Musicworks - March 2018

Musicworks 130 is the first issue of our 40th-anniversary year; the concept of “the journey” is explored through the stories of unique creative artists. ON THE COVER: Guitarist Sam Shalabi, The Evolution of a Global Aesthetic. FEATURES: Percussionist Sarah Hennies: Linguist in the Land of Noises. Listening in the Bernheim Forest: An essay on soundwalking by Andra McCartney | Introduction by Aaron Rosenblum. Pursuit Grooves: Vanese “VJ” Smith is Right On Time. Jeremy Dutcher’s Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa: an essay by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. Kelly Ruth’s loom music. SOUND BITES: First-place winner, Musicworks 2017 Electronic Music Composition contest: Erik Ingalls. First-place winner, Musicworks 2017 Sonic Geography Writing contest: Ina Čiumakova. Tomoko Sauvage’s Waterbowls. Redshift Records label profile. REVIEWS: Eric Chenaux, Jean Derome, Magnus Granberg, Keiji Haino / John Butcher, Ursula K. LeGuin / Todd Barton, Magda Mayas / Pierre-Yves Martel / Éric Normand, Melody McKiver, Éliane Radigue, Togetherness!, Scott Wollschleger. EVENTS: Julius Eastman: That Which Is Fundamental (The Kitchen, New York). Listening To Art, Seeing Music (Aga Khan Museum, Toronto).