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Welcome back to Paradigms Duende Libre; Alex Chadsey, Jeff Busch, and Farko Dosumov. Their new record Invocation is a combination of homage to some specific inspirational artists, and to Creativity in general. These artists have been playing together for many years.  They bring a quality of intimacy to the music, both composed and improvised. You can hear it.

They are currently touring the Pacific Northwest of the US, just back from Canada, and will be in the State of Georgia in August. If you can see them perform live, do it!

• Duende Libre on YouTube

Music by: Duende Libre

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Gwen Laster is a violinist, composer, and teacher. Her ensemble is The New Muse 4Tet and they have just released an album Keeper of the Flame which explores The Heroes Journey from the point of view of African Americans.  The music is potent, much of it is improvised, and it offers listeners a unique experience.

Gwen shares her story of growing up in Detroit and discovering her love of stringed instruments. Baruch and Gwen discuss the role of improvisation and creativity in life, not just in music.

• Gwen Laster on YouTube

Music by: Gwen Laster

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Joe Elefante has been inspired to make music for most of his life. He was a working musician during his youth, then when he had a family he got a “straight” job for a bit, but he eventually found his way back to music as a teacher, composer, and performer.

Joe’s new record Wheel of Dharma brings together old friends and new to bring us a set of music inspired by the concept of Dharma. The personnel: Joe Elefante piano, Freddie Hendrix trumpet, Erena Terakubo saxophone, Sameer Shankar bass, Dave Heilman drums.

Joe and Baruch geek out on the meaning of human existence and other philosophical mentations.

• Joe Elefante on YouTube

Music by: Joe Elefante

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Francis Bebey was a Cameroonian musicologist, writer, composer, and broadcaster. He spent much of his life living in France, raising a musical family.  He toured extensively. Patrick Bebey is his youngest son, who has just released a record of his father’s unknown songs from tapes found after his death. Trésor Magnétique is the record, 20 tracks of previously unreleased material. Patrick and Baruch discuss this musical legacy, how it came to be assembled, and the music itself.

Father and son (and other family members) shared a love of music and of performing. In addition to this collection, Francis Bebey was prolific, with an extensive discography. Patrick Bebey has recently released a record of his own Ponda which is also well worth listening to, carrying on his family’s musical tradition.

• Francis Bebey on YouTube

• Patrick Bebey on YouTube

Music by: Francis Bebey and Patrick Bebey

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Aaron Shragge names John Hassell as an inspiration for the music on his new record Whispering Worlds – Cosmic Cliffs.  Intended to take listeners on a journey, this record invites us to expand our minds with imagination. This is the essence of human creativity.

Aaron is part of Brooklyn Raga Massive, who have been featured on Paradigms, as well as being a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist, working with music as a therapeutic tool.

In both his music and his work as a therapist Aaron is committed to encouraging and supporting humans to be their whole selves. This is especially valuable during times like these, where there are forces being brought to bear that seek to oppress and repress.

• Aaron Shragge on YouTube

Music by: Aaron Shragge

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Elana Sasson has just released her second album In Between. With Producer/Pianist/Composer Santiago Bertel and a great band of people from around the world. This music brings together Elana’s family’s Kurdish and Persian musical traditions, with traditional music from the native countries of the band members.

Elana and Santiago join Baruch in a discussion about this record, the inspirations and the synergy that occurred making this album.

The incredible musicians on this album are also immigrants from different lands, each carrying the weight and beauty of multiple homes. Through music, our worlds intertwine, creating a shared space beyond borders. – Elana Sasson

The musicians are Elana Sasson vocals, Santiago Bertel piano, Manos Stratis double bass, Victor Goldschmidt drums, and featuring Matthieu Saglio cello, Kaveh Sarvarian ney and tombak, and Miron Rafajlovic trumpet.

• Elana Sasson on YouTube

Music by: Elana Sasson

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Dahlia Dumont The Blue Dahlia returns to Paradigms to share her latest project Fantasia, and to talk about her life and what we’re experiencing in the world these days.

Dahlia was raised in New York and has been living in France for many years, so her music is infused with both her American-ness and her adopted French culture.  These two cultures approach many aspects of life differently, from food to politics, from sex to art. These variables make for interesting conversation.

This record explores themes of passion and belonging. We all experience our inner world and the external as they come together. This record brings us into Dahlia’s inner world as she intersects with the external world.

• The Blue Dahlia on YouTube

• Betty II on YouTube

Music by: Dahlia Dumont

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HandsØff2025 – Saturday April 5 2025, more than five million people in more than 1200 events across the United States protested the unconstitutional destructive tyrannical behavior of the Trump administration. With over a hundred Executive Orders having been issued, many of them clearly unconstitutional, and in the process of being enacted, the people of the United States are actively rejecting the administration. Protests have been building since January, each larger than the last, with more coming up.

In this episode we revisit a conversation with historian Mark Bray, author of Antifa: Tha Anti-Fascist Handbook recorded during the first month of the first Trump administration in 2017. We’ll also hear audio reports from folks protesting on April 5 with Marie in Burlington VT, Peter in Chicago IL, Starhawk in San Francisco, CA and Holly in Olympia WA. And of course, music!

• Hands Øff Protest in Olympia, WA

Music by: Stanley Clarke, Woody Guthrie, Scott Free, The Lilli Lewis Project, Third World,  Sweet Honey in the Rock, Moonrise,  Suzanne Sterling, My Politic, and Joni Mitchell.

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Mustafa Stefan Dill, like the music that inspires him and which he creates, is an amalgam of cultures and ethnicities.  Under the name Love Unfold The Sun he has just released a record Explode Yourself which will blow your mind.

Mustafa shares some of his experiences, both from his early life and more recent challenges, all of which inspire him to create and revel in music that offers a transformational space in which to reflect on one’s own life and attachments.

• Mustafa Stefan Dill on YouTube

Music by: Love Unfold The Sun

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