Currently listening to the very interesting "Henry House" from Nate Wooley.

https://natewooley.bandcamp.com/album/henry-house

Henry House of course is a reference to John Berryman, and Wooley uses texts from Berryman, Joseph Mitchell, Wendell Berry, and a Kafka biography to tell a (fairly abstract) story.

The music is very different from the bigger, somewhat noisier stuff of his Seven Storey Mountain -- and there's some field recordings, including crickets, against long layered clusters of droning horns. That's my kind of party.

The Bandcamp notes are very much worth a read, with details on the compositional process behind the texts and some aspects of the music, too.

#NateWooley #JohnBerryman #HenryHouse #NewMusic2025 #NowListening

The absolute highlight of three days #northseajazzfestival: Sylvie Courvoisier #Chimaera. So many amazing musicians on stage. Hypnotic, energetic, contemplative, adventurous avant-garde music. Breathtaking, no less.

#SylvieCourvoisier #wadadaleosmith #natewooley #drewgress #kennywolleson #nasheetwaits #music #festival #rotterdam #christianfennesz

Tonight: first up, the only-in-NYC pop-up shows at Miller Theater are such a treat. Totally free and you get to sit on the stage. This one featured Russell Greenberg from Yarn/Wire, challenging and fascinating compositions on solo percussion and in duo with Nate Wooley. Shit I probably would not be inclined to check out normally. Took my daughter!

#nycfreaks #livemusic #nyc #millertheater #columbiauniversity #russellgreenberg #natewooley #tappedin #freemusic