Venerable Swiss improvisation and new music label lines up new Ayler and Giuffre releases

Belgian composer, keyboard player and Editions Walrus label owner has died aged 64

Three days of live performances, films and a workshops in recognition of Japanese art form Butoh

The Finnish electronic composer and former Sperm musician died on 6 May

Xenogenesis presents works produced between 2011 and 2018

Australian musician and label head celebrates ten years of releases

The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM. Broadcast on 25 April, this edition includes music from Fire! Orchestra, Our Native Daughters, Lungbutter, and more

The artist recently gained control of her back catalogue; in the meantime Bandcamp get first digital dibs on the archive

Called After Masterpieces, it also features Eben Bull, Sian Ahern and Anna Homler aka Breadwoman

Vibraphonist Khan Jamal's group travelled to at New York City’s Columbia University to record it

The Brooklyn based guitarist hand-picks a selection of tracks from her back catalogue

The series captures the late footwork pioneer in action between 2011–14 through the lens of Teklife’s Ashes57

Blank Editions ship Objects Of Desire at the end of May

Stream a selection of tracks from some of the releases we listened to during the making of our May 2019 issue

Another edition of The Wire’s weekly show on Resonance FM. Featuring a fistful of global punk from Nairobi’s Crystal Axis, Albuquerque’s Weedrat, the Navaho Nation’s Nizhóní Girls and Poland’s Hańba!, plus music by Katalin Ladik, Mona Mur, and more

Val Wilmer remembers the cloaked coffee bar performer who took a new approach to poetry reading inspired by skiffle, jazz, rock ’n’ roll and the blues

To mark 30 editions of The Wire’s Below The Radar series, DJ Mixsoup selects tracks from the archive for a dedicated radio broadcast

Film maker Cyrus Moussavi announces a Lonnie Holley sci-fi documentary and releases exclusive footage of a live performance from 2018

The label’s releases include new albums by Kate Carr, Lau Nau, Lieven Martens and Robert Cox

Released on 26 April, it features label boss Bradley Zero on vocals

US composer Kelly Moran releases her new Warp EP Origin on 17 May. She spoke to The Wire’s Deputy Editor Emily Bick before a performance at London's Southbank Centre on 5 April

The black British singer selects tracks which place the voice at the heart of black avant garde expression

Founder of the Rainbow Bridge and Swamp Circle imprints compiles a playlist featuring five of her own musical projects

The Paris based improvising musician shares an interview with the Japanese sound artist originally undertaken for the Oscillation festival

The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM. Broadcast on 11 April 2019, this edition featured new and archive releases from Rainbow Grave, Zounds, The Caretaker, and more

The 24th edition also features William Parker, Matthew Shipp, Peter Brötzmann, and more

Noton release his full digital back catalogue featuring early Alva Noto material

In advance of its 14 June release date, Park Jiha shares a video of opening track “Arrival”

Featuring performances from last year’s winner Klein and a DJ set from Beatrice Dillon

Sacred Bones repress some warm earth music for plants and the people who love them

The British jazz musician spoke to The Wire contributor Francis Gooding at Bleep's pop up shop

The piano duo present their rework of a 43 year old Palestine composition

Big Joanie, Screaming Toenail, Best Praxis and Cecilia are confirmed for the third edition of Decolonise Fest, and a fundraiser has been launched to bring Crystal Axis and Weedrat to the UK

The duo experiment with various approaches to collaboration on The Blue Horse

“Don't stop the dance,” declares Austrian festival

Mill's label delves into the archives to continue its reissue series throughout 2019

Sarathy Korwar, Pouya Ehsaei and Yelfris Valdes to perform at Corsica Studios in May

A gallery of images from PTP's new book of shots from their charitable gig series

The sister operation to Smalltown Supersound relaunches under new name

The history of Western music is built upon the work of Indigenous musicians whose voices must be heard, says tanner menard

The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM. This broadcast took place on 4 April and featured tracks by Ut, Cucina Povera, William Parker, and more

The Toronto happening is presented by Arraymusic and Native Women In The Arts

Compiled by Igor Yalivec of Gamardah Fungus, Kaleidoscope is released by Kate Carr’s label

Richie Hawtin and the Vinyl Factory celebrate the 25th anniversary of his FUSE project with a £300 box set

Chemical Flowers features string arrangements by JG Thirlwell aka Foetus

Time Krystal takes place this summer in Berlin with Hanna Hartmann, Stine Janvin, Lucy Railton, and more

The South London drummer and pianist reveals the first track from his forthcoming solo album

Check out a selection of images from a new monograph documenting the work of installation, sound and performance artist Anne Bean

The US performance artist also known as Breadwoman releases a new album of duets

A resource of music orientated organisations that have been set up by and for people with learning disabilities

EuroNoize sets to bring 11 bands of “punx and weirdos” together in May

The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM. This edition took place on 28 March and featured a guest mix by experimental turntablist Shiva Feshareki

After a 20 year partnership, Red Bull and consultation company Yadastar cease to operate Red Bull Music Academy and Red Bull Radio

Following a year-long hiatus, the sold out event has put out an open call for six artists to participate in a residency in June

“Why and how can a rock band like The Observatory exist in such a silent dream state?” Yan Jun discusses censorship amid the noise and silence of Singapore

The label run by The Wire contributor Jennifer Lucy Allan and James Ginzburg returns with a rare collection of live recordings and orchestral works from Terry Riley’s and Pandit Pran Nath’s associate Bartlett

The festival happens over two weekends in Bologna

The Wire's weekly show on London's Resonance FM. This broadcast took place on 21 March and featured tracks by Endon, Fire-Toolz, Sabbath Assembly, and more

Mike Barnes recalls meeting the singer whose music made his listeners get a bit too carried away

Described as “a blazing inferno”, it will take place from 24–28 April

“This uneasy interface between Alan Lomax and the record team is also where some errors crept into Voyager’s liner notes, many of which would last for decades”

The Wire contributor Russ Slater selects 13 essential recordings by the Brazilian percussionist

His current label 4AD announced the news on 25 March

This edition of The Wire's weekly slot on Resonance FM spends 90 minutes in the company of deep digging Lithuanian jazz institution NoBusiness. Hear music and archive discoveries from Barre Phillips, Bobby Naughton, Marion Brown, Choi Sun Bae, Bobby Bradford, and more

The free jazz vocalist explains the motivations and messages behind their forthcoming release From Untruth

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of The Wire 422

Also announced this week is a new album proper from the group’s longstanding members Abiodun Oyewole and Umar Bin Hassan

Composer Iain Chambers has lined up three new releases this spring

Artists confirmed include crys cole, Pan Daijing and Sally Ann Mcintyre

Over the course of three international festivals, musicians, performers, researchers and theorists examine the health effects of new ways of hearing

Back in June 2018, the Derby based vibraphonist set the date for his final gig as 23 March 2019

The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM. This broadcast took place on 7 March and featured music by Carl Stone, Snarky Puppy, Unnatural Ways, and more

Documenting Lou Reed’s life as a musician, composer, poet and tai chi student

The East London venue will host four day Brötzmann special in September

Josh Feola reports on the underground music happenings of Hangzhou in eastern China

Leyland James Kirby closes the door on The Caretaker with stage six of Everywhere At The End Of Time

A reading list of over 20 music books intended to teach or educate, compiled by Wire staff to accompany The Great Learning special issue

Author of The Black Atlantic wins the Norwegian prize for being “one of the most challenging and inventive figures in contemporary scholarship”

Pierre Crépon and Richard J Koloda speak to the bass player and poet who worked with Albert Ayler and Black Unity Trio, among others

Planning: is released by Maple Death on 22 March

“A more than satisfied portcullis is finally being lowered after almost 20 years,” says Ian Hicks

Jazz and Late Junction scaled back and “classical music programme designed for late night listening” introduced

The release of Matmos's new plastic-sourced album, featuring the sounds of Styrofoam coolers and silicone gel breast implants, is celebrated with this new exclusive mix

Exhibition series in Wrocław looks at the ways sound is perceived