forssell.

On the Record: February 21, 2020

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February 21, 2020

This week in On the Record, the ingenious composer and vocalist Jennifer Walshe evokes the early history of Western music, aided by artificial intelligence. Plus dozens of listings for forthcoming releases.

Playlist (Songs to Be Sung).

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February 17, 2020

This week's tally of memorable things National Sawdust Log editor Steve Smith has stuck in his ears includes selections featuring Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays, Jasmine Guffond, Vanessa Rossetto, and Reinbert de Leeuw.