music

A review that finds joy in the creative crises and experimentation of the ALL DELIGHTED PEOPLE EP, the recent EP from Sufjan Stevens.

An essay that uses two recent Seattle Art Museum exhibits to compare Andy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe, and Kurt Cobain and to reflect on the nature of celebrity.

In this interview, Seattle singer, songwriter, musician, artist Tara Ward (Late Tuesday, Urban Hymnal, Opiate Mass) discusses her first solo concept album, REVELATIONS OF A BLUE JACKET, a collaborative piece that included the work of a dozen visual artists.

In this spoken-word poem, Matthew Brouwer riffs on his ideal presidential candidate, a leader who knows the blues.

In this essay, Steven Wingate writes about Górecki’s Symphony No. 3 and the feelings of communal grief that it inspires.

In this essay, Scott Small describes surprising encounters of the sacred in the music of Thelonious Monk.

In this poem, Lee Passarella muses on the education of the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner, an artist who one hundred years after his death still has his ardent admirers and his ardent critics.

Jude Joseph Lovell describes his evolving relationship with the music of the Innocence Mission.

In this interview, musician and artist Tracy Howe shares her experience of music, community, hope, and restoration.