All Of It with Alison Stewart

[RE-AIR FROM JANUARY 21, 2022] Julius Eastman was a Black, queer composer and a fixture of downtown New York's music scene in the 1970s, who died in 1990 in relative obscurity. Beginning last year, the Los Angeles-based music collective Wild Up has attempted to honor Eastman's legacy by recording and releasing his work in a seven-part series. Members Christopher Rountree and Jiji join us to discuss the second volume, Joy Boy, for an All Of It Listening Party. TK Shelley Washington joining as well.

An exhibition at The Met investigates industrial slavery in the American South and the artistic work of African American potters. The show features approximately 50 ceramic objects from Old Edgefield District, South Carolina, a center of stoneware production in the decades before the Civil War. Curators Adrienne Spinozzi, Ethan Lasser and Jason Young join us to discuss the show, Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina which is on display through Sunday, Feb. 5.

We air highlights from the second half of our live Get Lit with All Of It event, featuring an interview and performances from Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash. Cash was the musical guest for our event with Stacy Schiff, author of The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams.

Watch it in full here. To find out more about our Get Lit with All Of It book club, and our partnership with the New York Public Library, click here, and follow us on Instagram at @allofitwnyc.

Tony nominated playwright Bess Wohl is making her feature film directorial debut with "Baby Ruby," a thriller about a woman struggling with post-partum depression. The film stars Noémie Merlant and Kit Harrington and will be in theaters tomorrow. Wohl joins us to discuss.

Last week, New Zealand singer-songwriter Kimbra released her latest album, A Reckoning, a deeply self-reflective record with features from Pink Siifu and Erick The Architect. Kimbra joins us for a Listening Party, and will also be playing a show in New York at Webster Hall on February 16.

[REBROADCAST FROM January 27, 2022] Singer-songwriter Janis Ian released her self-titled debut album in 1967. Its single, "Society's Child," written by Ian when she was fourteen, would be one of her most lasting. In the next decade, she released the hit song, "At Seventeen." Now, she has said that her latest album, The Light at the End of the Line, will be her last. Ian joins us for a Listening Party, and we open the lines up for listeners to share their experiences with her music.

The parody musical "Titanique: Une Parodie Musicale" has amassed a bigger and bigger audience over the last few months, now playing an extended run at the Daryl Roth Theater. Created by Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousouli, and Tye Blue, the show uses the music of Celine Dion (played by Mindelle) to help narrate the story of Jack (Rousouli) and Rose... as told by Dion, who claims she was there for the whole thing. Mindelle, Rousouli, and Blue join us to discuss the show, which is running through May 14th.

Christopher Tin is a two-time Grammy-winning composer who is up for two more at this weekend's ceremony. The first is for Best Classical Compendium, for his piece, The Lost Birds. The second is in the brand-new category of Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media. Tin is nominated for his work on the game, "Old World." Tin joins us to discuss both nominated projects.