Writing about experimental music at various publications. Blogging at The Road to Sound. Based in NYC.https://bsky.app/profile/vanessakayague.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/vanessakayague.bsky.social/post/3lmf2bsv6ks25MY OFFICIAL REVIEW OF BIG EARS 2025 FOR @icareifyoulisten.bsky.social https://icareifyoulisten.com/2025/04/big-ears-festival-2025-reminds-us-to-open-ourselves-to-wild-and-wonderful-sounds/09 Apr 2025 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:sphp5ox6wldjoktew4tkdhfu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmf2bsv6ks25https://bsky.app/profile/vanessakayague.bsky.social/post/3lknouxknos2hThe 2025 NYC Experimental Music Venues Tournament is HERE. To participate, email your bracket to: nycexperimentalvenuesbracket@gmail.com. May the weirdest and wildest win 🤘🏻🤘🏻18 Mar 2025 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:sphp5ox6wldjoktew4tkdhfu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lknouxknos2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/vanessakayague.bsky.social/post/3lhgmsspka226Some (more) musings on the ever-evolving Long String Instrument live now on my blog: https://theroadtosound.com/2025/02/05/on-the-long-string-instrument-as-seen-at-roulette/05 Feb 2025 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:sphp5ox6wldjoktew4tkdhfu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhgmsspka226https://bsky.app/profile/vanessakayague.bsky.social/post/3leozd7efus2bI wrote about some of the albums that shaped my 2024. Live now on my blog, The Road to Sound: https://theroadtosound.com/2025/01/01/2024-in-music/01 Jan 2025 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:sphp5ox6wldjoktew4tkdhfu/app.bsky.feed.post/3leozd7efus2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/vanessakayague.bsky.social/post/3ldzbzfeakc2uit’s time to lock tf in24 Dec 2024 01:25 +0000at://did:plc:sphp5ox6wldjoktew4tkdhfu/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldzbzfeakc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/vanessakayague.bsky.social/post/3ldlhtd4v5k23“Visions, imaginings, composition, improvisation, all could be thought of as a dream.” Took a little journalism trip upstate to profile Kite, a performing artist using Lakota visual language to make improvised music from dreams, for I Care If You Listen: https://icareifyoulisten.com/2024/12/lakota-ontologies-ai-and-graphic-scores-find-a-symbiotic-home-in-the-waking-dreams-of-kite/18 Dec 2024 13:32 +0000at://did:plc:sphp5ox6wldjoktew4tkdhfu/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldlhtd4v5k23https://bsky.app/profile/vanessakayague.bsky.social/post/3lcuu2nn6gk2tBlogged about my favorite show of the year — Wadada Leo Smith and Amina Claudine Myers at Roulette last week: https://theroadtosound.com/2024/12/09/wadada-leo-smith-and-amina-claudine-myers-at-roulette/09 Dec 2024 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:sphp5ox6wldjoktew4tkdhfu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcuu2nn6gk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/vanessakayague.bsky.social/post/3lcdje2iwn22xWrote about tashi dorji for the pitchfork songs list 🤘🏻🤘🏻 happy year-end list season to all who celebrate https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-songs-2024/02 Dec 2024 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:sphp5ox6wldjoktew4tkdhfu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcdje2iwn22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/vanessakayague.bsky.social/post/3lc6s44wfz22sIt’s the most wonderful time of the year (vince guaraldi season)30 Nov 2024 19:06 +0000at://did:plc:sphp5ox6wldjoktew4tkdhfu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc6s44wfz22shttps://bsky.app/profile/vanessakayague.bsky.social/post/3lc3ntcgg4s22Versionland is a surrealist fantasy using music to explore the unknown phenomena of “the hum.” My album-of-the-week review for @thequietus.com: https://thequietus.com/quietus-reviews/album-of-the-week/phaedra-ensemble-jamie-hamilton-versionland-review/29 Nov 2024 13:12 +0000at://did:plc:sphp5ox6wldjoktew4tkdhfu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc3ntcgg4s22https://bsky.app/profile/vanessakayague.bsky.social/post/3lawvjvy2d72fpeaking 5 days into having this app14 Nov 2024 22:21 +0000at://did:plc:sphp5ox6wldjoktew4tkdhfu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lawvjvy2d72fhttps://bsky.app/profile/vanessakayague.bsky.social/post/3lawv7zhdpq25ever since i was a little girl i knew i wanted to post about experimental music on a social media app called bluesky14 Nov 2024 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:sphp5ox6wldjoktew4tkdhfu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lawv7zhdpq25https://bsky.app/profile/vanessakayague.bsky.social/post/3laqwvp7ani2nHad the pleasure of interviewing Elaine Mitchener in advance of Edinburgh’s Deep Time festival for @thequietus.bsky.social. A truly lovely conversation centering on the ‘80s New York arts scene! Read here: https://thequietus.com/news/elaine-mitchener-on-curating-this-years-deep-time-festival/12 Nov 2024 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:sphp5ox6wldjoktew4tkdhfu/app.bsky.feed.post/3laqwvp7ani2n