Interviews

Poisonous Beauty: A Conversation with Mary Halvorson (Part Two)

We continue our conversation with Mary Halvorson (Part One here) with a focus on her compositional process, the origin of…

3 years ago

Poisonous Beauty: A Conversation with Mary Halvorson (Part One)

Sir Jeffrey Tate, the first principal conductor of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, once noted that "the most perfect…

3 years ago

Traveling the Universe: A Conversation with Bill Summers (Part Two)

Our conversation with Bill Summers (part one available here) continues with a further discussion on the Headhunters, how percussionists are…

3 years ago

Traveling the Universe: A Conversation with Bill Summers (Part One)

The obsession of many in the music industry to categorize art frequently overlooks the shared tree upon which so many…

3 years ago

Out Into the World: A Conversation with Stuart Bogie (Part Two)

We continue our conversation with Stuart Bogie on The Bogie Band featuring Joe Russo's The Prophets in the City (Royal…

3 years ago

Out Into the World: A Conversation with Stuart Bogie (Part One)

The big band concept has existed for well over a century. Throughout that time, dance has always been an essential…

3 years ago

Peaks and Valleys: A Conversation with Michael Leonhart (Part Two)

For the second part of our conversation with Michael Leonhart on The Normyn Suites (Sunnyside, 2022), we discuss Elvis Costello,…

3 years ago

Peaks and Valleys: A Conversation with Michael Leonhart (Part One)

Sometimes the most complicated things in life are those that appear deceptively simple. We all understand, at a surface level,…

3 years ago

Trying to Do Right by the Music: Selected Recordings with Jim Anderson

We continue our conversation with Jim Anderson (click here for our prior discussion with him and Ulrike Schwarz on immersive…

3 years ago

An Immersive Conversation with Jim Anderson and Ulrike Schwarz

On the interplay between music and technology, discussions generally emphasize two areas. The first is the emergence of new instruments,…

3 years ago