Lawrence Peryer·May 31George Grella on Minimalist Music and TimeGeorge Grella Jr. is one of the sharpest music critics working today. He’s the music editor of The Brooklyn Rail and has written for The…
InTony’s Junk DrawerbyAnthony (Tony/Pcunix) Lawrence 👀·Oct 9, 2025Some Music I Didn’t Know, Yet I DidYou may never have heard of it either
Sound Chronicle·Jun 29, 2022Sound Chronicles: A Conversation at Terry Riley’s Apartment in YamanashiIt was a warm early winter Sunday morning as I embarked on a journey to meet Terry Riley at his apartment in Yamanashi. It was real, yet…
Sound Chronicle·Jun 28, 2022Terry Riley’s Three performances in JapanTerry Riley, a musician and composer born in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. At a very tender age he cried when he heard the…
RJ Valeo·May 24, 2022Terry Riley — composer, spiritual guide, or otherworldly visitor?A few years ago I had the most amazing experience. I was on the J/M/Z train headed towards Brooklyn, just leaving Canal Street train…
Steven Hale·Jun 7, 2021Songs for Insomniacs 54: John Cale and Terry Riley, “The Protege”The closing track from the 1971 collaboration is less like the long, exploratory hallucinatory drones on the rest of the album — it’s…
In6 Album SundaybyEddy Bamyasi·Nov 23, 2020I’m Just Not Sure What I Think About This Music — And That’s A Good ThingTerry Riley is a keyboard player from a Californian town near San Francisco. Here Eddy feels his way with two of his most famous albums.
