Interviews
Music can be a conduit for time travel. Andy Aquarius’s new album, Vale of Tears, feels far removed from the present. Across 12 harp songs, he reflects in the quiet of a retired Church of the Holy Cross nestled in the Croatian mountains. Spacious synths and textured aural environments support harp and voice, which remain […]
Songs of Our Lives
On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Michael Cormier-O’Leary! His project, Hour, has a new record out next month called “Ghost Bridge.” That’s such a great title. We get into all the various meanings behind it plus the process of writing and recording it. Then, we move onto all sorts of bangers from […]
Interviews
Hiram’s music connects spaces and defines worlds. Immersed in specific natural environments, he listens and channels what he hears through different instrumentation. Wooden flute expressions build green waves, melting into synth textures and flecked percussion. He draws the emotive core from wind and birdsong and plants it into slow-moving, reflective compositions, music that pulls inward […]
Interviews
Anita Tatlow’s voice builds worlds. Whispered melodies bloom into spiraling sequences, a living road map that reads like a memoir. On her newest album, the roads that shaped us, she explores the places she hasn’t been swaddled in the context of where she is. It’s a beautiful, drifting meditation on place in the sense of […]
It’s June, and summer break (for my kid) is in full swing. We’ve been prepping her room for painting this week, and planning a recording session for a project I’ll talk more about in the future. We also went to the Ren Faire last weekend and, as ever, it’s one of my favorite things to […]
Blak Saagan’s (Samuele Gottardello) monolithic Un Sequestro Lungo 10,000 Anni is one of 2026’s most audacious projects. Five years on from his last album, the Venetian composer delivers a 108-minute, triple-album opus, complete with an illustrated book featuring over 180 drawings by Iranian artist Majid Bita. This is an intensely personal work, creating a dystopian […]
On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Ruth Garbus! After an unexpected hiatus, this is the perfect episode to get back in action. Despite both of us being a bit tired when recording, we had way too much talking about Ruth’s new record, “Profound,” Gabriel Faure, treating anxiety and depression, and then a […]
When I first heard Zeynep Toraman’s work (her debut, In A Dark House), something about how she builds this profound stillness into her work stayed with me. It is music that, more than anything, creates space. I’ve been interested in her approach and thought processes behind these creations for a while, and her newest offering, […]
Jon Catler has spent a lifetime inside microtonal music, mapping territory most guitarists don’t know even exists. He’s played with La Monte Young for over 30 years, writing countless pieces for solo and ensemble performance, while also writing a book, The Nature of Music, that traces the philosophical and technical roots of Just Intonation. His […]
**Still on an unexpected hiatus but new episodes will be back very soon! This week, let’s revisit YATTA’s awesome episode before blasting “Palm Wine” to start the summer.** On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s YATTA! Even though we had to fight through some technical difficulties throughout, we had a great time talking […]
This might be my shortest episode yet at under thirty minutes, in fact it almost only reaches 25. Go me for brevity; for once. The sounds on this one almost traverse my entire time on this planet, give a year or two. It also contains some big commercial hitters from Grandaddy and Badly Drawn Boy […]
In the face of collapse and horror, Charbel Haber turned toward his music for clarity and solace. The Lebanese musician, now in Paris, has such a deep connection to his home, but being geographically removed allowed for a different kind of perspective. Days moved slower. Times were quieter, calmer. This became a foundation for gentler […]
**Still on an unexpected hiatus but new episodes will be back very soon! This week, let’s revisit this episode & then listen to Whitney’s trio album with Lia Kohl and Macie Stewart.** On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Whitney Johnson! Whitney did something I’ve always dreamed about – releasing two different albums […]
Interviews
Music can be a conduit for time travel. Andy Aquarius’s new album, Vale of Tears, feels far removed from the present. Across 12 harp songs, he reflects in the quiet of a retired Church of the Holy Cross nestled in the Croatian mountains. Spacious synths and textured aural environments support harp and voice, which remain […]
Interviews
Hiram’s music connects spaces and defines worlds. Immersed in specific natural environments, he listens and channels what he hears through different instrumentation. Wooden flute expressions build green waves, melting into synth textures and flecked percussion. He draws the emotive core from wind and birdsong and plants it into slow-moving, reflective compositions, music that pulls inward […]
Interviews
Anita Tatlow’s voice builds worlds. Whispered melodies bloom into spiraling sequences, a living road map that reads like a memoir. On her newest album, the roads that shaped us, she explores the places she hasn’t been swaddled in the context of where she is. It’s a beautiful, drifting meditation on place in the sense of […]
Interviews
Someone whose thought process goes something like, “What would this thing sound like if I attached a string to it and bowed it?” is someone after my own heart. That’s what Jon Rose has done for years. He’s a violinist and composer first and foremost, but over the decades he has acquired and created a […]
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 […]
