The Video Playlists

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

The London singer and songwriter

Since the 1980s the Parisian jazz guitarist

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

Nick Pitera can emphasize a vocal passage

Together with his friend Adam Cuthbért

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

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

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

Operating in the intermediate zone

Brian Petuch is a young composer in New York

Here is a playlist of some compositions by another associate

Knalpot is an Amsterdam band that embraces sound technology yet eschews

Jazz in London has been updated by the Portico Quartet

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

Stephen Dedalus, a Joycean and a composer

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

Hailing from Dallas and currently residing in Nashville

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

Gregory Douglass, a singer/songwriter in Burlington, Vermont

Hailing from Geneva, Switzerland, she is

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

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

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

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

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

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

A classically-trained euphonium player

Ilpo Jauhiainen is a cosmopolitan Finn

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

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”

In Amsterdam there’s a four-piece band

A short playlist of the compositions of Nikita Quasim

From Antwerp, Belgium, this singer and songwriter

The last of the three

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

This playlist represents a tribute of sorts

The repertoire of the gifted amateur organist in Knetzgau

With his rough voice and perfect Southern accent in performance

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

Here in Amsterdam there’s a two-piece band

As the name might already suggest

Though I chanced upon him to begin with on Soundcloud

Though the name of the band

Hailing from Toronto, Canada, but moving about frequently

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

A new Australian duo

Jennifer Dalby, better known as Jennifer Left

A fellow from Kansas who lives in London

There are a number of talented a cappella singers

Those who need a refresher course in electronica

This playlist features the music of the band

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

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

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

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

A native of Belfast and a resident

Over the last several years, under the moniker

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

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

The Hungarian band Tripes – currently a duo

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

The first of three playlists d’occasion

Luiz Henrique Yudo is a contemporary classical composer

The second of three

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.

The band French Cassettes – a group from San Francisco

This is a London band

Jasmine Thompson, a very young singer in London

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

Soul Keita is one of Nicolas Jaar’s colleagues

A new band based somewhere in the Midlands

Currently, Lady Gaga is back again on tour in Amsterdam

Angélica Negrón is a very active composer in New York

Ørjan Matre is a young composer in Norway

Once again a trio

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

A young composer from Adelaide

Currently pursuing a doctorate in composition and theory

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

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

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

Samm Bennett’s path has led from

Next week, Gossip is coming to Amsterdam

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

How to sample outmoded or discarded records from near and far

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

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

A trio comprising the Australian Hugo Race and two American counterparts

Soft Riot is a musical project initiated by Jack Duckworth

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

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

This is a second playlist of Nicolas Jaar’s music

Le Peep, an evidently one-off musical collaboration

A band from Manchester by way of Huntington Beach

A DJ and electronic musician in Tokyo

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

In the music of this graduate of