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The Tonearm

Lawrence Peryer

The people and ideas moving culture forward. With host Lawrence Peryer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:01:30

Kim Perlak: Guitar, Percussion, and the Space Between

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2025/07/10

Today, the Spotlight shines On guitarist and composerKim Perlak.Kim chairs the guitar department at Berklee College of Music, where she's spent over a decade expanding from classical performance into composition and improvisation. Her new album,Spaces, is a collaboration with percussionist Francisco Mela. The record captures four nature-inspired suites that obliterate the lines between written music and spontaneous creation.The project shows how Kim moved from performing exclusively new classical

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56:25

Terence Hannum: Revisiting Locrian's The Crystal World

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2025/07/03

Today, the Spotlight shines OnTerence Hannum.Terence wears many hats. He is a visual artist, professor, and one-third of the experimental trioLocrian. It's the 15th anniversary reissue of Locrian'sThe Crystal Worldthat brings us together today. This album marked a turning point for the band, transforming them from a duo into a full trio and giving structure to their sprawling sonic explorations.The record takes its name and inspiration from J.G. Ballard's 1966 novel, which is about a jungle consumed

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51:07

Knox Chandler: Exploring the Sound of the Shoreline

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2025/06/26

Today, the Spotlight shines On guitaristKnox Chandler.Knox's name might ring a bell from his work with The Psychedelic Furs, Siouxsie and the Banshees, or maybe from his string arrangements on Depeche Mode's Exciter. However, his latest project takes an entirely different turn. After decades in the music business bouncing between New York, Berlin, and stages around the world, Knox found himself back in his Connecticut hometown caring for his aging mother.What started as a personal necessity became

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1:03:43

John Andrew Fredrick: The Black Watch Abides

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2025/06/19

Today, the Spotlight shines OnJohn Andrew FredrickofThe Black Watch.After thirty-seven years of making indie rock, the band’s latest album,For All the World, boasts an energy and vitality that surprises even John. John’s a great guest: His creative process remains rooted in uncertainty, he reads more about music than he listens to it, he draws inspiration from everything from Dostoyevsky to David Bowie, and believes the best songwriting comes from not knowing too much about where you're headed.John

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49:40

Ingrid Laubrock: Purposing the Air with Music and Voices

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2025/06/12

Today, the Spotlight shines On saxophonist and composerIngrid Laubrock.Ingrid's just releasedPurposing The Air, a double album that sets 60 brief poems byErica Huntto music through four different vocal-instrumental duos. It's an ambitious project that transforms Hunt's emotionally sharp koans into what Ingrid calls "a library of moods”—each piece capturing a different feeling, from the everyday to the searching.The project began during Ingrid’s master's studies, when she met Hunt through a friend

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47:07

Kinan Azmeh: Live in Berlin, Rooted in Damascus

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2025/06/05

Today, the Spotlight shines on clarinetist and composerKinan Azmeh.Earlier this year, Kinan releasedLive in Berlin, his fourteenth album with his CityBand quartet. The album captures music he wrote during Syria's 2011 uprising—pieces that carry the weight of watching your homeland torn apart from thousands of miles away. Born in Damascus and now based in Brooklyn, Kinan has spent decades crossing the world with his clarinet, performing with Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble, the New York Philharmonic,

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50:47

Tal Yahalom: A Guitarist's Mirror Image of Tradition

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2025/05/29

Today, the Spotlight shines On guitarist and composerTal Yahalom.Tal has built a reputation in New York's creative music scene for weaving post-bop, classical, and South American influences into a unique sound all his own. On his latest album,Mirror Image, Tal brings together a chamber quintet that puts his guitar in conversation with strings, woodwinds, and percussion, creating music that shifts between meditative reflection and striking exploration.(The musical excerpts heard in the interview are

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46:30

Claire Cope: Orchestrating Stories of Brave Women

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2025/05/22

Today, the Spotlight shines OnClaire Cope. This British composer crafts music that combines the freedom of jazz with the precision of classical music, drawing inspiration from women whose stories are often overlooked in history books.Caire’s new albumEvery Journeydropped in March to coincide with International Women's Day. On it, she expanded her original septet to an 11-piece band, giving her more colors to paint with as she tells stories of female explorers and their brave first steps.Claire’s

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38:38

Mike Scott of The Waterboys: The Ballad of Dennis Hopper

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2025/05/15

Today, the Spotlight shines OnMike Scott, founder ofThe Waterboys.In 2014, Mike stumbled upon Dennis Hopper’s photography in a London gallery and fell into a rabbit hole that led toLife, Death and Dennis Hopper, a bold concept album that tells the story of theEasy Riderstar from childhood to beyond the grave. It's a sonic movie with guest turns from Bruce Springsteen, Fiona Apple, and Steve Earle that chronicles not just Hopper's journey but the cultural shifts he witnessed and helped create.This

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57:30

Craig Mod: Things Become Things That Last

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2025/05/08

Today, the Spotlight shines OnCraig Mod, a writer, photographer, and walker who's spent the last 20 years making Japan his home.Random House has just releasedThings Become Other Things, a walking memoir that traces his 300-mile journey along ancient pilgrimage paths in rural Japan. The book blends sharp prose with striking photography, capturing conversations with aging fishermen, inn owners, and cafe "mamas" while reflecting on friendship, loss, and the disappearing village life of Japan's Kii

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51:58

Tamiko Thiel: part 2 - art at technology's edge

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2025/05/01

Today, the Spotlight again shines on media artistTamiko Thiel, in the second of our two-part conversation.In our first talk, we explored Tamiko's journey from designing the world's first AI supercomputer in the eighties to becoming a pioneering media artist. Today, we dive deeper into her groundbreaking work in virtual reality and other philosophical matters.Tamiko's been creating immersive digital worlds since the mid-1990s when she worked with Steven Spielberg on a virtual space for seriously ill

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57:06

Tamiko Thiel: part 1 - sculpting the electronic brain

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2025/04/24

Today, the Spotlight shines On digital media artist Tamiko Thiel.To mark our special milestone of 250 episodes, we are kicking off a two-part conversation with media artist Tamiko Thiel.Tamiko has lived at the crossroads of art and technology for over 40 years. She designed the Connection Machine, the first commercial AI supercomputer that now sits in New York’s Museum of Modern Art. She's worked with everyone from Steven Spielberg to Richard Feynman, and pioneered virtual reality art before most

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45:18

Hunter Noack: Grand Piano & Grander Landscapes

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2025/04/17

Today, the Spotlight shines On naturalist and classical pianistHunter Noack.Redefining what a concert hall can be, Hunter Noack hauls a nine-foot Steinway grand piano to mountaintops, forests, and beaches for his series "In a Landscape: Classical Music in the Wild."Hunter grew up in Central Oregon, where his love for music and nature took root. His concert series gives audiences wireless headphones and encourages them to wander through stunning settings while the music plays. It's part performance,

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49:31

Noah Preminger: A Veteran Saxophonist Tackles the Ballad

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2025/04/10

Today, the Spotlight shines On renowned saxophonistNoah Preminger.Boston-based saxophonist Noah Preminger has spent years pushing jazz into new territories before focusing on one of the art form's most enduring traditions. He’s just releasedBallads, a collection that finds this restless musical explorer settling into the quiet power of beautiful melodies.Noah's built his reputation on bold musical choices—from stark Delta blues interpretations to intricate duo sessions with bassist Kim Cass. But

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48:22

Mary Halvorson & Sylvie Courvoisier: Bone Bells and...

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2025/04/03

Today, the Spotlight shines On two artists who've taken the piano-guitar duo to bold new places.Sylvie CourvoisierandMary Halvorsonhave just releasedBone Bells, their third album, and a fresh showcase of their uncanny musical connection.These two players come from different worlds: Sylvie from European classical traditions and Mary from experimental jazz guitar circles. But when they join forces, something magical happens. Their music shifts from delicate to eruptive, structured to spontaneous, with

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53:54

Phillip Golub: Recording the Impossible Piano

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2025/03/27

Today, the Spotlight shines OnPhillip Golub, a Brooklyn pianist taking his music in bold new directions.Phillip's new project,Loop 7, is a set of minimalist compositions performed on a piano tuned to 22 notes per octave instead of the usual 12. Working with producer Joseph Branciforte, he's created something that lives between acoustic chamber music and studio art.It's a groundbreaking approach—Phillip's performance was captured on a special Yamaha piano in a unique way he tells us about. The

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57:12

TJ Dumser (Six Missing): Inner Space, Sobriety, and...

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2025/03/20

Today, the Spotlight shines OnSix Missing, the musical project of ambient artistTJ Dumser, who creates music that helps us connect with the present moment in ways we often forget.After encountering an intense phase of burnout, TJ turned his mental health struggles intoGentle Breath, a dark, lush EP that marks a new direction for this Austin-based artist. It's music that explores uncertainty with stunning depth—think Tangerine Dream meets the cosmic GAS records, but with TJ's distinct voice shining

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45:33

Jenny Scheinman: A Violin in the Wild

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2025/03/13

Today, the Spotlight shines On violinist and composerJenny Scheinman.Jenny Scheinman grew up on California's remote Lost Coast, and now she brings us music that captures the wild beauty of her roots. Her double albumAll Species Paradebrings together jazz and folk to create something wholly original that feels like the natural world itself.With a dream team of collaborators including Bill Frisell, Nels Cline, and Julian Lage on guitars, Jenny's violin leads us through soundscapes that honor the land,

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47:14

Cary Baker: Adventures in Busking and Street Music

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2025/03/06

Today, the Spotlight shines OnCary Baker, author ofDown on the Corner: Adventures in Busking and Street Music.The music you hear on street corners and subway platforms has its untold history, and at age 16, Cary Baker followed a slide guitar's haunting melody through Chicago’s Maxwell Street Market to find himself face-to-face with bluesman Blind Arvella Gray. That chance encounter sparked a lifelong obsession.Cary's book,Down on the Corner, traces the heritage of street music across 100 years, from

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46:58

Michael Dorf: From Knitting Factory to Patti Smith's...

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2025/02/27

Today, the Spotlight shines On New York live music and venue impresarioMichael Dorf.In addition to foundingThe Knitting FactoryandCity Winery, Michael has brought legendary artists together at Carnegie Hall for over twenty years, raising millions for music education while creating unforgettable tribute nights. He launched his first tribute show in 2004 after seeing how school music programs were vanishing.Now, he’s put together what might be his most powerful lineup yet. Michael Stipe, Courtney

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