Interviews
For so many, music is a reflective pool. Emotions woven with harmony and exploration become avenues to work through something or find understanding. Deniz Cuylan’s For Luca is a sonic shrine to his dearly departed dog, but it’s also a celebration of small moments that hold immense weight. Wistful melodies are wishes as much as […]
Songs of Our Lives
On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Ótal! I first stumbled on his work via his “Heyr” album sometime last year and have been a big, big fan every since! The Icelandic-born, Akron-based composer has a new record out now called “Fjöður” – big time recommendation! We talk about the processes behind it […]
Interviews
When I first heard about composer Katherine Young’s Biomes project – this framework for collaboration through composition and improvisation – and its description as an ecosystem, the joy centers in my brain lit up. I mean, yes, scientifically, a biome is an ecosystem, but Young’s presentation of this as a set of rules for sonic […]
Interviews
I think a lot about the sonic profile of important spaces in my life, and how to create things that share that imprint of a place with others. So many of my memories and relational connections are defined by sound. Roxane Métayer, Katya Shirshkova, and Sara Eelen, through Périodique des Chemins Boueux / Herbes Étincelles, […]
For so many, music is a reflective pool. Emotions woven with harmony and exploration become avenues to work through something or find understanding. Deniz Cuylan’s For Luca is a sonic shrine to his dearly departed dog, but it’s also a celebration of small moments that hold immense weight. Wistful melodies are wishes as much as […]
On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Ótal! I first stumbled on his work via his “Heyr” album sometime last year and have been a big, big fan every since! The Icelandic-born, Akron-based composer has a new record out now called “Fjöður” – big time recommendation! We talk about the processes behind it […]
When I first heard about composer Katherine Young’s Biomes project – this framework for collaboration through composition and improvisation – and its description as an ecosystem, the joy centers in my brain lit up. I mean, yes, scientifically, a biome is an ecosystem, but Young’s presentation of this as a set of rules for sonic […]
I think a lot about the sonic profile of important spaces in my life, and how to create things that share that imprint of a place with others. So many of my memories and relational connections are defined by sound. Roxane Métayer, Katya Shirshkova, and Sara Eelen, through Périodique des Chemins Boueux / Herbes Étincelles, […]
Bloody heatwave. Three months now and averaging 32°C/90°F and no rain. Well a few storms but nothing I can’t count on one hand. As I type it’s the end of the second week of August and I’m contemplating how much more heat I can take in a country devoid of air conditioning. I mean the […]
On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s John Thayer! John’s been on an incredible run as of late, from his solo record, “Winds Gate,” to the collaboration with Ben Seratan, and now, a new album with his partner, Lea Thomas as Miyaxx. We get into all of that before sinking into King Tubby, […]
This week on Songs of Our Lives, Sarah Davachi returns! I am thrilled to have Sarah back on the show, especially in celebration of her stellar (and monolithic!) new 3LP, “The Will of Tongues.” It’s one of 2026’s most incredible releases. After we talk about it, we get into Bauhaus, Harmonium, Alice Cooper, David Bowie, […]
Julio Lopez folds time and distance in on itself with Cloud Unknowing, their new album and booklet. These songs flow with a gentleness, always creating a soft landing, even as Lopez explores deep crevices and sharp edges in this music. This album is a vulnerable articulation of something buried in muscle and soil, and their […]
On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Mayssa Jallad! The Beirut-based artist is one of my absolute favorites. Not only do I love how she writes songs, but I come away from her work feeling as though I’ve learned something new. She’s incredible. We talk about her latest song, “Taamir (Bahriyyeh),” and then […]
Interviews
For so many, music is a reflective pool. Emotions woven with harmony and exploration become avenues to work through something or find understanding. Deniz Cuylan’s For Luca is a sonic shrine to his dearly departed dog, but it’s also a celebration of small moments that hold immense weight. Wistful melodies are wishes as much as […]
Interviews
When I first heard about composer Katherine Young’s Biomes project – this framework for collaboration through composition and improvisation – and its description as an ecosystem, the joy centers in my brain lit up. I mean, yes, scientifically, a biome is an ecosystem, but Young’s presentation of this as a set of rules for sonic […]
Interviews
I think a lot about the sonic profile of important spaces in my life, and how to create things that share that imprint of a place with others. So many of my memories and relational connections are defined by sound. Roxane Métayer, Katya Shirshkova, and Sara Eelen, through Périodique des Chemins Boueux / Herbes Étincelles, […]
Interviews
Julio Lopez folds time and distance in on itself with Cloud Unknowing, their new album and booklet. These songs flow with a gentleness, always creating a soft landing, even as Lopez explores deep crevices and sharp edges in this music. This album is a vulnerable articulation of something buried in muscle and soil, and their […]
Interviews
Beautiful, often elegiac soundworlds bloom in morning sunlight, tones flickering in the distance like a dancing mirage. Voices are more than words. Time is a collaborator. Kingdom Come, Kingdom Go is a breathtaking achievement from Michael Cloud Duguay and his crew. For music that holds so much weight in its flowing chord progressions and stoic […]
