The Unsound Festival Gets Way Out

The Village Voice covers the upcoming Unsound fest:

Although most avant-garde music tends to be either American or European, there are parts of America and Europe that one might not necessarily think of as hot spots of the experimental. Missouri, for example—and, yes, Poland, a country whose immediately apparent impact on the avant-garde is inversely proportionate to the high volume of tasteless jokes you’ve heard about it.

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AMN Podcast: Balmorhea – Constellations

Newsbits

Burton Greene will tour the US in February.

The Sons d’Hiver fest in France is taking place now and features a bunch of free jazz.

The Echoes radio show celebrates its 20th year.

Douglas Ewart will play St. Louis on February 13.

Matthew Shipp’s 4D gets a review.

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Free Jazz Blog Reviews

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From Free Jazz:

Monday, February 1, 2010
Peter Brötzmann – Lost & Found (FMP, 2009) ****

Sunday, January 31, 2010
Hamid Drake’s Bintu – Reggaelogy (RogueArt, 2010) ****

Saturday, January 30, 2010
Vyacheslav Guyvoronsky, Andrei Kondakov & Vladimir Volkov – In Search Of A Standard (Leo Records, 2009) ***½

Friday, January 29, 2010
Vladimir Tarasov – Thinking Of Khlebnikov (No Business, 2009) ****
Lucas Niggli & Peter Conradin Zumthor – Profos (Not Two, 2010) ***½

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