Check out my interview with the inimitable @Sofie Loizou aka @anomie. We talk about electronic music, the 90s rave scene, climate change, and her recently released awesome EP Fat Chance Sucker: https://anomie.bandcamp.com/track/fat-chance-sucker Connect with Anomie: https://www.youtube.com/user/anomiebeats/ https://www.instagram.com/anomiebeats/ https://anomiebeats.tumblr.com/ Another track we discussed, called Millions: https://radicalnature.bandcamp.com/track/millions-ft-natalia-grosiak You can read a transcript of our interview here: https://megsnewmusicblog.wordpress.com/2020/07/04/transcript-of-podcast-with-anomie/ Episode recorded on Australia's June 4th, 2020 (and the U.S.'s June 3rd, 2020).

Check out my interview with DJ Luisa, followed by one of her awesome mixes! We talk about the electronic music scene in El Paso, and her current projects Ask A Freak, a collective and dance party, and Beanalog (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR_hBgiInb4&t=17s), a workshop where people bring all types of electronic equipment and jam out as they learn from each other. We also talk about the new studio that she and her fellow Beanalog co-creators recently opened. You can read a transcript of the podcast here: https://megsnewmusicblog.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/transcript-of-podcast-with-dj-luisa/ Louisa released her first EP as a producer in 2015 on the Border Beats Recordings label, and a track with the Always Moving People label in 2016 under the alias Luisa N. As a DJ, Luisa has shared the booth with Hito, Lazaro Casanova, Italoboys, Alex Young, Ryan Crosson, Kim Ann Foxman, John Acquaviva, and Pirupa, to name a few. Defining Luisa's style is difficult because she is open to any sound, style, or musical genre. Luisa likes to play from techno, disco, jazz, experimental to house. Connect with her on IG: @AskAFreak @luisa_houseworks @beanalog_studio You can read a transcript of the interview here: https://megsnewmusicblog.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/transcript-of-podcast-with-dj-luisa/ Tracklist 1. Gilles Peterson's Havana Cultura Band - Orisa (Featuring Dreiser & Sexto Sentido) 2. Tommy Guerrero - El Camino Negro 3. Black Loop - Higher 4. MAW - Freaky 5. David Wertman Sun Ensemble - Flute Song 6. Brother and Sister - Midnight Desire 7. Light Of The World - Time (Koko Paradisco Re-edit) 8. Billy Preston - Nothing From Nothing 9. Red Axes - Sun My Sweet Sun 10. Gerald Hunt - Can't Fake The Feeling

Check out my blog for music transcriptions and a transcript of this podcast: https://megwilhoite.wordpress.com/2018/11/13/obstacle-1-new-podcast/

In this episode I talk with pianist Samantha Ege about how finding Florence Price gave her a sense of belonging in the classical world, her research in Chicago and Arkansas, and recording her first album FOUR WOMEN in Peter Gabriel's studio! Listen through to the end to hear Samantha's wonderfully nuanced and highly emotive performance of the Scherzo movement from Florence Price's Sonata in E minor. Visit Samantha Ege's website: https://www.musicherstories.com/ Order FOUR WOMEN (out May 4th): http://wavetheoryrecords.com/album/four-women/ You can read a transcript of the interview here: https://megsnewmusicblog.wordpress.com/2020/04/05/transcript-of-podcast-with-samantha-ege/

Meerenai and I talk about the twists and turns in her career as a flutist---including a brief stop over in IT---what it was like hosting new music open mic nights at the Center for New Music, and how an injury led her to study (and train to teach) Body Mapping. Check out her website: http://meerenai.com/ Here is a link to the piece you hear at the end of the podcast: https://meerenai.bandcamp.com/track/fractus-iii-aerophoneme-for-flute-and-live-electronic-sound Photo by Diana Maire Photography You can read a transcript of the interview here: https://megsnewmusicblog.wordpress.com/2020/04/11/transcript-of-podcast-with-meerenai-shim/

For a transcription of this podcast, as well as my transcription of the song, visit: https://megwilhoite.wordpress.com/2017/12/19/same-town-new-story-new-podcast/

I talk with Sakari Dixon about teaching, community, and her compositional process. Listen to the end to hear her blazing alto sax piece feRaL! To read a transcript of this podcast, go here: https://megsnewmusicblog.wordpress.com/2020/03/22/transcript-of-podcast-with-sakari-dixon/ https://sakaridixon.wordpress.com/ https://www.youtube.com/user/SakariDixon https://twitter.com/sakaridixon feRaL credits: Kelsey Broersma - Alto Saxophone Ian Kaminski - Violin Sakari Dixon - Viola Jeremy Boersma - Cello Austin Davis - Conductor Manuel J. Perez III - Recording Engineer

I chat with Nicole about community-building, the joys and challenges of being a full-time teacher, and the need to take an artistic risk every once in a while! Read a transcript of this interview here: https://megsnewmusicblog.wordpress.com/2020/06/23/transcript-of-podcast-with-nicole-camacho/ Connect with her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/flutana Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheCamacho84 and Wordpress: https://musicunboxed.org/ | https://nicolecamacho.com/

Megan Ihnen is a mezzo-soprano, writer, and arts entrepreneur. We chat about music and economics, the life of a singer, and her forthcoming album of lullabies. For more info on the latter see: http://meganihnen.com/wordlesslullabies/ You can connect with Megan on Twitter at https://twitter.com/mezzoihnen The piece excerpted at the end of the podcast is Garrett Schumann's "I pulled a string out of my throat" from his Folio 1 cycle with text by Lauren Clark. Megan is singing and Michael Hall is playing viola. To read a transcript of this podcast, go here: https://megsnewmusicblog.wordpress.com/2017/07/06/transcript-of-podcast-with-megan-ihnen/ P.S. Big THANK YOU to Megan for recording her end of the podcast on Audacity; the program I chose to record our chat was kind of a dud and this episode would not even exist without her forethought! So please forgive the slight discrepancies in the audio levels and now I'm off to find a better program...

In this episode I analyze Interpol's song "C'mere." Check out my blog for music transcriptions and a transcript of this podcast: https://megwilhoite.wordpress.com/2017/04/30/hey-cmere-you-podcast/