2026 Brooklyn Free Spirit Festival has been announced! Workshop/performance by Zeena Parkins, listening session w/ Cooper-Moore, Selendis, Hans-Young Binter, Josh Matthews, Janice Lowe's Museotry, Jamal R. Moore, Trae Crudup, Nate Wooley, Ryan Sawyer and more! www.kyokokitamura.com/brooklyn-fre...

Friday morning break with Lennie Tristano documentary. Young Sheila Jordan and Connie Crothers also interviewed. #music www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw0W...

Currently listening to "Tried in the Fire", gorgeous new release from pianist Mara Rosenbloom and Croatian vocalist Barbara Majnarić. Mara, Melanie Dyer and I, the three members of Siren Xypher Collective, will be performing at LOOVE Annex tonight at 8PM. mararosenbloom.bandcamp.com/album/tried-...

Tomorrow 4/22 Wednesday at LOOVE ANNEX in Williamsburg: Inter(space) Residency starting at 7PM, I'll be performing with Siren Xypher (Melanie Dyer, Mara Rosenbloom, myself) at 8PM, then with PocketWatch at 9:30PM. 238 N 12th St, Brooklyn, NY 11211.

An advantage of not working w/ broadcast journalism deadlines that I can follow stories for decades. Keiko Yamada/Larry Clark controversy continues a decade later w/ Yamada still being programmed today. Updated info on my blog post www.kyokokitamura.com/the-case-of-... #music #musiceducation

Pianist Jonathan Paik last night. This video does not do full justice so multiply by a thousand to imagine the extent of musicality and talent. Do check out his band Fugitive. Unbelievable. Drums: Whit Dickey #music

Tomorrow Wednesday evening, starting at 7PM at LOOVE ANNEX in Williamsburg Brooklyn. I will be performing with William Parker's PocketWatch. 238 N 12th St, Brooklyn, NY 11211. More info here: www.artsforart.org/interspace/ #music #WilliamParker

Kakudo Manami, an artist whose track I played on WFMU yesterday, singer-songwriter, percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, multi-disciplinary www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQOC...

The show i did is now archived wfmu.org/archiveplaye...

Tomorrow, on WFMU, I'll be playing rare gems from Japan, including two recent tracks from Nonoko Yoshida and an oldie from Manami Kakudo. Also a rare track by Agnès Palier. Plus a radio edit excerpt from Anthony Braxton's Sonic Genome from 2019. And lots more. 2-5PM. #music wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

Reaction to my unscientific AI-music tool experiment: "AI is powerful and we need to be aware" comments invariably came from those who were engaged with AI in their respective fields, did not see AI as a binary good/bad situation, knew it was all around us. www.kyokokitamura.com/reactions-to...

Snow in Bennington

Sneak peek: next Saturday I'll be on WFMU and will play tracks by Alfredo Colón, Connie Crothers, Alexis Marcelo, Manami Kakudo, Agnès Palier, Ellen Christi, a surprise artist if the CDs arrive on time, and more. I'll also discuss what I learned from Anthony Braxton. #music wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

This was superbly done in its cohesiveness, pulling together disparate opinions under one theme: how worried should we be? #AIdoc #AI www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkPb...

My newsletter which just went out, with my April performances. mailerlite.kyokokitamura.com/preview/7574... #music

If most people can't tell an AI-generated track from human-made, does authorship matter? If fans create a community around an AI artist, is music still functioning as community anchor? Have we already reached a point of no return? #music #AI www.showbiz411.com/2026/03/27/e...

Amazing

At Amina Claudine Myers 84th bday celebration. I am one of the staff. See some of you there.

The "AI" musical group Neon Oni is set to perform live concerts in Japan. "Initially, Neon Oni existed solely in the digital realm. Its creator, known as Kage, used Suno AI to generate music and conceived seven fictional members from Tokyo." #music #AI #AImusic #MusicAI forklog.com/en/ai-band-n...

AI music generator samples from 2023 now compiled in my Soundcloud. I was an early tester for Google's MusicLM, now MusicFX. In less than 3 years, AI music generators went from sideshow to industry powerhouse. Compare to my Suno playlist for full effect. #music #AI soundcloud.com/kyoko-kitamu...

Currently listening to Alfredo Colón's Blood Burden, so good. outofyourheadrecords.bandcamp.com/album/blood-... #music

All in a blog post, the devastatingly convincing AI-generated music and even ways turn it into sheet music. Very disturbing. #Suno #music www.kyokokitamura.com/i-uploaded-m...

Not to be overly dramatic, but you can hear capitalism ripping the heart out of human creativity here. I guess thanks to Kyoko for providing such a clear example of how sad all of this is. Make sure to listen to the OG tracks at the bottom of the playlist (maybe listen to them first).

I put my music through the AI music generator SUNO and this is what happened, now compiled in one place on this Soundcloud Playlist. The results are devastatingly good and incredibly disturbing. #music #SUNO #AI soundcloud.com/kyoko-kitamu...

A bit sudden, but my new EP is here, with lots of sounds from found objects. kyokokitamura.bandcamp.com/album/artifa... #music

Marking our first NYC appearance since 2020, collective quartet Geometry (Joe Morris, Tomeka Reid, Taylor Ho Bynum, Kyoko Kitamura) convenes for Arts for Art’s OUT Festival at LOOVE ANNEX (Williamsburg) on SAT March 14 at 9:00 PM. We’ll be celebrating latest releases. www.artsforart.org/out-fest/

Geometry, a collective quartet with Joe Morris, Tomeka Reid, Taylor Ho Bynum and myself, will have a very rare outing on Saturday March 14 at Arts for Art's OUT FEST. We have four albums but we hardly ever perform live. Followed by William Parker's Pocketwatch! #music www.artsforart.org/out-fest/

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Tale of Two Tower Records. Tower Records Shibuya (Tokyo) absolutely buzzing with shoppers: a mecca for music lovers, idol fans, merch collectors, social activities and more. And the clerk told me that today was not crowded! International Anthem and Makaya McCraven prominently featured. #music

Working on music with William Parker and a few of the Pocket Watch Orchestra members. Performing Thursday at NuBlu as part of Winter Jazzfest. #winterjazzfest #WilliamParker www.winterjazzfest.com/1/08/26-nublu

Finished rehearsing with William Parker to find these stunning performers at Delancey St-Essex St station (the dancer, I believe, might be Ja'Bowen). I love NYC. youtu.be/i0AxVO67gjI

Holiday research. Thoroughly enjoyed the tremendous music section of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in D.C. Intrigued to find Lennie Tristano’s name on the panel. (Braxton on there too, of course.) I’ll need to revisit next year for more.

Braxton festivities at Roulette reviewed, w/ wonderful mention of the Workshop and the Tri-Centric Vocal Ensemble performance. Happy to be quoted w/ my belief on human connection: “I can’t stress enough, the importance of being in the (same) room with each other.” amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/12...

For music lovers in Tokyo: Workshop on the music of Anthony Braxton — Tokyo version, February 8, 2026. Reservation highly recommended. tokyogenonproject.net?p=1217

TILT Brass adding gorgeous musical colors to @moma.bsky.social, works by @chrismcintyre.bsky.social were absolutely stunning.

Since the Anthony Braxton celebrations last month at Roulette, this mini-documentary has been making rounds again, with rare Braxton interviews and footage of his conducting. #music youtu.be/kDAOvdoiZJI?...

Friday research: Cornelius Cardew and the Scratch Orchestra #music www.youtube.com/watch?v=oksU...

Gift article, for this wonderful overview of the Braxton events at Roulette Intermedium by The New York Times. Happy to have been able to celebrate Anthony's oeuvre with the Tri-Centric Vocal Ensemble. Hooray for music! #music #AnthonyBraxton www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...

Some members of the Tri-Centric Vocal Ensemble with the composer. L to R: Chris DiMeglio, Kamala Sankaram, Elizabeth Saunders, Anthony Braxton, members, Roland Burks, Tomás Cruz. At @roulettenyc.bsky.social last night.

Last night. (Tonight, we'll demonstrate how this all works in a performance.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-j9...

Revisiting Anthony Braxton's opera Trillium J, excerpts of which will be incorporated in the upcoming performance at @roulettenyc.bsky.social on November 5. vimeo.com/ondemand/tri...

Highly recommended for all educators who encourage curiosity, engagement and critical thinking—for democracy. Catch it if you can. It’s awesome. #TheLastClass www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-...

Wednesday morning research daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2015/02/corn...

Discussion, not cancellation. My blog posts on music and business have often been source material for others, which I am very happy about. I learned recently that this TikTok video references my writing on the Larry Clark/Keiko Yamada controversy. Discuss on! www.tiktok.com/@ms.shoemake...

Now on YouTube, the documentary I created on Anthony Braxton and Syntactical Ghost Trance Music. Tri-Centric is moving videos to YouTube after the announcement of Vimeo's acquisition by Bending Spoon. Workshop happening at Roulette in November. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDAO... #music #AnthonyBraxton

Starting the slow prep for the Tri-Centric Vocal Ensemble performance in November. My desk is once again covered in Braxton scores. It’s been a while. Feels good to be back in this music. #music #AnthonyBraxton

Last night’s rehearsal with William Parker, Cooper-Moore and many many others. Performance on Friday at Prospect Park. bricartsmedia.org/event/willia...

Small group rehearsal started tonight for “William Parker Presents Ellington in Mourning” August 15 @ Prospect Park Lena Horne Bandshell bricartsmedia.org/event/willia... #music #WilliamParker

Everything worth doing is worth trying! Listen at wfmu.org/playlists/sh... or on yer transistor at 91.1fm (90.1 in the Catskills/Poconos, 91.9 in NYC/Rockland Co.)