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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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49:20

Patrick Smith: Bebop, Brass Bands, and a Bookstore

The Tonearm ·

2026/02/22

Today, we're putting The Tonearm's needle on Toronto saxophonist Patrick Smith.Patrick has become a key player in the city's creative music scene. His new album, Words Underlined, came out in December on Lit Soc Records. It's the first release from the new label started by Sellers & Newell, a Toronto bookstore that moonlights as a music venue. Patrick recorded there with guitarist Dan Pitt and drummer Lowell Whitty. The trio plays without a bass, and the album alternates between composed pieces

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49:16

Stephen Vitiello: The Punk Attitude of Collaborative...

The Tonearm ·

2026/02/15

Today, we’re putting The Tonearm's needle on Stephen Vitiello.Stephen is an electronic musician and media artist. His sound installations are in the permanent collections of MoMA, the Whitney, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Lyon. He's worked with Pauline Oliveros, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Joan Jonas. By day, he teaches Kinetic Imaging at Virginia Commonwealth University.Stephen’s latest project is Trinity, a collaborative album with Lawrence English, who you heard on last week's show. Each of

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1:05:14

Lawrence English: Capturing the Impossible Trio

The Tonearm ·

2026/02/08

Show NotesAustralian composer Lawrence English has spent over two decades treating sound as something that occupies your body, not just your ears. Putting The Tonearm's needle on Lawrence English means entering a sonic world where you're never quite sure what you're hearing or where it's coming from, and if you are a listener like our host, that will suit you just fine.Lawrence’s recent album Trinity pairs him with Stephen Vitiello and guests like Brendan Canty from Fugazi and Chris Abrahams from

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52:56

Noah Franche-Nolan: Music-Making as Spiritual Practice

The Tonearm ·

2026/02/01

Today we're putting The Tonearm's needle on pianist and composer Noah Franche-Nolan.Noah's latest album, Rose-Anna, is named after his Acadian great-grandmother, a church organist from Grand Falls, New Brunswick. The Acadians are French-speaking people with deep roots in Canada's Maritime provinces. The Acadians were expelled from their land by the British in the late 1700s and many of them migrated south to Louisiana where they became known by their more famous name, the Cajuns. Noah’s family

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50:10

Michael Hallsworth: Escaping the Hypocrisy Trap

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2026/01/25

Today we’re putting The Tonearm's needle on author and behavioral scientist Michael Hallsworth.Michel has spent the last two decades applying behavioral science to real-world problems at the Behavioural Insights Team. He's held positions at Princeton, Columbia, Imperial College London, and the University of Pennsylvania.Michael's new book, The Hypocrisy Trap, takes on something we all recognize instantly but rarely understand: why we're so quick to spot hypocrisy in others yet are blind to it in

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52:08

John Mlynczak: Why NAMM Still Matters in 2026

The Tonearm ·

2026/01/18

We're putting The Tonearm's needle onJohn Mlynczak, President and CEO of the National Association of Music Merchants.NAMM is the trade association for the music, sound, and event industries. Basically, NAMM represents the companies that make the tools your favorite music artists use to create their work.John has spent years at Hal Leonard and PreSonus Audio, where music education meets technology. He built curricula, managed platforms, and taught teachers how to use tech in their classrooms.Now he

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1:00:47

Patricia Brennan: Vibraphone Visions of the Universe

The Tonearm ·

2026/01/11

Today we're putting The Tonearm's needle on Patricia Brennan, a vibraphonist and composer who grew up in Veracruz, Mexico, playing salsa with her dad while listening to Hendrix and Zeppelin with her mom. She studied classical percussion at the Curtis Institute, performed with Yo-Yo Ma and the Philadelphia Orchestra, then found her voice and career in jazz and improvisation.Patricia’s latest album, Of The Near And Far, takes constellations from the summer sky and turns them into music. She

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49:17

Phil Haynes: Banging the Drum for Liberty Now

The Tonearm ·

2026/01/04

Today we're putting The Tonearm's needle on drummerPhil Haynes.Since moving to New York from Oregon in 1983, Phil's played on scores of recordings with artists like Anthony Braxton and David Liebman. Phil has joined me once already, in March 2024, to discuss his memoir,Chasing the Masters: First Takes of a Modernist Drumming Artist.Phil’s with me today to discuss his bandFree Country, which takes American roots music and runs it through their particular jazz lens, using cello, guitar, bass, and

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47:22

Bryan Senti: Strings, Migration, and Finding Home

The Tonearm ·

2025/12/28

Today we're puttingThe Tonearm's needle on violinist and composer Bryan Senti.Bryan Senti won a BAFTA for scoring the BBC seriesMood. He's composed for films since 2015 and worked with artists like Regina Spektor and Mark Ronson. But his new albumLa Mareatells a different story—his father's story.La Mareatakes Cuban migration and turns it into sound. His previous album,Manu, honored his Colombian mother through short violin pieces. This time, Bryan recorded with the Czech National Symphony

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43:28

Holiday Bonus: Nels Cline on the Wilco Will Love You...

The Tonearm ·

2025/12/23

Our recent episode featuring Wilco and creative music guitarist Nels Cline has proven to be a listener-favorite. This holiday season, we thought it might be fun to give you even more of what we know you love. So … we are excited to bring you another conversation with Nels, this one from the Wilco Will Love You Podcast.Wilco Will Love You is hosted by two fans who cover the music and influence of the Chicago band. The podcast is co-hosted by Mary MacLane Mellas and The Tonearm’s contributing writer

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47:10

Graham St. John: Terence McKenna's Hallucinatory Life

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2025/12/21

Today, we're putting The Tonearm's needle on Graham St John, a cultural anthropologist and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Huddersfield in the UK.Graham has spent decades studying transformational events, psychedelic culture, and electronic dance music scenes. He's written ten books, and his latest is Strange Attractor: The Hallucinatory Life of Terence McKenna, published by MIT Press. McKenna was the 20th century's psychedelic renaissance man, a stand-up philosopher who became a sampled

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53:35

Nels Cline: Tales of a Daunted Guitarist

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2025/12/14

Today, we’re putting The Tonearm’s needle on guitarist Nels Cline.Most people know Nels Cline as Wilco's guitarist for the past two decades. But his range goes far beyond indie rock. He's spent forty-plus years moving between jazz clubs, punk venues, and studios where the rules get bent or thrown out entirely. Rolling Stone put him on their list of the top 100 guitarists of all time, but that tells you nothing about how he actually plays.His current project, Trio of Bloom, pairs him with keyboardist

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53:58

Marcus Roberts: Jazz Piano and Technology's Promise

The Tonearm ·

2025/12/07

Today, we're putting The Tonearm's needle on pianist Marcus Roberts.Roberts plays jazz piano like he's lived through its entire history. His style pulls from Jelly Roll Morton and Fats Waller as much as it does from bebop. He spent years in Wynton Marsalis's band, has performed piano concertos with Seiji Ozawa, and today leads The Modern Jazz Generation, a 12-piece ensemble encompassing three decades of musicians.Roberts is here today to talk about something beyond performance. He's one of twenty

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53:53

Ned Rothenberg: Solo Improvisation in Bizarre Times

The Tonearm ·

2025/11/30

Show NotesNed Rothenberg just released his first solo album in thirteen years, Looms & Legends, and it shows why he's been called America's most intimate composer and improviser. Ned’s improvisations and compositions display his use of extended techniques like circular breathing and multiphonics, while others tell stories through melody. He calls it music for an imaginary culture - sounds that feel indigenous to a place that doesn't exist yet.Ned shared his views on the nature of experimental

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52:10

Miguel Zenón: Vanguardia Subterránea and the Sound of...

The Tonearm ·

2025/11/23

Today, we're puttingThe Tonearm's needle on saxophonist and composerMiguel Zenón.A MacArthur Fellow, Guggenheim recipient, and Grammy winner, Miguel has spent over two decades creating music that connects jazz tradition with Puerto Rican rhythms and modern composition.He's here to talk about his latest release,Vanguardia Subterránea- his quartet's first live album, captured at the Village Vanguard with musicians he's played with for twenty years. Miguel and I first spoke in 2011 about his role as

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42:47

Linda May Han Oh: In Search of Strange Heavens

The Tonearm ·

2025/11/16

Today we're puttingThe Tonearm's needle on bassist and composerLinda May Han Oh.Linda's a Grammy winner who's recorded with Pat Metheny, Kenny Barron, and Joe Lovano. She was even the model for the bassist character in Pixar's 'Soul.' But it's her own work that brings us together.Her latest album,Strange Heaven, explores why we choose familiar hells over strange heavens—why we stick with what we know even when change might save us. It's a question that cuts through everything from personal

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1:23:38

The Inaugural Jazz Forward Award Winners

The Tonearm ·

2025/11/09

Today on The Tonearm, we're celebrating the inauguralJazz Forward Awardwinners fromAll About Jazz. Since 1995, All About Jazz has been a driving force for jazz discovery. Now they're recognizing industry trailblazers who actively promote jazz awareness and culture.We'll hear from four organizations reshaping how jazz connects with audiences worldwide. Ed Trefzger from JazzWeek tracks radio airplay across North America, giving artists and their teams vital exposure data. Jesus Perezagua's Oh! Jazz

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1:27

Spotlight On is now . . . The Tonearm!

The Tonearm ·

2025/11/06

Hi, this is Lawrence Peryer with a quick update about some exciting changes coming to our show. Spotlight On is now The Tonearm—same name as our online magazine at thetonearm.com. Same conversations with the people and ideas moving culture forward, just a new name and a fresh look. The timing works out: this week marks one year since we launched The Tonearm online.We're also shifting from Thursday to Sunday episode releases. Why Sundays? Thursdays have gotten crowded—it seems like everyone drops new

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41:03

Peter Knight: Hand to Earth's Sonic Homecoming

The Tonearm ·

2025/10/30

Today, the Spotlight shines On composer, trumpeter, and producer Peter Knight.Peter Knight has spent decades working in the spaces between genres and cultures. His latest project brings together 40,000-year-old Indigenous Australian songs with contemporary electroacoustic music through Hand to Earth's new album, the title of which translates as "the scent of home." The record finds Peter collaborating with Indigenous songkeepers Daniel and David Wilfred alongside Korean vocalist Sunny Kim, creating

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49:46

David Harrington of Kronos Quartet: The Musician Listens

The Tonearm ·

2025/10/23

Today, the Spotlight shines OnDavid Harrington, founder and violinist ofKronos Quartet.For fifty years, David has led one of the most adventurous musical ensembles on the planet. Kronos has commissioned over 1,100 works, collaborated with everyone from Philip Glass to Nine Inch Nails, and earned three Grammys along the way. Their recent "Hard Rain" project brought together nearly fifty artists worldwide to reimagine Bob Dylan's nuclear-age anthem, while the Library of Congress has just acquired

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