The Tonearm
Putting a needle on the cultural wax
The Tonearm is an ambitious and thoughtfully curated online magazine dedicated to amplifying the voices of boundary-pushing artists and creators across multiple mediums, including music, visual art and more. These artists inspire us, and they will also inspire you.

Claire Cope: Orchestrating Stories of Brave Women (Spotlight On : 254)

Craig Mod: Things Become Things That Last (Spotlight On : 252)

Tamiko Thiel: part 2 - art at technology's edge (Spotlight On : 251)

Tamiko Thiel: part 1 - sculpting the electronic brain (Spotlight On : 250)

Spotlight On Arthur Russell, with author Richard King

Hunter Noack: Grand Piano & Grander Landscapes (Spotlight On : 249)

Devin Gray: Most Definitely's solo drum universe

Gordon Grdina: the axe man cutting down borders

Noah Preminger: A Veteran Saxophonist Tackles the Ballad (Spotlight On : 248)

Steve Wynn: a music and memoir grand slam

Graham Reynolds: soundtrack virtuoso takes center stage

Satoko Fujii: composing beyond the jazz spirit

Ches Smith & Shara Lunon: dismantling musical conventions

Live at The Royal Room: improvisation in music and life

Riccardo La Foresta: drumming without drumming

Janek van Laak: drumming up a circle of madness

Mary Halvorson & Sylvie Courvoisier: Bone Bells and the Art of Surprise (Spotlight On : 247)

Paul Chastain: The Small Square's big sounds

Katie Ernst: bass notes and murder ballads

James Falzone: joyful noise from the pain stick

Francesco Crosara: jazz journeys from Rome to Seattle

Kavita Shah: embracing the saudade of Cape Verde

Phillip Golub: Recording the Impossible Piano (Spotlight On : 246)

Kevin Sun: emotion, technique, and the language of jazz

Will Barnes: jazz impressions of the Welsh landscape

Lucky Lo: Swedish pop music with a twist

Sui Zhen: Sleepless at SXSW

Chalk: a relentless and genre-busting band from Belfast

Nic Dembling: recalling new wave New York with Comateens