Concert Honesty

Tom is a retired English teacher and ran the drama department at Dover High School in Dover, OH.  He’s a singer and guitar player, who had a larger impact in my day to day teaching than I realized.  Hope you enjoy this chat.

Alec and I talk about his time in the record label industry as well as the current issues (both good and bad) w/ the current Spotify model.  We touch on the issues around Joe Rogan and Neil Young, and the ethics around all of it.  Alec is a really thoughtful friend and colleague and I really enjoyed this chat.

Arone and Lala (aka. Rahrah Gabor) sit down and talk about their new collaboration album and the influences behind it.

Ji Hye Jung,  Eric Cha-Beach, and Todd Meehan talk about the new book called Korean Songs for Marimba.

Olatunji is a calypsonian from Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.  We had a wonderful time chatting about the history of calypso music as well as how to preserve it and advocate for it moving forward.

Andrew is a guitarist and composer who hails from Labrador in Canada.  We had a great time chatting about his current work as well as the current state of affairs in online culture.

Sarah is a member of the Bergamot String Quartet.  We chat about life in a string quartet as well as navigating the new music world.

Mike is a percussionist who studied at Northern Illinois University.  We do a short podcast and chat a bit about our time with Cliff Alexis.

Evan is a former SoSI student/intern who is now a radio host near Cincinnati.  It was great to catch up with Evan and chat about his experiences as a student and hear about his life in the world now.  I hope you enjoy this chat as much as I did!

Ben and I pick up where we left off from our last chat.  We talk about aspects of privilege when talking about issues of race and class as well as dive into the ethics of teaching and what works and what doesn’t.  I’ve really enjoyed chatting with Ben.  I hope you enjoy it as well.