Sad13 in Sixty Seconds or So
On ‘1331,’ Sadie Dupuis wrote, performed, and mixed her own theme songs, and she would like the record to show she is not an easy hang.
Activism
The Whole of Me — Terri Lyne Carrington Beyond the Drum Kit
The NEA Jazz Master and four-time Grammy winner talks through a dance album about deportation and prison abolition, the Buddhist line she lives by, and the years she has gone without proper time to practice drums.
Civil Service, Protest Songs, and the Private World of Ora Cogan
On the heels of her Sacred Bones debut 'Hard Hearted Woman,' Ora Cogan reflects on the Fairy Creek blockades, somatic practice, the whitewashing of folk music, and what it means to write a trans rights song that doesn't scream.
Ghost Notes from Wyoming — Caroline Davis's 'Fallows'
In conversation about 'Fallows,' an album made alone in a Wyoming cabin, Caroline Davis reflects on the ancestral figures who accompanied her during the residency, the saxophone techniques she invented in solitude, and an advocacy practice devoted to carceral justice and gender equity in jazz.
Kronos Quartet's David Harrington on Listening Through the Storm
The founding member of Kronos Quartet discusses the origins of "Hard Rain," a reimagining of Dylan's nuclear anthem that unites nearly fifty artists across generations and continents, and reflects on five decades of using the string quartet to address the crises that define our moment.
Sara Serpa and Jen Shyu Rewrite Creative Music With M³
Five years into their Mutual Mentorship for Musicians project, experimental vocalists Serpa and Shyu discuss replacing traditional hierarchies with structures where support moves in multiple directions and every voice counts.
Patrick Shiroishi's Sonic Resistance to Erasing the Past
After years of touring with Godspeed You! Black Emperor and SUMAC, Patrick Shiroishi unveils his two-suite composition 'Forgetting is Violent,' his saxophone tones carrying the weight of Japanese American internment camps and contemporary racist violence.