Composer Alyssa Weinberg curates this week's ListN Up! playlist, featuring music by Kaija Saariaho, Unsuk Chin, and others. Check it out by visiting our website! icareifyoulisten.com/2026/10/list...

"Extended just intonation, a tuning system based on acoustically pure intervals...What excites me most about the system is the possibility of finding finer shades of consonance. Just intonation offers another way forward without relying on an arbitrary system." icareifyoulisten.com/2026/10/5-qu...

"As my ears adjusted, I didn’t hear rushing water in a sea cave. I heard encoded messages spoken by nature’s geologic breaths — messages that Rigby and Kafele offered me the chance to decode, and perhaps even to understand." icareifyoulisten.com/2026/10/revi...

"Attendees who came to bask in hours of sublime ambient music got their money’s worth. Those who braved a (mild) nor’easter specifically to witness an epic reunion left unrewarded." icareifyoulisten.com/2026/10/revi...

Check out the latest concert review on I CARE IF YOU LISTEN, from contributor Michelle Hromin. Mutlidisciplinary artist Nwando Ebizie explores an Afrofuturist interpretation of Hiledgard von Bingen's "Ordo Virtutem" in this new opera production. icareifyoulisten.com/2026/10/revi...

I CARE IF YOU LISTEN contributor Chrysanthe Tan sits down with interdisciplinary artist iiisa for 5Q interview. Check it out by visiting our website! icareifyoulisten.com/2026/09/5-qu...

Visit our website to read the latest concert review from London-based I CARE IF YOU LISTEN contributor @carolinefrmus.bsky.social icareifyoulisten.com/2026/09/revi...

I CARE IF YOU LISTEN contributor Clover Nahabedian asks composer and multi-instrumentalist Weston Olencki about their collaboration with TAK Ensemble, latest album release, and their relationship with developing technologies. Visit our website for more. icareifyoulisten.com/2026/09/5-qu...

I CARE IF YOU LISTEN Editor Amanda Cook traveled to Norway to experience a weekend of boundary-pushing creative work in a variety of forms. Check out Amanda's observations and experiences! Follow the link in our bio. icareifyoulisten.com/2026/09/revi...

I CARE IF YOU LISTEN contributor Yaz Lancaster sits down with Szalon founder Andrea Clearfield for a conversation ahead of the concert series' 40th anniversary. Check it out now by following the link in our bio! icareifyoulisten.com/2026/09/5-qu...

“On Sept. 13 at Roulette, two sets offered different modes of immersion. Both explored the contours of sound as it whipped across the room … The concert hall became not just a space to sit, but a living organism swayed by the music’s subterranean force.” icareifyoulisten.com/2026/09/revi...

Today's ListN Up! playlist is curated by composer Nursalim Yadi Anugerah. Don't miss this personal and transformative playlist. Visit our website to listen now! icareifyoulisten.com/2026/09/list...

"I wanted the audience to see the rhythms as well as hear them....Like the electronics, the acoustic instruments seem to emerge from the mechanical sounds of the hardware switches, before taking on a life of their own." icareifyoulisten.com/2026/09/vide...

"Future editions of Sound and Gravity will reel me back in, eager to hear what I missed. When I do return, I hope it will be alongside more Chicagoans from every walk of life." icareifyoulisten.com/2026/09/revi...

I CARE IF YOU LISTEN contributor Julia Kuhlman sits down with prolific flutist to discuss her commissioning project. Check out the full profile by visiting our website! icareifyoulisten.com/2026/09/clai...

I CARE IF YOU LISTEN contributor Michelle Hromin asks 5 Questions to composer-bassoonist Katherine Young. Visit our website to read the full conversation! icareifyoulisten.com/2026/09/5-qu...

I CARE IF YOU LISTEN editor Amanda Cook sits down with the multimedia artist Camille Norment ahead of her installations and performances at Oslo's contemporary music festival. Visit our website to check it out! icareifyoulisten.com/2026/09/cami...

"The more I thought about it, I realized I wanted to zero in on a particular aspect of the intersection between disability aesthetics and music, and to highlight the ingenuity that viewing and executing musical performance through a disability lens can bring." icareifyoulisten.com/2026/09/list...

Visit our website today to read the latest 5 Questions interview, in which pianist and composer Christian Li answers 5 Questions from I CARE IF YOU LISTEN contributor Tristan McKay. icareifyoulisten.com/2026/09/5-qu...

Check out the latest album review on I CARE IF YOU LISTEN, written by contributor Jacob Kopcienski. Visit our website to read the full article! icareifyoulisten.com/2026/09/revi...

I CARE IF YOU LISTEN contributor Hannah Edgar reviews the Chicago performance of Julius Eastman's work. Check it out now on our website! icareifyoulisten.com/2026/08/revi...

I CARE IF YOU LISTEN contributor Vanessa Ague speaks with the organist-composer ahead of the release of her newest album. Visit our website to read the full article! icareifyoulisten.com/2026/08/sara...

I CARE IF YOU LISTEN contributor Jordan Silversmith reviews the performance from International Contemporary Ensemble at TIME:SPANS Festival. Visit our website to check it out! icareifyoulisten.com/2026/08/revi...

"I look for the textures and colors, the tensions and releases that reveal secrets, the feelings that you can’t quite grasp, and make you long. And the feeling of longing feels so good." icareifyoulisten.com/2026/08/list...

I CARE IF YOU LISTEN contributor Clover Nahabedian pens this review of the latest album release from composer Mary Kouyoumdjian. Visit the link below to read the full article now! icareifyoulisten.com/2026/08/revi...

Check out the album review of the latest release from Imani Winds, written by I CARE IF YOU LISTEN contributor Christian Kriegeskotte by visiting our website! icareifyoulisten.com/2026/08/revi...

The latest album release form Grammy Award-winning violinist Jennifer Koh was reviewed by I CARE IF YOU LISTEN contributor Dalanie Harris. Check it out by visiting our website! icareifyoulisten.com/2026/08/revi...

"Merging and combining genre in a genuine and authentic way is not easy, as it requires a deep respect, understanding, and reverence of the styles involved, but if done correctly, it can be a key to increase diversity and representation within classical music." icareifyoulisten.com/2026/08/5-qu...

"Rebekah Heller is on a mission to smash every tired stereotype or bad orchestra joke about the bassoon. Her new album...left me wondering why it took so long for the world to hear how cool bassoons are." icareifyoulisten.com/2026/08/revi...

"The Jino children who were a critical part of the project had been denied visas three separate times...With this context, the work held a spirit of resistance... highlighting the resilience of peoples who seek to define their own collective histories." icareifyoulisten.com/2026/08/revi...