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Meredith Monk's 'Cellular Songs', In-Studio (Archives)
Episode 80
Vocalist and composer Meredith Monk is a multi-disciplinary artist, whose work involves music, dance, film, theatre, and now: biology meets anthropol…
2 years ago
New York-Based Crumb Delivers Moody Psych-Pop, In-Studio
Episode 79
The New York band Crumb creates playful and brooding swirls of sounds, somewhere at a crossroads of psychedelia, pop, jazz, and rock. Their latest al…
2 years, 1 month ago
Pianist Christopher O'Riley on the Life-Changing Music of J.S. Bach
Episode 78
American classical pianist and educator Christopher O’Riley has spent his career gleefully ignoring musical boundaries and playing whatever turned hi…
2 years, 1 month ago
Mehrnam Rastegari Traditional Persian Band, In-Studio
Episode 77
Mehrnam Rastegari is a New York-based master of the traditional Persian spike fiddle, the kamancheh. She is also a composer, writing film scores and…
2 years, 1 month ago
Guitarist and Educator Benjamin Verdery Plays Solo, In-Studio
Episode 76
Guitarist, composer, and teacher Benjamin Verdery seems to know everybody who’s ever picked up the instrument. Ben is a classical guitarist himself, …
2 years, 1 month ago
Christopher Rountree Designs a Musical Framework for Electro-Chamber Players
Episode 75
Christopher Rountree is probably best known as the conductor of the LA-based new music ensemble known as Wild Up. Over the last 14 years he and that …
2 years, 1 month ago
Bette Smith Marries Gospel Fervor With Soul Moxie, In-Studio
Episode 74
Brooklyn native Bette Smith reconnects with her Memphis and Mississippi roots on her latest, "Goodthing", full of songs that show off her voice -rich…
2 years, 1 month ago
LA LOM Reflects the Diverse Musical Diaspora of Angelenos
Episode 73
The band called LA LOM is a trio of LA natives who play an instrumental blend of twangy guitar melodies over Latin rhythms like the cumbia and bolero…
2 years, 1 month ago
Angélica Garcia Delivers Borderless Clublike Bangers, In-Studio
Episode 72
Angélica Garcia has been on a journey – a musical journey – from “gothic storytelling, and swampy, blues-inflected rock” (Schaefer, 2016) to dance-fl…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Experimental "Doom Folk" of Cinder Well, In-Studio
Episode 71
Cinder Well is the musical project of singer and songwriter Amelia Baker, who is from California but who fell under the spell of Irish folk music and…
2 years, 1 month ago