A Song For Friday: Matt Evans

A stunning album from the percussionist, composer, and producer. Also: David Bird, Caroline Shaw & Andrew Yee, Lea Bertucci, Phillip Golub, Danz CM, whait, and Emma Swift

Sometimes an experience gains more power in retrospect. When I went to the MATA Festival at The Kitchen in 2018, one of the pieces was Erin Rogers’ Light-On-Light, which used unusual objects for percussion (including saxophones) that I said were “gamely played by Matthew Evans and Amy Garapic.” Little did I know in that moment that Evans would become on…