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This week is a special episode featuring Montreal DIY legend Raphael Foisy-Couture.  Raph plays bass, runs the excellent Small Scale Music record label and use to book shows at La Passe music venue.  We speak about housing musicians on your couch, fighting for diversity, and finding close relationships within a larger community.

Playlist:

Henderson, Mettler, Foisy, Lachance- “4” from Built Like A Brick Shithouse

Snake Whiskey- “Million d’éléphants” from Snake Whiskey

Hoax Hoax-“Ablution” from Shot Revolver

Pierre-Luc Simon- “Apparition” from Fixations

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This is a revamping of my 2016 interview with German-born, Brooklyn-based composer/musician Ingrid Laubrock.  We speak a bit about her compositional strategies and her playing relationships with Mary Halvorson and Tom Rainey.

Playlist:

Lisa Mezzacappa- “Fillmore Street” and “A Bird in the Hand” from avantNOIR

Ingrid Laubrock- “Pothole Analytics” (part 1&2) from Serpentines

Philippe Lauzier- a portion of “Far Side” from DÔME

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This week’s episode features an interview with Jesse Beaman, who writes music under the stage name My Empty Phantom.  His album “Collection of Memories I/II” was reviewed on positively underground last year and we’re excited for it’s partner album due for release this year.

The episode also features and handful of exciting new rock releases.

Priests-Nothing Feels Natural from “Nothing Feels Natural”

Tim Darcy-Still Waking Up from “Saturday Night”

My Empty Phantom-Reflection and Forever from “Collection of Memories I/II”

Real Estate-Darling from “In Mind”

Parlor Walls-Play Opposites from “Opposites”

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This is the second half of my radio show from last week featuring new and upcoming music from January 2017.

W Zabarkas: “Autumn Invades the House” from The Origin of Dreams

Aaron Lumley and Jasper Stadhouders: “Lapis Philosophorum” from Strung Out

Mere: “V” from Mere II

Astvaldur: “Flesh” from At Least

Daniel WJ Mackenzie: “Abandonment II” from Everytime Feels like the Last Time

Julie Byrne: “Natural Blue” from Not Even Happiness

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This week’s podcast features an interview with Earprint’s Kevin Sun, a new jazz group that has recieved much critical acclaim since the release of their self-titled debut in 2016, including a spot on NPR’s jazz critics poll.

If you’re in Montreal, they play tomorrow evening at Cafe Resonance!

Playlist:

(all available to listen via bandcamp)

Nouveau Jazz Libre Du Québec (NJLQ)-“Scrapple From The Apple” Out on Small Scale Music

Jonathan Finlayson-“All of the Pieces” from Moving Still out on Pi Recordings

Steve Coleman-“Acupuncture Openings” from Synovial Joints on Pi