Emile Milgrim is a Miami-based drummer, teaching artist, DJ, and community organizer whose work spans DIY bands, Brazilian percussion ensembles, archival sound art, and music education. In this episode of The J-Card Podcast, we covered everything from playing in an 80-plus-person Brazilian percussion ensemble, to touring with Las Nubes, to KEXP sessions.
In the mixtape segment, Emile introduces us to Miami Soul, highlighting women artists from the late ’60s and ’70s and unpacking the labels, producers, and scenes that helped define the sound. And then of course, a SOUTH FLORIDA DRAFT!
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The J-Card is presented by Rue Defense Tape Club, a quarterly, mail-order cassette compilation and DIY audio project. Hosted by Alexei Shishkin, each episode is part music discovery, part oral history, part hangout show. We ask artists, musicians, filmmakers, and other music-minded folks to build us their own personal mixtape and talk about the moments and memories that inspired it.
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⏱️ Chapters:
00:00 - Intro: Emile Milgrim
01:26 - From Miami to Portland
01:35 - Moving to Portland and Finding Community
09:35 - Playing in Large Ensembles
16:40 - Writing as a Drummer
19:35 - Las Nubes KEXP Session
25:19 - Archival Feedback and Sound Art
30:25 - Miami Girls Rock Camp
33:09 - Mixtape Intro - Miami Soul
34:16- “Rocking Chair” by Gwen McCrae
37:25 - “I Am Controlled By Your Love” by Helene Smith
38:40 - “Don’t Make the Good Girls Go Bad” by Della Humphrey
42:25 - “Clean Up Woman” by Betty Wright
46:18 - “It Takes Two” by Lynn Williams
48:18 - “There Must Be Something” by Friday, Saturday & Sunday
51:03 - “It’s All Over” by Pearl Dowell
52:45 - Honorable Mentions
55:35 - The South Florida Draft!
01:08:52 - Plugs + Outro
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