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Laurie Anderson playing benefit w/ Philip Glass (whose work is being performed & remixed elsewhere too)

5215 days ago
Brooklyn VeganPhilip Glass at Bang on a Can in June (more by Andrew Frisicano) Philip Glass and Laurie Anderson are headlining the NYC Film-Makers Co-op Benefit at Santos Party House on November 16. Other artists performing include David Barton's band Liquid Blon... more info

Bang on a Can All-Stars – review

5216 days ago
Guardian MusicTramway, GlasgowTwenty-five years ago, fed up with the stylistic warfare between New York's avant-garde factions, composers David Lang, Julia Wolfe and Michael Gordon founded a music collective called Bang on a Can. It started with marathon "play-ins... more info

BBCSSO/Brabbins – review

5218 days ago
Guardian MusicOld Fruitmarket, GlasgowWhile extended 75th birthday tributes for Philip Glass were going on across town, Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra honoured a composer who, had he not been killed in a hit-and-run in 1981, would also hav... more info

This week's new live music

5220 days ago
Guardian MusicLed Bib, on tourTheir name came from the dentists' garment that protects customers from x-rays, but their listeners might feel they need something similar as protection from the broadsides of punk-jazz this collective unleash. Led Bib meld John Zorn ... more info

Pete Rugolo

5228 days ago
Guardian MusicControversial jazz composer and arranger best known for his work with Stan KentonIn the days when virtual wars were waged over the direction of jazz, the composer and arranger Pete Rugolo was stationed just behind the front line. Rugolo, who has die... more info

Beck to produce Philip Glass remix album

5231 days ago
Guardian MusicComposer's 75th birthday to be celebrated with compilation featuring Memory Tapes, Amon Tobin and Tyondai BraxtonSome of the world's best electronic musicians are to celebrate composer Philip Glass's 75th birthday on a new remix album.Produced by Bec... more info

Brad Mehldau/Kevin Hays: Modern Music – review

5249 days ago
Guardian Music(Nonesuch)As he showed at the Wigmore Hall in duet with mandolinist Chris Thile recently, the US piano star Brad Mehldau treats one-to-one musical encounters as invitations to creativity outside his comfort zone; chances to explore worlds between con... more info

Lucinda Childs: top five dance clips

5250 days ago
Guardian MusicJudith Mackrell chooses her favourite videos of legendary choreographer Lucinda Childs – from her collaborations with Philip Glass to a tribute to the great Merce CunninghamThis Einstein on the Beach documentary comes in three segments on YouTube, ... more info

TV music: the top 10 worst cliches

5251 days ago
Guardian MusicWe run down the most overused repeat offenders, from REM's Everybody Hurts to Blur's Song 2 – but which did we miss?No one expects experimental new music to accompany TV montages of people sobbing in slow motion or wearily sanding floors. But latel... more info

1,000 Airplanes on the Roof – review

5259 days ago
Guardian MusicNational Museum of Flight, East FortunePhilip Glass's 1988 "science fiction music drama", as he termed it, has remained a rarity despite the current fad for Glass revivals. Maybe that's because it's hard to match the original site-specific setting: 1... more info

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