Interviews

Bringing the Instrumental Back: A Conversation with Molly Miller on ‘The Ballad of Hotspur’

From the 1940s through the 1960s, even into part of the 1970s, instrumental music reigned supreme in the popular consciousness.…

7 months ago

Physical Expression: A Conversation with Steph Richards on ‘Power Vibe’

Far too often, people perceive music as a solely auditory experience, something heard but which does not affect the rest…

7 months ago

Constructing Sound: A Conversation with Tomeka Reid on ‘3+3’

Joann Wolfgang von Goethe once remarked, "Music is liquid architecture; Architecture is frozen music.” But the philosopher is hardly the…

7 months ago

Spontaneous Combustion: A Conversation with Chloë Sobek and Tim Berne on ‘Burning Up’

Artists have long written compositions that express emotional depths possible only through music. These songs can bring the listener to…

7 months ago

Pass Everything in My Soul: A Conversation with David Murray on ‘Francesca’

The love song is one of the oldest and most primal forms of musical expression, dating back to ancient Greece,…

7 months ago

Filter: A Conversation with Isaiah Collier on ‘The Almighty’

John Coltrane once noted he would “like to point out to people the divine in a musical language that transcends words……

7 months ago

The Journey: A Conversation with Kenny Garrett on ‘Who Killed AI?’

Miles Davis once remarked, “It's not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating, they have to be about change.” This emphasis on…

7 months ago

Virtues of Melody: A Conversation with Alan Braufman on ‘Infinite Love Infinite Tears’

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart once noted that “melody is the essence of music.” This may be true, but such a perspective overlooks how…

8 months ago

Electric Connection: A Conversation with gabby fluke-mogul on ‘GUT’

Since the first electric violins hit the market in 1930, the concept of electronically manipulating the violin has maintained an…

8 months ago

Tranquility and Rest to the Mind: Conversations with Wadada Leo Smith and Amina Claudine Myers on ‘Central Park’s Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens’

Thirty-seven and a half million people visit New York City’s Central Park every year. That, by itself, is a fascinating statistic when…

8 months ago