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The Jim Motavalli Interview Podcast

WPKN, Jim Motavalli

Jim Motavalli of WPKN features interviews new and archival - artists, movers, shakers, and more.

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18:06

Roots Music Exemplar Miss Tess in Louisiana

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2025/02/26

Miss Tess, one of our most talented roots singers, songwriters and multi-instrumentalists, has just put out Cher Rêve, an album dedicated to exploring Louisiana's southern Acadiana region and in specific the "magical" city of Lafayette, home of the Blackpot Festival (about music and food). Instead of the Big Easy, Lafayette is the sleepy "Little Easier."

21:11

Irish Singer Karan Casey's World View

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2025/02/26

The Irish singer Karan Casey's most recent album is Nine Apples of Gold. She tours regularly in the US, where Irish music has a huge audience. Casey was a member of the popular band Solas, and is a founder of Fairplé, which works to achieve fairness and gender balance for female performers in Irish traditional music.

16:41

Syrian Clarinetist Kinan Azmeh Blends Jazz, World and...

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2025/02/26

The Syrian-born master clarinet player is now based in Brooklyn, and making his hard-to-characterize music--a meld of jazz, Middle Eastern and classical influences--with the CityBand. His latest album was recorded live in Berlin.

13:34

The Chatham Rabbits: Americana Down on the Family Farm

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2025/02/26

The Chatham Rabbits, Austin and Sarah McCombie, live on a working farm in rural North Carolina. Their original songs reflect their dedication to the land, and to each other. Be Real With Me is their latest album, evenly split between her songs and his songs.

24:53

Jim White and Trey Blake: The Haunted Face of Country...

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2025/02/26

Jim White is an outsider Americana artist, who uses country music as a jumping off point to explore the psyche in ways that sometimes recall the author Cormac McCarthy. He found a kindred spirit in Trey Blake, an autistic poet he met while on tour in England. He encouraged her singing, and the resulting songs (realized initially by a member of Stereolab) are memorable and deeply probing. This was Blake's very first interview.

21:46

Guitarist Bill Frisell on his Jazz-Meets-Country...

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2024/12/17

One of the most admired guitarists in jazz, Bill Frisell has never recognized boundaries and his music--while always remaining jazz--reflects his deep study of Americana and country music's roots. He spoke in advance of a 2024 gig in Fairfield, CT.

38:41

Nicole Glover: Modern Giant of the Tenor Saxophone

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2024/12/17

Tenor saxophonist Nicole Glover is currently dividing her time between the all-female Artemis band, a new ensemble from bassist Christian McBride, Ursa Major, and her solo projects--sometimes a trio without a net. She's a fully committed player, and here she talks about coming up on the Portland, OR scene and making the all-important move to NYC.

35:50

The Many Worlds of David Amram

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2024/12/17

David Amram is a true musical omnivore, with deep roots in jazz (bringing the French horn into the mix), classical and folk music. He virtually invented jazz poetry with Jack Kerouac in the 1950s, worked with Leonard Bernstein and composed symphonic works, and was a friend of Rambling Jack Elliot and Woody Guthrie. Here, at 94, he talks about the musical lessons he's learned.

15:18

Author Robert Rubin Talks about His Deep Dive into...

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2024/11/08

Robert Rubin is the author Vanishing Point Forever, the ultimate and exhaustive take on the filming and meaning of the semi-existential 1970s road movie Vanishing Point. Who was Barry Newman? Listen and find out.

12:50

Krissy Nagy and the Kranks Celebrate the Jazz Standards

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2024/11/08

Krissie Nagy is a major new new discovery in jazz singing, making the Great American Songbook come alive with verve and panache. Her self-titled album as Krissie and the Kranks is out now.

23:27

Matthew Herd of Britain-based Seafarers on New Album...

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2024/11/08

Seafarers specializes in highly literate, gorgeous pop music that's hard to slot into an easy category.

23:37

Singer-Songwriter Jenny Owen Youngs Talks "Avalanche"

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2024/11/08

The Maine-based singer-songwriter, most famous for asking, "What was I thinking?" talks about her album "Avalanche," her new book, and her hit Buffy the Vampire Slayer podcast.

21:49

Author Graeme Thomson on the Engigmatic Kate Bush

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2024/11/08

British author Graeme Thomson talks about the flamboyant but also press-shy superstar Kate Bush, the subject of the recent update of his incisive biography of her.

37:20

Billy Harper

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2024/09/20

Billy Harper is a impassioned progressive jazz saxophonist. He is "one of a generation of Coltrane-influenced tenor saxophonists" with a distinctively stern, hard-as-nails sound on his instrument. He was interviewed by Jim Motavalli for WPKN and New York City Jazz Record.

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