FKA twigs — CAPRISONGS (Young/Atlantic) Francis Plagne — The Refrain (Black Truffle) Paul Giger — ars moriendi (ECM) The A’s — Fruit (Psychic Hotline) The Smile — A Light for Attracting Attention (XL) Eiko Ishibashi — For McCoy (Black Truffle) Pedro The Lion — Havasu (Polyvinyl Records) Dewa Alit &…

By Vanessa Reseland and David Bernabo — Continuing Recital’s sponsored partnership with the New Hazlett Theater, we are presenting a series of editorially-independent previews and reviews of the 2022–23 Community Supported Art (CSA) Performance Series. Below is our review of Perdita by Nathan Wagner, a collaborative response from Vanessa Reseland and David Bernabo with guest panelists Eric…

Learn about the history of University of Pittsburgh’s Electronic Music Studio — Cut Pathways, a podcast developed by the Oral History Program at Carnegie Mellon University, debuts four new episodes from their third season, “Steel City Outsiders and the Institutional Avant-garde.” Check out the latest episode about the history of University of Pittsburgh’s Electronic Music Studio here: “The Buchla synthesizer experienced…

By Vanessa Reseland — High school can be a trying place under the best of circumstances. Despite the excitement of growing up, hormones and independent streaks often derail the innocent childhoods on which teens once coasted. In less protected communities and households, that naivete was lost before freshman year. With less supervision and more…

By Vanessa Reseland — Continuing Recital’s sponsored partnership with the New Hazlett Theater, we are presenting a series of editorially-independent previews and reviews of the 2022–23 Community Supported Art (CSA) Performance Series. Below is our review of Somewhere Strange by Vida Chai, a collaborative response from Vanessa Reseland and guest panelists Jason Baldinger, David…

By Vanessa Reseland The perils of self-reflection are not usually traversed by those living in survival mode. There is no time to wallow in a crisis, but what happens when the crisis itself gives you more time than you’re prepared to handle? Cut to the early days of the COVID-19…

Despite being literally visible, the conditions surrounding labor in the service industry often go unseen. Eating & Working & Eating & Working is a feature-length documentary film that follows six people working in the food industry from the beginning to the end of their work day. Along the way, participants…

Writer and performer Bailey Lee creates an impressive ode to her Papa — Continuing Recital’s sponsored partnership with the New Hazlett Theater, we are presenting a series of editorially-independent previews and reviews of the 2021–22 Community Supported Art (CSA) Performance Series. Below is our review of Papa by Bailey Lee, a collaborative response from Recital editor David Bernabo and guest panelist Ariel Xiu…

An interview with Bailey Lee on the play, “Papa” In Bailey Lee’s Papa, the viewer journeys from the farmlands of rural China to the hills of McKeesport, celebrating Asian American heritage by exploring the Lee family’s memories, fantasies, and heartaches through drama, music, and puppetry. The performance is part of…