Matana Roberts

The 10 Best Concerts in New York This Week, 6/10/13

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GUITAR HEROES

Shahzad Ismaily teams up with three guitar greats

?uestlove, Andrew W.K., Kim Gordon More - Masonic Temple - 5/1/13

Better Than: That unimprovised Paisley/Cool J duet. The format, in case you missed the emails, flyers, and Red Bull Music Academy promotional newspapers being handed out around the city, went something like this: One performer took the stage. He or she played for five minutes, at which point anothe ... More >>

Ten Free Jazz Albums to Hear Before You Die

Free jazz is challenging, violent, political, spiritual, joyous, peaceful, and a million other things. It's about shattering forms in order to find a new world of sound somewhere further outside. And once this new world is found, it's time to go looking for a newer one. When, as a college student, ... More >>

Q&A: Sontag Shogun On Playing Visual Art Installations, Lionel Richie, And Susan Sontag

There's a tangible loneliness to Sontag Shogun's music, but there's a wistful loveliness present, too. The Brooklyn trio assumes a sort of songwriting assembly line, with Ian Temple's emotive, tremulous piano figures falling prey to Jesse Perlstein's legion of atmospheric, laptop-catalogue samples a ... More >>

Pazz & Jop 2011: Seth Colter Walls On Craig Taborn, Matana Roberts, And Voting From The Fringe

To supplement this year's Pazz & Jop launch, Sound of the City asked a few critics to expand on the reasonings behind their voting. We'll start off the series with Seth Colter Walls of New York City, who has a constant itch to do the deep dive and find the single-voter albums out there. Find his bal ... More >>

Download: Matana Roberts's Intense, Cacophonous "Pov Piti"

​With anguished "scream sing," lyrical sax pyrotechnics, and a 16-piece ensemble engaged in a blustery dissonance, composer Matana Roberts has made one of the most arresting LPs of the year—local or otherwise. Her Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de Couleur Libres (out now via Constellation) ... More >>

Steven Lugerner and Matana Roberts Stimulate the Ears and the Economy

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This Week In The Voice: The Economics Of Jazz, Dog Eat Dog, And Ellen Willis

​In this week's Village Voice, available online and in a box near you (if you live in New York) today: Francis Davis discusses new economy- and ear-stimulating works from multi-reedist Steven Lugerner and saxophonist Matana Roberts; Andy Beta unearths the catalog of Dog Eat Dog (pictured), a N ... More >>

Top 10 Must-See Acts At Winter Jazzfest 2011

Vernon Reid, up to something​Without a guide, Winter Jazzfest can make you pretty crazy. On Friday and Saturday night, five venues -- Le Poisson Rouge, Zinc Bar, Kenny's Castaways, Sullivan Hall, and the Bitter End -- will feature a total of 68 short sets (new performers take the stage every h ... More >>

2008 Voice Jazz Poll Winners

2008 Jazz Poll Ballots: P-Z

Hello Goodbye

The ultimate jazz outsider confab comes to praise the dead