Emily Wells - Mirror Father - a workshop performance
Emily Wells's opera, years in the making, in workshop form: a "mirror father" and the phantom daughter he dreams of compare queerness, art, and why neither chose a child.
Everything in Williamsburg
Williamsburg — change
Peni Candra Rini's Jiwa Kala, with Shahzad Ismaily and Andy McGraw Presented by World Music Institute
Javanese singer and composer Peni Candra Rini weaves Sufi poetry into contemporary music, joined on stage by ethnomusicologist Andy McGraw and multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily.
Francisca Valenzuela
Raw, poetic, piano-based art-pop sung in Spanish, from an artist described as one of the boldest of her generation. Deeply personal confessions that still feel universal.
LPR Presents: Diles que no me maten
A five-piece band working on a first-thought, best-thought basis, shaping krautrock-style jams into wiry art rock with bluesy ballads. Escrito en Agua is their most accessible album yet.
LPR Presents: Rising Appalachia with support from Viv & Riley
Seamless harmonies, songcatching and storytelling from a folk band that has reached its grassroots following by train, horseback, bio-diesel bus and sailboat. Ten albums deep.
LPR Presents: Rising Appalachia
Seamless harmonies and storytelling from a band with ten albums, who built a devoted grassroots following by touring communities via train, horseback, bio-diesel bus and sailboat.
LPR Presents: S. Carey
Sean Carey, Bon Iver's drummer and backing vocalist, steps out with his own songs: jazz-rooted writing, themes of nature and sustainability, and heartfelt lyrics. Latest album is Watercress.
Inside PROTOTYPE 2027—A Conversation with OperaWire
A first look at the new works in the PROTOTYPE festival, with intimate performances and conversations with the composers, performers, and creative teams about their inspirations and process.
