“It’s an astonishing blend of the lyric and the austere, with time stretched like taffy, [...] utterly devastating in its meticulously sculpted intensity”
Photo by Jonathan Finlayson
Explosive and wistful, sinonó draws on latin american folk, chamber music, 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 they released their debut album la espalda y su punto radiante (Subtext Recordings) in Spring 2024. They will record their sophomore album this Fall at Pioneer Works (Brooklyn, NY). More at @sinono0o
ABOUT LA ESPALDA Y SU PUNTO RADIANTE:
la espalda y su punto radiante (2024, Subtext Recordings) is a collection of poem-songs spun out of solitude. Performed by sinonó, Crespo’s compositions live in familiar yet surprising environments. The trio is pulled into the trying, harboring a faith in interconnectivity, impulse and imperfection. A patient listen, this music enlivens unknowing in all its devastating urgency and unfettered curiosity.
Crespo envisioned the album’s eight pieces as both emotional vignettes and points of departure. With intuition as a priority, they’ve constructed clear empathetic and aesthetic landscapes within which to improvise. Each member performs with an unshakeable commitment to the compositions, to an organic unfolding, and to a constant re-imagining. Over time, the trio builds deep trust allowing them to take risks, sculpting the music together in real time. Their affinity for melody, metaphor and abstraction draws them into a complex and shifting sonic topography.
“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”
from June 7, 2022 at Roulette Intermedium (Brooklyn, NY)
from March 2023 at Ridgewood Presbyterian Church (Queens)
from December 12, 2021 at The Owl (Brooklyn, NY)
PERFORMANCES
2025
10 Sep / Fire Museum sinonó (Philadelphia, PA)
13 Sep / sinonó at Sound & Gravity Festival (Chicago, IL)
14 Sep / Non-Event presents sinonó (Boston, MA)
22 Sep / FourOneOne presents sinonó at Sultan Room (Brooklyn, NY)
13 Dec / JazzShares presents sinonó
ARCHIVE
2025
17 Apr / sinonó at Close Up (New York, NY) [7:30PM & 9:00PM]
14 Mar / sinonó at Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, curated by Steve Long) (Brooklyn, NY)
2024
6 Dec / sinonó at Light & Sound (Brooklyn, NY) [More Info]
16 Nov / sinonó at CuteLab NYC (Brooklyn, NY)
20 July / sinonó at The Stone, curated by John Zorn (Manhattan, NY)
9 June / sinonó at CloseUp, sets at 7:30pm & 9:00pm (Brooklyn, NY)
2 June / Sō Laboratories presents sinonó [RSVP link coming soon!] (Brooklyn, NY)
6 May / Art for Arts “Artist Series” presents sinonó @ Sundown (Ridgewood, NY)
24 March / sinonó at The Tavern, presented by Notice Recordings (Stone Ridge, NY)
23 March / sinonó at Nova Arts (Keene, NH) [TICKETS] POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER
16 March / sinonó at Rhizome (Washington D.C.) [TICKETS]
15 March / sinonó at Le Mondo (Baltimore, MD) [TICKETS]
14 March / sinonó at The Perch, presented by Fire Museum (Philadelphia, PA) [TICKETS]
13 March / Double Album Release: The Music of Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, sinonó, and Laraaji at St. Marks Church in the Bowery, presented by Dada Strain and Mississippi Records (New York, NY) [TICKETS]
1 March / Album Release: la espalda y su punto radiante by sinonó [PREORDER]
18 January / Fire Over Heaven presents sinonó at Outpost Artist Resources (Brooklyn, NY)
2023
9 Nov / New Latin Wave presents sinonó at The Lincoln Center’s David Rubinstein Atrium [FREE] (Manhattan, NY)
19 Oct / Cría Cuervos presents sinonó at Academy Records (Brooklyn, NY)
7 Oct / sinonó / TAK Ensemble at The DiMenna Center for Classical Music (Manhattan, NY)
15 Sep / Still Moving presents sinonó at Ki Smith Gallery (Manhattan, NY)
20 Aug / sinonó at P.I.T. (Brooklyn, NY)
18 March / Notice Recordings presents sinonó at The Lace Mill (Kingston, NY)
16 March / sinonó at Stone Circle Theater (Ridgewood, Queens)
12 March / sinonó at Studio 34 (Philadelphia, PA)
11 March / High Zero Foundation presents sinonó at Red Room (Baltimore, MD)
10 March / sinonó at Rhizome (Washington, D.C.)
2022
7 June / sinonó premieres “desbordándome” (2022) by Isabel Crespo Pardo at Roulette Intermedium (Brooklyn, NY)
3 Mar / sinonó at The Woods (Ridgewood, Queens)
2021
