Free Association with Brian Carpenter

By WZBC

Brian Carpenter is the host of Free Association, a free-form radio show broadcast from WZBC-FM Boston College with occasional special guests. Brian Carpenter is an American singer-songwriter, composer... more

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The podcast currently has 132 episodes available.

Free Association with Brian Carpenter episodes:

March 20, 2016 Alloy Orchestra
Terry Donahue of Alloy Orchestra stops by Free Association to talk about making music for silent films. For 25 years, Alloy Orchestra has been one of the premier ensembles composing and performing live music for silent films, including the 1929 Soviet experimental art film Man with a Movie Camera and Buster Keaton’s The General.
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51min
December 21, 2015 Episode 105C: I'm Dreaming of an Out Christmas
A Christmas song by Sun Ra’s out-there doo-wop group The Qualities, two David Bowie songs featuring the outstanding pianist Mike Garson, and music for orchestra and choir from composer Gyorgy Ligeti.
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29min
December 12, 2015 Episode 105B: Italian Composers, Astro Black, and Sue's Last Ride
The period of the 1960s and ‘70s was a fertile one for Italian composers Luciano Berio, Nino Rota, and Ennio Morricone; a stunning recording from 1973 of Sun Ra’s piece Astro Black with June Tyson singing; Sue’s Last Ride from Dirty Three.
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51min
December 04, 2015 Episode 105A: Quietly Down Rivers and Canyons
A contemplative set of songs from Ry Cooder’s score to Paris, Texas, Mickey Newbury, Lee Hazlewood, Smog, Glenn Jones, Angels of Light, and an early, obscure song from 1964 by Willie Nelson (last week’s winner of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.)
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38min
November 25, 2015 Thalia Zedek
Thalia Zedek (Thalia Zedek Band, E, Come) stops by Free Association to chat about her music and collaborations, plus some Boston music history.
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1h 15min
November 23, 2015 Episode 104B: Freshly Squeezed with Low Pulp
New (and old) music from Low and Colin Stetson/Sarah Neufeld, plus some early demos from English rock band Pulp.
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1h 7min
November 20, 2015 Episode 104A: Blackstar and Other Dark Matter
The brand new title track from the upcoming David Bowie record Blackstar, plus a couple songs from a fantastic new compilation of 1970s punk 45s from Soul Jazz Records.
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1h
November 07, 2015 Episode 103C: The Man In the Elevator, A Brief History of Electronic Music, and '80s L.A. Punk
Some scenes from Heiner Goebbels’ The Man In the Elevator featuring Arto Lindsay and Don Cherry; new and old electronic music from Mouse on Mars, Throbbing Gristle, and Raymond Scott; 1980s LA punk bands Gun Club and The Flesh Eaters.
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1h
October 22, 2015 Episode 103B: A Space Odyssey
A newly discovered Rocket Number Nine from Sun Ra and His Arkestra, choir and orchestra music from Italian composer Luciano Berio, and scenes from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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38min
October 16, 2015 Episode 103A: Let's Go Away For a While
New songs from Lou Barlow and Richard Thompson, plus a mixed bag of Pulp, composers Ennio Morricone and Albert Marcoeur, Serge Gainsbourg, Bill Callahan, and a couple of Brian Eno productions (Low and Fear of Music.)
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1h 5min

FAQs about Free Association with Brian Carpenter:

How many episodes does Free Association with Brian Carpenter have?

The podcast currently has 132 episodes available.