Interviews

Going Beyond What We Know: A Conversation with Evan Parker and Matt Wright on Trance Map

In the late 1850s, two decades before Thomas Edison’s phonograph, French inventor Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville created the first sound…

5 days ago

Dream House: A Conversation with Kalia Vandever

Western literature has long noted the disconnection between perception and reality. In 1175, French monk Alain de Lille "Do not…

2 weeks ago

Normal Give or Take: A Conversation with Fred Frith (Part Two)

We continue our conversation with Fred Frith (read part one here) with a focus on his work with homemade instruments,…

2 weeks ago

Normal Give or Take: A Conversation with Fred Frith (Part One)

When first learning about music, students are often taught to classify instruments by their sound. In the abstract, this basic…

3 weeks ago

Keeping the Flame: A Conversation with Archival King Zev Feldman

Far too often, history is perceived through a lens of minimizing the problems of the present. According to George Santayana,…

1 month ago

Slicing through Silence: A Conversation with Jessica Pavone

Pablo Picasso once noted that “Without great solitude, no serious work is possible.” In music, artists can converse in ways…

1 month ago

Beautiful Imperfections: A Conversation with Aaron Parks on ‘Little Big III’

As artificial intelligence increasingly disrupts our ordinary lives, there is an ongoing concern about how the new technology will impact…

2 months ago

Jazz Master: A Conversation with Terry Gibbs (Part Two)

We continue our conversation with Terry Gibbs (read part one here), with a discussion of the intersection of Jewish music…

2 months ago

Jazz Master: A Conversation with Terry Gibbs (Part One)

Since 1982, the National Endowment for the Arts has bestowed its Jazz Master award to living legends of the music.…

2 months ago

Infinite Possibility: A Conversation with Nate Mercereau on ‘Excellent Traveler’

Poet T.S. Eliot once noted, “People exercise an unconscious selection in being influenced.” Although one can feel the impact left…

2 months ago