The Quadraphonnes, Portland’s all-women sax quartet, will perform the music of the eccentric artist Moondog at the Alberta Rose Theater on March 7. Moondog was a blind street musician in New York City ...

When the coronavirus pandemic hit in 2020, members of the Vermilion Windjammer Big Band were beginning to experience musical withdrawals. David Kulik, a Tallmadge-based saxophonist from the Windjammer ...

When asked, "How is being in an all-female band different from being in a mixed-gender band?" Mary Sue Tobin of the all-female saxophone quartet the Quadraphones says, "We make a lot of lists!" Then ...

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As their band name suggests, Battle Trance—a spiritually-intense, shapeshifting unit led by Vermont/Brooklyn hornsmith Travis Laplante and featuring a unique set-up of four tenor saxophones—wrestle ...

Anthony Braxton's music can often be compared to that reoccurring dream many people have where they have an upcoming university exam. Still, they neither attended the classes nor studied for the test.

We meet an award-winning saxophone quartet from Texas. A teen flutist who is also a talented figure skater performs Faure. An impressive 16-year-old performs a piece by a guitarist/composer who ...