“The music of SOUNDWALK was created, compositionally, to never have a specific beginning, middle, or end. Depending on where you entered an installation, you would step into a different part of the composition. The music had to work like a sphere or something where no matter how you turned, it was complete.” - Ellen Reid

Check out our conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning composer Ellen Reid. We discuss her new album, ‘Big Magestic,’ which grew off of her fascinating SOUNDWALK project - a free, GPS-enabled work of public art that uses music to illuminate the natural environment. The record features Shabaka Hutchings, Kronos Quartet, Riley Muleherkar, and more. It is out now on New Amsterdam Records/Eclipse Projects.

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Natural Sounds: A Conversation with Ellen Reid on ‘Big Majestic’ - PostGenre

Nature has long inspired creative impulses. In music, an extensive line of composers - from Hildegard of Bingen’s ‘O viridissima virga’ to Oliver Messiaen’s explorations of bird calls - have looked to the environment to guide their work. But in an age where we are increasingly distanced from anything outside a screen-driven social media bubble,

PostGenre - Music beyond category

“I think less about the line between [tradition and modernity] as much as I think about my own love for the tradition. I have a very true, and genuine love and passion for jazz music and its history. It literally came from me being a kid and watching the Ken Burns series, listening to records by Duke Ellington and Count Basie, and falling in love with the music.“ - Riley Mulherkar

Read our conversation with Riley Mulherkar on his debut album as a leader, Riley (out now on Westerlies Records), and the upcoming Newport Jazz Festival performance tied to it.

Photo credit: Zenith Richards

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Trumpet Evolution: Riley Mulherkar Previews his 2024 Newport Jazz Festival Leader Debut - PostGenre

In his speech to the Royal Academy on April 30, 1953, Winston Churchill remarked, "Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse." The key is to find ways to let history lead you without being haunted by the ghosts of the past. This concept is frequently

PostGenre - Music beyond category