Mary Halvorson
@maryhalvorson.bsky.social
Official page of guitarist & composer Mary Halvorson. Photo by Werner Siebert. https://linktr.ee/maryhalvorsonmusic
In today’s Nonesuch Ninety—the week’s Nonesuch news in less than 90 seconds—Anthony Roth Costanzo pre-order, new @nataliemerchant.bsky.social, Punch Brothers x Newport Folk, Ambrose Akinmusire, @maryhalvorson.bsky.social video, Dylan Mattingly x @nybooks.com, Makaya McCraven x Nate Chinen, and more.
Happy weekend! Great live events ahead from Flea, Ambrose Akinmusire, John Adams, @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social, Hurray for the Riff Raff, @maryhalvorson.bsky.social, Makaya McCraven, @stevereich.bsky.social, Chris Thile, Tortoise, Molly Tuttle, and Yasmin Williams: www.nonesuch.com/journal/none...
Ambrose Akinmusire & @maryhalvorson.bsky.social have released a video for “Prelude in the Ash,” the opening track to their new duo album, 'Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings.' It was made by Julia Schimautz from photography by Nicholas Albrecht. youtu.be/wuKDeD5iTCw
Ambrose Akinmusire & Mary Halvorson - Prelude in the Ash (Official Video)
YouTube video by Nonesuch Records
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"When they’re lyrical, they’re quite gorgeous; when they’re wiggy, they shake up your notions of what the well-known musicians who made them are about." — @magnetmagazine.bsky.social on Ambrose Akinmusire & @maryhalvorson.bsky.social's new album magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/27/e...
Essential New Music: Ambrose Akinmusire & Mary Halvorson’s “Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings” (@nonesuch.com, @maryhalvorson.bsky.social). “Freewheeling duets that make public a playing partnership that’s developed mostly in private over the past decade and a half”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/27/e...
Really looking forward to bringing Amaryllis to Blue Note Tokyo at the end of August! www.bluenote.co.jp/jp/news/pick...
【スペシャル・インタビュー】MARY HALVORSON | News & Features | BLUE NOTE TOKYO
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"Two US groundbreakers in contemporary jazz, trumpet visionary Ambrose Akinmusire and guitar iconoclast @maryhalvorson.bsky.social, team up for the deliciously titled 'Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings,' a collection of intimate duo pieces that are anything but safe or conventional." —Record Collector
“She has perhaps the most instantly recognizable guitar sound this side of Jimi Hendrix... It’s not so much that she defies conventional form as that she doesn’t bother with it at all." —DownBeat on @maryhalvorson.bsky.social, its Artist, Group, and Guitarist of the Year downbeat.com/news/detail/...
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Thanks to Mike West and the voters in the 74th Annual DownBeat Critics Poll!
"What a collaboration! ... A truly remarkable album, full of forward-thinking jazz ... even greater than the sum of its parts." —Everything Is Noise on @maryhalvorson.bsky.social & Ambrose Akinmusire's new album, 'Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings' everythingisnoise.net/features/the...
@maryhalvorson.bsky.social covers DownBeat! She's won its Critics Poll for Artist of the Year, Guitar, and Group (Amaryllis). Congrats to fellow winners Ambrose Akinmusire, Trumpet; Cécile McLorin Salvant, Female Vocalist; @darcyjamesargue.com, Arranger; @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social, Beyond Artist.
Next on Flotation Device: -Henze at 100 -Janice Giteck at 80 -New albums by Halvorson, Akinmusire, Amy Denio, Dewa Alit, Steve Layton, Horse Lords and more -Sorabji's Opus Archimagicum in its first recording Sunday 10pm PST 91.3fm kbcs.fm @kbcs.bsky.social @maryhalvorson.bsky.social @nonesuch.com
Happy weekend! Great live music head from Laurie Anderson & Sexmob, @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social, Hurray for the Riff Raff, @maryhalvorson.bsky.social, Punch Brothers, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Tortoise, Molly Tuttle, and Yasmin Williams: www.nonesuch.com/journal/none...
Too many brilliant albums to pick one favorite; here’s several from my @maryhalvorson.bsky.social collection.
"Beguiling and fascinating in equal measure, certainly reflects a lived-in artistic understanding and empathy, which is keenly felt in the advanced attention to detail shown in every piece." —Jazzwise Editor's Choice ⭐⭐⭐⭐ review of Ambrose Akinmusire & @maryhalvorson.bsky.social's new album
Here's a bit of "Prelude in the Ash," the opening track to Ambrose Akinmusire & @maryhalvorson.bsky.social's new album, 'Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings,' in a clip made by DTAN Studio with photos by Nicholas Albrecht. You can hear the song and the album at akinmusirehalvorson.lnk.to/slomoneon
Ambrose Akinmusire & @maryhalvorson.bsky.social are featured on Apple Music Jazz with their new album, 'Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings'! music.apple.com/us/curator/a...
In today’s Nonesuch Ninety—the week’s Nonesuch news in under 90 seconds—new Ambrose Akinmusire & @maryhalvorson.bsky.social, @robertplant.com fall tour, Neba Solo & Benego Diakité video, Jeff Parker among @pastemagazine.bsky.social year's best, Tortoise tour, and Allen Toussaint album anniversary.
Hey Substackers, we posted our latest Substack with Ambrose Akinmusire, @maryhalvorson.bsky.social, @robertplant.com, Neba Solo, Benego Diakité, Jeff Parker, Tortoise news and more. You can read it and subscribe for free at nonesuch.substack.com/p/ambrose-ak...
Trumpeter/composer Ambrose Akinmusire and guitarist/composer @maryhalvorson.bsky.social's album 'Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings'—four new compositions by each musician plus one collaboration—is out now on Nonesuch. You can get it and hear it at akinmusirehalvorson.lnk.to/slomoneon
@maryhalvorson.bsky.social introduced 'Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings,' her new album with Ambrose Akinmusire, in Devon Turnbull's Listening Room at Cooper Hewitt Museum in NYC today, a day ahead of its release. You can pick up a copy and hear it everywhere on Friday.
NYC: join us and @maryhalvorson.bsky.social for a listen to 'Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings,' her new album with Ambrose Akinmusire, in Devon Turnbull's Listening Room at Cooper Hewitt today at 1pm ET!
Join @maryhalvorson.bsky.social this Thursday at 5pm ET at a @bandcamp.com Listening Party for her new album with Ambrose Akinmusire, 'Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings,' ahead of its release on Friday! RSVP: maryhalvorson.bandcamp.com/merch/slo-mo...
In today’s Nonesuch Ninety—the week’s Nonesuch news in under 90 seconds—new Cécile McLorin Salvant track; Salvant, Ambrose Akinmusire and @maryhalvorson.bsky.social JJA Jazz Awards; @stevereich.bsky.social, Jonny Greenwood and @sksnider.bsky.social Opus Klassik nominations; Pride playlist; and more.
Hey Substackers, we posted our latest Substack with Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ambrose Akinmusire, @maryhalvorson.bsky.social, @stevereich.bsky.social, Jonny Greenwood, @sksnider.bsky.social, Pride news and more. You can read it and subscribe for free at nonesuch.substack.com/p/cecile-mcl...
"A true meeting of great minds ... 'Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings' ruminates as it illuminates." — @mjpj55.bsky.social's ⭐⭐⭐⭐ All About Jazz review of Ambrose Akinmusire & @maryhalvorson.bsky.social's new album www.allaboutjazz.com/slo-mo-neon-...
Congrats to @jazzjournos.bsky.social JJA Jazz Awards winners Cécile McLorin Salvant (Female Vocalist of the Year and, with pianist Sullivan Fortner, Duo of the Year), Ambrose Akinmusire (Trumpeter of the Year), and @maryhalvorson.bsky.social (Guitarist of the Year)! www.nonesuch.com/journal/ceci...
TGIF! Great live music ahead from Punch Brothers, @timoandres.bsky.social, Julia Bullock, Flea, Jonny Greenwood, @maryhalvorson.bsky.social, Emmylou Harris, @gabrielkahane.bsky.social, @bradmehldaumusic.com, @robertplant.com, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Molly Tuttle, and Yasmin Williams.
