The No Normal Podcast

This special episode of The No Normal presents new works by three spoken word and sound duos. New Music Edmonton commissioned these recordings as part of its 2020-21 No Normal season. We hope you will enjoy these extraordinary creations by Brandon Wint and Adam Saikaley, Nisha Patel and Ru Manyonga, and Dwennimmen and Mustaf Rafiq. _____________ Thank you to our generous sponsors and funders who m...

Winter is coming on in the northern hemisphere. The No Normal, Episode Two is here, with lots of conversation and new music. We have new releases by The Giovanni, bracing/ light pirate and Diana Tayler from our Edmonton Arts Council-sponsored New Music for the No Normal Project. Also - don’t miss our first NME Commissions Redux, as we listen to The Break, composed by Jane Berry for UltraViolet in...

New Music Edmonton has commissioned a dozen local artists to create new classical, audio and audio-visual works. We’ll be previewing them on the podcast over the first three episodes, and they will be available for further listening on our SoundCloud and VIMEO pages. For our first episode, we will meet and listen to five of those new creations, with Rio Houle, Raylene Campbell, George Andrix, Bhuy...

New Music Edmonton has been hard at work over the last months planning new ways of presenting the latest in innovative music and sonic art, and we’re excited to offer a season full of new work and new ways of experiencing that work. We have a lot of great things planned, and an amazing roster of artists creating new projects. The old “normal” is gone, and there is no new normal: bring on the no no...