Americans in Rome

AMERICANS IN ROME Musica Elettronica Viva’s Trastevere Commune by Valerio Mattioli from Superonda: Storia Segrete della Musica Italiana (2016), pp Continue reading →

The Real Cost of Austerity

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has once again brought the economic failures of austerity politics into stark relief. It may very Continue reading →

Dropping Out Into Music: The Audience as Orchestra

Dropping Out Into Music: The Audience as Orchestra Edith Schloss The Village Voice (August 7, 1969), Pg. 27. Rome – Continue reading →

Black Swan ~ Repetition Hymns

Past Inside The Present is pleased to announce Repetition Hymns, a double album from the enigmatic Black Swan. Comprised of Continue reading →

Anarchist Mountains Trio ~ La terre et la force

The Christoff brothers have roots in the Macedonia/Bulgaria area dating back to Ottoman times.  They’ve cultivated connections in there, and Continue reading →

Music For Insurrection

Dedicated to George Floyd I. every precinct an autozone 01:51 II. a new world from the ashes of the old Continue reading →

Coleman Hawkins ~ The Hawk Flies High

By the time he recorded The Hawk Flies High in 1957, Coleman Hawkins had already been playing music professionally for Continue reading →

World’s End Girlfriend ~ Hurtbreak Wonderland

The music of World’s End Girlfriend is wonderfully post-modern, a hodgepodge of sounds and instruments, an ambient chamber orchestra being Continue reading →