A Song For Friday: NO HAY BANDA & Steven Kazuo Takasugi

Takasugi's Il Teatro Rosso amazes. Also, releases from Hypercube Ensemble, Richard Festinger, Raven Chacon, Zosha Warpeha & Mariel Terán, Josephine Odhil, Avery Friedman, The Convenience, and Fan Club

My recent experience of Steven Kazuo Takasugi’s music has been based on performances, whether a revival of the “masterful and discomfiting” Strange Autumn or the New York premiere of his “mind-blowing” Piano Concerto, both of which I got to see last year. I’ve been yearning to revisit these complex pieces, especially the Piano Concerto, or spend time wi…