WHAT IS AMERICAN | AMAZON MUSIC

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AM I BORN | OPERA NEWS - CRITICS CHOICE

“Am I Born” chosen as the Critics Choice, Opera News June 2022

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WHAT IS AMERICAN | APPLE MUSIC

What is American - Apple Music: The A-List: Classical

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WHAT IS AMERICAN | VIOLINIST.COM

The New York City-based PUBLIQuartet's latest album explores the resonance between contemporary, blues, jazz, free and rock-inflected music - all of which trace their roots back to the Black and Indigenous music that inspired Dvorak’s “American” String Quartet.

FEATUREGuest UserJune 16, 2022What is American

IMPULSE | BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

This sophisticated selection is considered and beautifully performed, Bak showcasing his instrument’s resonant power in solo and chamber works.

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WHAT IS AMERICAN | I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

But staples like Dvorak and Coleman are not “straight” arrangements; improvisation reigns on this album. Whether intended or not, it calls to mind that history, even with its rigor, is a reflective approximation; our past is as fluid – and often even more unfamiliar – as our present.

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OURSELF BEHIND OURSELF, CONCEALED | TEXTURA REVIEW

The tapestry the six pieces form is multi-hued and stylistically rich.

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IMPULSE | AMAZON MUSIC: FRESH CLASSIAL (Copy

For his solo debut album, the Jamaican-American viola player Jordan Bak has put together a recital of daringly introspective music….

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WHAT IS AMERICAN | APPLE MUSIC

What is American - Apple Music: New in Classical

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AM I BORN | VAN MAGAZINE

The ghosts of history also permeate “Am I Born,” moving like a palimpsest.

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THEY STILL WANT TO KILL US | #1 TIDAL - SONGS & ARIAS

They Still Want to Kill Us - #1 on Tidal - Songs & Arias Playlist

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THEY STILL WANT TO KILL US | OPERA WIRE

Bright Shiny Things in partnership with composer/violinist/activist Daniel Bernard Roumain, award-winning mezzo-soprano and activist, J’Nai Bridges, and Sozo Creative releases a digital single and video of DBR’s “They Still Want to Kill Us,” an aria sung by Bridges, to mark the anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

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IMPULSE | VIOLINIST.COM

The album features the world premiere recording of "Tableau XII" by Tyson Gholston Davis, and a diverse roster of composers from the early 20th century to the present

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