listen to an interview with Despina Lalaki speaking on contemporary anti-austerity struggles in Greece, highlighting the post referendum austerity-driven pressures on Greece and the popular protests in the streets.

Despina Lalaki is a Sociologist, Visiting Research Fellow at CUNY - Graduate Center and founding member of AKNY (Left Movement NY) - Greece Solidarity Movement and Syriza-NY.

this interview was recorded and produced for broadcast on CKUT fm in Montreal by Stefan Christoff @spirodon via http://freecityradio.org/

listen to an audio mixing bringing together street sounds from around metro Atwater and metro Parc in Montreal, while also sounds from the propellers of a small airplane while flying over Montreal this past spring with Kaie Kellough, also included is a vocal riff hummed and finally an excerpt from an oud / piano practice with Sam Shalabi. thanks for listening. -- Stefan.

photo taken during a bus trip from Montreal to Toronto in the early spring.

listen to an interview with Elijah Sugarhead on police brutality and violence. this interview focuses on the experiences of Elijah at the hands of Thunder Bay police in July 2015.

info from the CBC :

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/thunder-bay-police-roughed-me-up-first-nations-man-says-1.3180608

this interview was recorded live on CKUT radio in Montreal by Stefan Christoff @spirodon info htt://freecityradio.org/

listen to Stella Jetté singing for Fredy Villanueva, an unarmed Honduran teen killed by Montréal police on August 9th, 2008 in Montréal North. Fredy's shooting death by police sparked community protests and a long standing campaign lead by the Villanueva family for justice.

this recording was done at the location of Fredy's shooting death in August 2015 at the seven year memorial for the shooting. for broadcast on CKUT fm and anywhere else.

thanks Stella for your song and solidarity with Fredy.

take care. -- Stefan.

listen to a mix of a solo organ recording, along with a slide guitar / organ jam with writer kaie kellough, mixed together with some sounds from a night protest against austerity that took place in spring 2015 in Montreal, photo taken at a similar night protest, thanks for listening, take care. -- stefan.

a soundscape created from recordings done in July / August 2015, including a live orchestral performance from inside Jean-Talon metro, field recordings from Parc Athéna and an organ / acoustic guitar jam that I recorded at home with writer Kaie Kellough. produced for radio broadcast, thanks for listening, take care. -- stefan.

p.s. -- in this context the term "jaunt" is being used to describe an acoustic teleportation.

listen to a 2002 interview with Indymedia Argentina about the wave of grassroots protests against neo-liberal austerity measures taken by the piquetero movement of unemployed workers in cities and towns. this interview provides a glimpse into the political crisis that Argentina faced within the context of the financial crisis at the time.

this interview was recorded and produced for broadcast on CKUT fm in Montreal by Stefan Christoff @spirodon being uploaded here for public archiving purposes. http://freecityradio.org

listen to an interview with poet / musician Jason Blackbird Selman speaking on artistic process, specifically reflecting on the Kalmunity Vibe Collective in Montreal, the organic artistic process around that group. also in this interview Jason reflects on Black arts in Montreal and beyond, highlighting issues of struggles for self expression within a political, social and economic context that aims to silence Black voices.

this interview was recorded in 2008 and broadcast on CKUT radio while also publishing in Hour newspaper. being uploaded here for public archiving purposes via Free City Radio http://freecityradio.org/

print interview : http://hour.ca/2008/06/12/trumpeter-song/

listen to an interview with Palestinian community activist Mohamed Khatib speaking from Bil'in, Palestine, in 2005. this protest documents the protests in Bil'in during the first period of the grassroots demonstrations there that have continued until today.

info : http://palsolidarity.org/tag/bilin/

this interview was recorded for broadcast on CKUT radio by Stefan Christoff @spirodon being uploaded here for public archiving purposes. http://freecityradio.org

listen to an interview with Namita Chad from the community group Desis Rising Up and Moving(DRUM) against the forced registration process in the US in the years after 9/11, a program that forced men sixteen and older from a list of 13 countries the U.S. Government deems a risk to security, today was the deadline to show up and register or face possible deportation.

this interview was recorded at the time of grassroots protests against this forced registration program, recorded for broadcast on CKUT radio by Stefan Christoff @spirodon being uploaded here for public archiving purposes. info http://freecityradio.org