The 21st Century Monads

The 21st Century Monads

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The 21st Century Monads episodes

  • The Ways
    Some things are best left unsaid Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, bass melodion, bass xylophone, clarinet, nova dood, soprano recorder, stellar flutes Laura Callahan: vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads
    4 min
  • The Shore
    Just another adventure. Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, banjitar, bass ukulele, bass melodion, bawu, clarinet, hulusi, bawu, clarinet, hulusi, nova jhorn, soprano recorder, stellar flutes, three-string ukulele Laura Callahan: vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads
    3 min
  • The Impossible
    Some things just cannot not be. Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, bass recorder, bass clarinet, clarinet, hulusi, slide pan flute, soprano recorder Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads
    2 min
  • Tough Enough
    You can’t handle the truth! Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, acoustic guitar, baby sitar, bass guitar, clarinet, drums, nova dude, soprano saxophone Laura Callahan: vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads
    4 min
  • Write Alone
    Is the author really dead, or is it just me? Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, alto recorder, baby sitar, bass guitar, bawu, drums, hand percussion, practice guzheng, soprano recorder, soprano sax, stellar flutes, tongue drum Laura Callahan: vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads
    3 min
  • Your Noumena Are Ill
    We have no windows. Music copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: banjitar (bowed), bass guitar, bouzouki, clarinet, drums, Godin Multi-Oud, Guitar (electric), hand percussion, Ran (electric), stellar flutes, Ukulele (8 string) Ben Bradley: vocals Laura Callahan: fiddle, vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads
    3 min
  • There’s a Hole
    Something is there because nothing is. Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, baby sitar, bass guitar, bass melodion, phin, soprano saxophone, stellar flutes, 3-string ukulele Laura Callahan: vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads
    3 min
  • Mary
    The story of Mary, a brilliant color scientist, and what happens to her when she escapes the black and white prison she grew up in. Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, baby sitar, bass guitar, clarinet, cornet, drums, Godin multioud, hand percussion, nova jhorn, keyboards, phin, psaltery, stellar flutes, trombone, stellar flutes, phin, soprano recorder Carrie Jenkins: vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads
    3 min
  • Nothing
    Nothing comes from nothing but nothing. Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, bass guitar, box tanpura, nova dood, percussion sitar Laura Callahan: vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads
    2 min
  • One Time
    It's hard to live in the moment when a moment lasts for only a moment. Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, baby sitar, bass melodion, clarinet, drums, hand percussion, nova dood, stellar flutes, soprano recorder, soprano sax, ukulele, ukulele bass. Carrie Jenkins: vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads
    3 min

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Philosophical music from The Mereological Bastard, The Pre-Established Harmony, the Infinite Progression and the Lazy Monad.