registration is now open for a three-session master class i'm offering in january! gabrielkahane.substack.com/p/the-year-i...

cc: @nytpitchbot.bsky.social

cc: @nytpitchbot.bsky.social

A440 in the streets, A415 in the sheets

please send me funny skeets to set to music !!

All you AI haters need to accept that our feeble human intellect cannot compete with the overwhelming

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you can dislike Maroon 5 without being antisemitic.

parmigiano in the streets, stracciatella in the sheets

(In the Oval Office) Susie Wiles: She spiked the CECOT story at the last minute to demonstrate her sycophancy. Stephen Miller: How Bari, Bari Weiss of her.

(In the Oval Office) Susie Wiles: She spiked the CECOT story at the last minute to demonstrate her sycophancy. Stephen Miller: How Bari, Bari Weiss of her.

Merry Christmas from your friendly neighborhood Jew with a penchant for deconstructing beloved baroque carols. m.youtube.com/watch?v=UHN9...

I was a teenage mansplainer

Fairly certain that I wrote more prose this year than I did music, which sort of scares me. But that’s just how the manicotti oozed, capisce?? gabrielkahane.substack.com

JD Vance’s profundity is not limited to giving white people permission to not apologize for their whiteness

I wrote about a timely new book, and what it may teach us about a moment in which a freighted word has become a powerful smokescreen. gabrielkahane.substack.com/p/the-bibi-w...

I wrote about Mark Mazower’s excellent new book, ‘On Antisemitism: A Word in History,’ and what it might teach us about this moment. gabrielkahane.substack.com/p/the-bibi-w...

I wrote about Mark Mazower’s timely new book and what it might have to teach us about this moment in which a freighted term has become a powerful smokescreen. gabrielkahane.substack.com/p/the-bibi-w...

I find Bari Weiss reprehensible in just about every way. Still, there is irony (or lack of self-awareness?) in dismissing a call for cross-cultural dialogue as "the kind of diagnosis that a toddler would land on" within a platform that is not exactly known for its ideological diversity.

radiatore with pork sugo for the fourth night of chanukah; I will not be taking questions at this time

This is your semi-annual reminder that one does not “reach a crescendo.” One reaches a climax, an apotheosis, a blaring fortissimo *by way of* a crescendo. Thank you for attending my TED talk.

In the year I quit streaming, I fell in love with a lot of new music… with mentions of Ambrose Akinmusire, Wednesday, billy woods, Qasim Naqvi, Jason Moran, Linda May Han Oh, hand habits, Chris Thile, Carla Kihlstedt, Deerhoof, Joshua Burnside, and more… gabrielkahane.substack.com/p/eleven-alb...

“The album opens with a collage of found sounds: first, the whir of a film projector, then a series of eerie pitch sweeps, and finally a celesta whose plodding major chords are downright chilling—the rictus grin of a clown who’s about to murder you.” gabrielkahane.substack.com/p/eleven-alb...

I wrote about giving up streaming, a renaissance in my listening habits, and the albums that stuck with me this year.

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Folks, use code ‘rapaciouscapitalism’ to get 25% off everything in my wee bandcamp store for the next 24 hrs. gabrielkahane.bandcamp.com

Just approved test pressings for a record I am *very* excited to share with y’all…

The more time you spend on social media, the more likely you are to perceive the country as being more polarized than it is. I wrote about false polarization, the role of the citizen-artist, & why I still believe in MLK's philosophy of loving our enemies. gabrielkahane.substack.com/p/there-are-...

This week, I visited a class on the intersection of art and social justice. In distilling what I offered to the students, I’ve written here about false polarization, the act of listening, and the ways in which we can better help audiences to see each other. gabrielkahane.substack.com/p/there-are-...

the great dadaist poet of congress voted against releasing the epstein files

Is there a German word for the feeling when you click on a link to Rebecca Black's 2011 vanity single 'Friday,' only for it to be preceded by an ICE recruiting ad?

I still have maybe a dozen of these prints to ship out with vinyl or CD orders of 'Heirloom' if anyone wants them! gabrielkahane.bandcamp.com

I generally cringe at sharing criticism of my work, but I’ve seldom read a review that gets me & my music as much as this one does.

Showgirls

Impaled my index finger on the adhesive strip of a vinyl record mailer; ask me anything

real talk, has mamdani condemned brian ferneyhough???

Thanks to @npr.org's Tom Huizenga for including @gabrielkahane.bsky.social's new album, 'Heirloom,' performed by Jeffrey Kahane and The Knights, among this week's best new albums on 'All Songs Considered'! www.npr.org/2025/10/10/n...

Hello, humans! ‘Heirloom,’ my third album for @nonesuch.com, is out today. The LP documents a piano concerto I wrote for my father, Jeffrey Kahane. It’s a very personal piece—something of an aural family scrapbook. I'd be delighted if you were to give it a spin! gabrielkahane.bandcamp.com

One of our finest interpreters of the great American social media songbook

So good

In the wake of the horrific murder of Charlie Kirk, which only perpetuates this country's cycle of violence, I have found solace in the words of our President, Donald J. Trump, who, as he stated in his second inaugural address, came into office to defend our constitutional right to free speech.

Started dreaming this up last year, and thrilled that it’s finally happening. To our knowledge, this will be the first ever complete performance of all of Caroline’s iridescent quartets, and on a single day no less, right here in Portland, Oregon. Get involved. www.orsymphony.org/productions/...

As a heartbroken twenty-something living in Brooklyn in 2009, I wrote a song called "Where are the Arms," which became the title track of my sophomore LP, released in 2011. 1/3

As a former blogger myself, it’s heartening to see artists like @gabrielkahane.bsky.social keeping the spirit of the early-00’s blogosphere alive in their newsletters. Gabe’s latest piece includes some astute observations about the “dark art” of arranging: gabrielkahane.substack.com/p/where-are-...

Awww, thank you so much, Joe!! Scoop up your LPs while supplies last, folks! gabrielkahane.bandcamp.com/album/heirloom

On Bandcamp Friday, I recommend @gabrielkahane.bsky.social on active listening. (His Magnificent Bird LP just showed up in the mail--I splurged for Nonesuch's recent flash sale.) And I offer a thread about my music to encourage you to pick something up. gabrielkahane.substack.com/p/are-you-li... 🧵

When we talk about music streaming, we’re asking the wrong questions. gabrielkahane.substack.com/p/are-you-li...

Over the last few months, I’ve repeatedly been asked some version of this question: “I know Spotify is awful—I use it reluctantly because the catalog is amazing—are any of the other streaming services better for musicians?” Here’s my response. gabrielkahane.substack.com/p/are-you-li...

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millennial cringe imperial boomerang

This fall is gonna be a blast. More details at my spanking new website. gabrielkahane.com/where.html