Hosted a show live on CKUT with special guest Emmett McCleary to talk about his upcoming album There’s a Better Something which he’s self-releasing on May 12th. Topics include crowds, sadness, and singing quietly.

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Playlist:

Waxahatchee-“Silver” Out in the Storm

Jay Som-“The Bus Song” from Everybody Works

Emmett McCleary-“Honest You” from There’s a Better Something

Vagabon-“The Embers” from Infinite Worlds

Smokes-“4souls” single

Girlpool-“It Gets More Blue” from Powerplant

No Joy-“Califone” from Creep EP

Sneaks-“Look Like That” from It’s a Myth

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Pulled from a live radio broadcast, this week’s episode features a double-header interview with Montreal-bred musicians Erik Hove and Anna Webber in anticipation of their joint gig at Cafe Resonance in Montreal.  The show also serves as an album release for Erik, so we speak specifically about his new single “Tessellation” as well as the album in general.

Playlist:

Eivind Opsvik-“IZO” from Overseas V

Anna Webber Trio-“Underhelmed” from Binary

Erik Hove-“Tessellation” from Polygon

Anna Webber Trio-“Tug O’ War” from Binary

Jaimie Branch-“Theme 002” from Fly or Die

Matt Maneri, Whit Dickey, Matthew Ship-“Galaxy 9” from Vessel in Orbit

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This week’s episode features an interview with Strasbourg France-based composer Samuel Andreyev in anticipation of his upcoming Montreal concert at Chapelle du Bon Pasteur.  We speak about his compositional ideas, youtube findings, and a bit about the specific pieces being played in Montreal on April 19th.

Playlist:

Sylvie Courvoisier, Mark Feldman, Ned Rothenberg- “For a Minute, It was Almost Like Opera” from In Cahoots

Samuel Andreyev- Nombres imaginaires (2004) for flute and Cinq pièces (2011) for flute and percussion (excerpt)

Lejsovka & Freund-“Moonshadow Bath Song” from Music for Small Ensemble & Computer

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This week’s episode features a discussion with Montreal-based musician Géraldine Eguiluz about her new album Ontologies that was recently released on the great Mikroclimat record label.  We talk about her long history as a musician and some of the specific compositional strategies for this release.

Playlist:

Arthur Blythe-“Illusions” and “Carespin’ With Mamie” from Illusions

Anthony Braxton- “69f” from Quartet (Santa Cruz) 1993

Eguiluz Trio- “Homéostasie” and “Thymus” from Ontologies

Dek Trio- “Raj 1” from Burning Below Zero

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This week’s podcast features an interview with Myriad3 drummer Ernesto Cervini in anticipation of their gig March 22nd at Casa Del Popolo alongside Montreal’s Parc Ex Trio. Topics include tourin’, rehearsin’, and composin’.

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Playlist:

Trio3 (Andrew Cyrille, Reggie Workman, and Oliver Lake)-“Bumper” from Visiting Texture

Myriad3-“Skeleton Key” from Moons

Aki Takase and David Murray-“A Very Long Letter” from Cherry-Sakura