The CollabCast

Musician and event organizer Sarah Van Buren has been organizing Basilica Hudson's 24-Hour Drone since its inception and has since jumped aboard the community wellness focused O+ Festival in Kingston. She joins the podcast to talk about overcoming sleep deprivation, eclectic music tastes and the spiritual power of weird sounds.

Percussionist and artist Jordan Taylor Hill talks about the trips to Senegal that led him to his passion for Afrobeat drum and dance, his ongoing workshops in Albany schools and the importance of arts education.

An update on The Collaborative Magazine and events!

Documentary filmmaker Nicole Van Slyke joined the podcast to talk about how she discovered her passion for storytelling, the moving projects she has done through WMHT and her work in educating up-and-coming filmmakers on film techniques and media ethics.

Fellow podcaster Hans Leibold of the popular "Overnight Drive" joins the Collabcast to talk about...pretty much everything. From starting a podcast and maintaining an audience to fostering constructive critique in the local arts scene, exploring his solo music project Bare Mattress and letting the Capital Region have nice things.

Arielle O' Keefe a.k.a Girl Blue joined the podcast to talk about the concept behind her recent music video "Lolita," making art with integrity and the creatively challenging DIY ethos of the Capital Region music scene.

Illustrator and graphic artist Jade Warrick a.k.a. TrashKiD joined the CollabCast to talk about the effect comics and creativity have had on her life as an artist, her new, free feminist coloring book "Beyond Rosie," and the connection between art and education.

Local filmmaker Micah Khan's short film “Safe House,” shot in The Bradley in Troy, premiered on El Rey’s “The People’s Network Showcase” in late January. You can read more about the film at collaborativemagazine.org

In The Collaborative's second podcast episode, Brian Chiappinelli of Almost Never Dead Collective talks about the uptick in local music collectives, the benefits of working with artists in and out of your genre and gives us the scoop on the collective's Nov. 17 Fuze Box show.

In The Collaborative's first podcast episode, Dan Paoletti of Bee Side Cassettes to talk about the label's three day fest, the state of the local arts scene, the artists who are working hard to help it grow, and the charming way Albany loves to hate Albany.