The Panorama

Since the 1980s the Parisian jazz guitarist

A composer in Milan, Giovanni Dettori is well-known for

A band from Manchester by way of Huntington Beach

Whom by Fire (known earlier as Caleb) is a duo hailing from Southend-on-Sea

A short playlist of the compositions of Nikita Quasim

Currently pursuing a doctorate in composition and theory

Hailing from Dallas and currently residing in Nashville

Női Kabát (the term, I’ve learned, means a “woman’s jacket” in Hungarian) is “a dark electronic three piece from London”

The second of three

Currently, Lady Gaga is back again on tour in Amsterdam

Forestears is a band in Brighton with at least one pun in its name

Cornelia (Cornelia Dahlgren) is a young Swedish singer and master of the remix

Here in Amsterdam there’s a two-piece band

The first of three playlists d’occasion

A trio comprising the Australian Hugo Race and two American counterparts

Soft Riot is a musical project initiated by Jack Duckworth

The band 17 Hippies was first formed in the mid-nineties in Berlin

The repertoire of the gifted amateur organist in Knetzgau

This is a London band

Soul Keita is one of Nicolas Jaar’s colleagues

Bill Ryan is a contemporary classical composer, producer, and educator

Brian Petuch is a young composer in New York

Angélica Negrón is a very active composer in New York

With a conservatory training, in the hands of this Slovakian musician

Jasmine Thompson, a very young singer in London

Here is a playlist of some compositions by another associate

A young band from Amsterdam, Avant la Lettre – the name’s French, but they perform entirely in English – has been breaking through this year with a number of live performances for Dutch radio and television, and a first album, Belief.

Though I chanced upon him to begin with on Soundcloud

Hailing from Geneva, Switzerland, she is

Operating in the intermediate zone

Here’s a collective playlist that presents some of the music, satire, and humor circulating in one particular corner of downtown New York – the one where Cazwell, Amanda Lepore, and Sherry Vine are to be found (and Peaches too when she’s in town). It includes some of their music, some of their fun self-promotion, and some … Continue reading New York, Downtown: Cazwell, Peaches, Lepore, and Vine

Peter Hollens, of Eugene, Oregon, is a prominent beatboxer

A native of Belfast and a resident

This playlist features the music of the band

Together with his friend Adam Cuthbért

Singer and pianist from Austin, Texas; one who knows well how to convey inward feeling.

Those who need a refresher course in electronica

Andy Lange is a pop musician in Los Angeles; a songwriter, a singer, a musician (several instruments), and a producer all in one, he has single-handedly been creating some very pleasing music over the last few years, recently in conjunction with fellow musicians Andrew Garcia, Josh Golden, and Chester See. This playlist aims to showcase his … Continue reading Andy Lange, Andrew Garcia, Josh Golden, and Chester See

A young composer from Adelaide

How to sample outmoded or discarded records from near and far

Lars Dales and Maarten Smeets, an Amsterdam DJ duo specializing in house music

With his rough voice and perfect Southern accent in performance

Pursuit Grooves (the multitalented Vanese Smith), known on both sides of the Atlantic

Tona Scherchen is a present-day composer whose name, though not unknown

In The Netherlands there’s a DJ who’s in a class all his own

Jornt Karel is a musician and singer located in another corner of this country

A striking denizen of the New York underground of thirty years ago

Ali Brustofski is a New York singer – her videos, very well filmed, are often set there

The band French Cassettes – a group from San Francisco

A DJ and electronic musician in Tokyo

Once again a trio

Stephen Dedalus, a Joycean and a composer

Hailing from Toronto, Canada, but moving about frequently

A pianist, singer, and – it’s becoming clear – a born presence on stage

A new Australian duo

Le Peep, an evidently one-off musical collaboration

Gregory Douglass, a singer/songwriter in Burlington, Vermont

This playlist is dedicated to the works of the contemporary classical composer

Jonathan Nichol plays the saxophone in Billband, but his solo repertoire

Ilpo Jauhiainen is a cosmopolitan Finn

There are a number of talented a cappella singers

Jennifer Dalby, better known as Jennifer Left

In the music of this graduate of

Stephen Edwards is a young American composer nearly finished with his studies

In Amsterdam there’s a four-piece band

Known for her couture, the English heiress Daphne Guinness is less often recognized for

It’s a very witty sort of dance music that Boogie Belgique makes

One of the most interesting of young composers and musicians in New York

Next week, Gossip is coming to Amsterdam

Nick Pitera can emphasize a vocal passage

Ørjan Matre is a young composer in Norway

A tabla player and vocalist from southern India who’s made his home in Paris

As the name might already suggest

This band makes “music for the end of the world,” and though the term

This is a second playlist of Nicolas Jaar’s music

Over the last several years, under the moniker

Although he’s since moved to Los Angeles, Eli Lieb visits the city in which his musical life began

Craig Yopp is a singer in Sydney who, in some of his covers at least

Jazz in London has been updated by the Portico Quartet

Today’s encounter with “Love Will Tear Us Apart” was unexpected, and I was struck, but not for the first time, how this song is one of those capable of evoking an entire period even decades later. Then, nearly automatically, I started to hum that other old hit, New Order’s “Bizarre Love Triangle,” which is even more … Continue reading “Bizarre Love Triangle”

Luiz Henrique Yudo is a contemporary classical composer

Knalpot is an Amsterdam band that embraces sound technology yet eschews

A.P.P.L.A.U.S.E. – spelling out the word

Though the name of the band

The London singer and songwriter

Stephen Carmichael (Brisbane, Australia), with his striking performance persona

A new band based somewhere in the Midlands

A fellow from Kansas who lives in London

The Hungarian band Tripes – currently a duo

Samm Bennett’s path has led from

A saxophonist, a composer, and an adept of the computer

Whether Michael Kiwanuka is letting loose with his band or going solo

This playlist represents a tribute of sorts

From Antwerp, Belgium, this singer and songwriter

Andi Kristins, from Reykjavik and living in New York, is a singer, songwriter, and electronic musician

The last of the three

Over the last couple of years, Nicolas Jaar has been turning

A classically-trained euphonium player