CIRCLE WITH A DOT

it's a handy rundown of everything happening on our humble online magazine, via this weekend's Talk Of The Tonearm newsletter Zeena Parkins, Momoko Gill, Sam Wenc, Kodomo, Special Friend, Bayeté … and a newsletter-exclusive interview with cool as ice NYC band Amiturebrand new, good for you → https://www.thetonearm.com/a-deliberate-case-of-serendipity-newsletter/

Today's new episode of The Tonearm Podcast features pedal steel innovator Sam Wenc discussing 'Language at an Angle', his debut release under his own name after thirteen years recording as Post Moves. Wenc talks about retiring that moniker, the bodily and compositional relationship he has developed with the pedal steel, and how a sustained meditation practice shaped both the album's titles and its musical arc. The conversation also turns to the late Susan Alcorn — to whom the album is dedicated — and what her example meant for how Wenc thinks about tradition, freedom, and the instrument itself. Tune in to the conversation: https://podcast.thetonearm.com/sam-wenc-the-experimental-language-of-the-pedal-steel-guitar/

hi! this week's new issue of Talk Of The Tonearm features a newsletter-exclusive interview with Mary Ocher on her politically and personally-charged album, 'Weimar' … also: Bette A., The Raincoats, Lost Noises Office, Modha, Michael Graves, and a whole bunch more the voodoo that you do so well →https://www.thetonearm.com/the-ethics-of-serving-the-archive-newsletter/

@adventure_tense so glad you enjoyed the conversation + thank you for the comments! (and I remember Cool Edit Pro)

Today's new episode of The Tonearm Podcast features composer and multi-instrumentalist Erik Hall discussing 'Solo Three,' the concluding chapter of his trilogy of solo reinterpretations of contemporary classical works. Hall talks about how a chance encounter with Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians in a college library set the course for his entire musical life — and how, decades later, a suggestion from his wife turned that obsession into a recording project that Reich himself called a reinvention of the piece.Hall also walks us through the making of 'Solo Three,' which brings together works by Glenn Branca, Charlemagne Palestine, Laurie Spiegel, and Reich, and discusses what it means to perform every part live, without loops or sequencers.Don't miss this fascinating episode of The Tonearm Podcast: https://podcast.thetonearm.com/erik-hall-multitracking-the-minimalist-aesthetic/#Podcast #Minimalism #MinimalistMusic #SteveReich

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