“It’s an astonishing blend of the lyric and the austere, with time stretched like taffy, [...] utterly devastating in its meticulously sculpted intensity”— Peter Magarsak for The Wire Magazine

“A kind of expressionist fado, middle-of-the-night music, comfortable in the deep surrounding darkness, but also an “offering” that bends towards an oncoming light without betraying that it really is coming”

— Piotr Orlov for Dada Strain

Explosive and wistful, sinonó draws on Latin American folk and free improvisation to create a space of crackling aliveness. Described as “middle-of-the-night music” (Dada Strain), the trio features vocalist and composer isabel crespo pardo, cellist Lester St. Louis, and bassist Henry Fraser. Together, they perform crespo's "poemsongs" - pieces built around metaphor and improvisation that shift in performance, but always remain tied to poetry and breath. sinonó has performed at venues such as Roulette Intermedium, The DiMenna Center, and Lincoln Center Atrium, and their debut album la…