PostGenre Podcast

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  • Forward Motion: Meshell Ndegeocello
    This episode features George in conversation with bassist-vocalist Meshell Ndegeocello. Ndegeocello’s artistic genius has been long documented. So has her expansive scope. Funk, soul, jazz, hip hop, reggae, rock, and more all have a place in her music. As one critic noted, she even helped “spark the neo-soul movement.” Her wide range is evident in […]
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  • Review: Terence Blanchard’s ‘Absence’ featuring the E-Collective and Turtle Island String Quartet
    Wayne Shorter is among the best composers of the second half of the Twentieth Century. Several of his compositions including, “Footprints” and “Infant Eyes,” have become standards. But in performing these songs, many musicians often miss what makes the saxophonist’s work so extraordinary. Yes, the pieces are beautiful and well-written, but they are merely jumping […]
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  • Observations from Day Three of the 2021 Newport Jazz Festival
    Jimmy Heath. Tony Allen. Chick Corea. Wallace Roney. McCoy Tyner. The names and pictures of iconic artists who passed since the last Newport Jazz Festival regularly flashed on both stage’s large screens between sets. While the Festival had made such touching presentations in years past, they were particularly noticeable at the 2021 Festival as thoughts […]
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  • Observations from Day Two of the 2021 Newport Jazz Festival
    2020 was a pivotal year in the history of civil rights. While a prominent case, George Floyd’s murder was no more the beginning of the struggle than his killer’s conviction was its end. Racial justice has served as a central impetus throughout much of the lineage of Black American Music, from Fats Waller’s “Black and […]
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  • Observations from Day One of the 2021 Newport Jazz Festival
    After a year canceled by COVID-19, audience members on July 31st, the first day of the 2021 Newport Jazz Festival could feel the lingering effects of the pandemic. There was a sixty percent cap on attendance. Half of the stages were closed for business. The Harbor Stage became an area for a tent with picnic […]
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  • Newport Jawn: A Conversation with Christian McBride (Part Two)
    We continue our conversation with Christian McBride by discussing his thoughts on the connection between music and sports, his work as a DJ, the concept of genre, and some more on the Newport Jazz Festival and his role as its Artistic Director. Part one of our discussion can be found here. PG: Miles Davis used to […]
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  • Newport Jawn: A Conversation with Christian McBride (Part One)
    From its founding in 1954 until 2019, the Newport Jazz Festival had been canceled only once, for a single year following the unruly behavior of non-attendees in 1960. The event also spent a decade relocated in New York City, but still bore the Newport moniker, continuing its legacy from afar. But, as with much else, […]
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  • A History of the Newport Jazz Festival – Chapter XV: Passing the Torch, 2009-2016
    For most music festivals, the loss of a longtime sponsor could be a death knell.  After all, organizers killed the Newport Rhythm and Blues Festival due to its inability to maintain a steady sponsor. The death of the company hosting the event on top of it would be – for most – a certain end. […]
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  • A History of the Newport Jazz Festival – Chapter XIV: Destinations, 2005-2009
    With the success of the 50th Anniversary event, Festival Productions Inc. quickly began work on the 2005 Festival. Like the immediately preceding year, George Wein would be unable to attend the Fort’s proceedings. This time it was not due to his own health but that of his wife’s. Joyce Wein was a brilliant woman. Originally […]
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  • Review: L’Rain’s ‘Fatigue’
    Multi-instrumentalist Taja Cheek, who records under the moniker L’Rain, creates a unique experience in Fatigue. The album is kaleidoscopic and unpredictable. Cheek envelopes the listener in her world with a combination of impressive musicianship, production, and field recordings. The album is full of beautiful moments, an early one being how Cheek embellishes a live gospel […]
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This podcast provides audio versions of music criticism, analysis, and appreciation from PostGenre Media. At PostGenre, we strive to provide our audience with the opportunity to consider, hear, and understand music beyond traditional categories. We believe in the power of music to dissolve barriers, whether stylistic, geographic, societal, or temporal. For full coverage including audio and video clips, be sure to visit our site at Postgenre.org.