Announcing two special nights of music and poetry in Chicago! On Friday and Saturday, August 1st and 2nd, the new ensemble, Edition XL, will make its Chicago debut at The […]
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Author: Ken Vandermark
Interview for PostGenre: Music Beyond Category
In advance of my No Idea residency in Austin on May 29 and 30, 2025, organized by Chris Cogburn, I was interviewed by Rob Shepherd for his “PostGenre: Music Beyond […]
Read moreBack To ESS To Work With Corbett vs. Dempsey
[photo of John Corbett and Jim Dempsey by Meg Noe] On Thursday, July 17th, I returned to Experimental Sound Studio in Chicago to complete mixes on two projects for the […]
Read moreStudio Work
[photo of Ken Vandermark and Chris Felver by John Corbett] Two days were spent at Experimental Sound Studio in Chicago this week, each focusing on different aspects of documenting […]
Read moreDiscussion with Furkan Çolak
Furkan Çolak, a member of the Noesis Collective of musicians and artists based in Ankara, Turkey, recently got in touch to interview me. The discussion was in-depth and far […]
Read moreEdition XL concert update
[left to right: Erez Dessel, Nick Macri, Lily Finnegan] Back in February, work with the sextet Edition XL began. As you can tell from these rehearsal photos taken in March […]
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