In this episode I talk bubble charts, YouTube view count, and trying to pick THE ONE THING with New Orleans-based vocalist, instrumentalist and composer Aurora Nealand.

Nealand appears frequently with her own New Orleans jazz band, The Royal Roses, and works closely with organizations like Found Sound Nation, the Walden School for Young Composers, and Sound Observatory New Orleans. In New Orleans she leads a performance collective of her own original music, The Monocle Ensemble; she’s also the front woman for the rock band Rory Danger & the Danger Dangers; a member of Panorama Jazz Band; and member of the New Orleans Klezmer Allstars. Nealand has also performed extensively in New York City at the Lincoln Center Summer Festival, the Blue Note, Barbès, and the Knitting Factory, and has premiered original works at Symphony Space and Alice Tully Hall. Find out more about Aurora Nealand at auroranealand.com.

Photo used by permission of the artist.