For some, experimental vocalist and composer Joan La Barbara will always be a hard sell. Her compositions are designed more for exploration than entertainment; like her contemporaries Yoko Ono, ...

Here are three examples of vocalists working in close partnership with either a pianist or guitarist, all producing excellent results. Tracks: Feminina; Decimas; La flor de la canela; Gracias a la ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. WERE he to hear Trevor Watts, Oliver Lake or Chris Potter play a saxophone, Adolphe Sax would be astounded. His beloved invention - ...

It’s the greatest irony of all: On the eve of the Grammys, the very voice these awards were created to celebrate has been silenced. Whitney Houston‘s instrument had the kind of herculean power the ...

Holly Herndon has launched an exciting new "digital twin" called Holly+, a custom vocal instrument which sees the experimental artist connect music and technology further. Herndon frequently works ...

Ranjit Bhatnagar, “The Singing Room” (all photographs by the author for Hyperallergic) As the Cat Stevens–loving Maude declared to a morose Harold in the 1971 film Harold and Maude, “If you want to ...