Spotlight On Podcast
1) Phil Haynes: Banging the Drum for Liberty Now
Today we're putting The Tonearm's needle on drummer Phil Haynes.Since moving to New York from Oregon in 1983, Phil's played on scores of recordings with artists like Anthony Braxton and David Lie...Show More
2) Bryan Senti: Strings, Migration, and Finding Home
Today we're putting The Tonearm's needle on violinist and composer Bryan Senti.Bryan Senti won a BAFTA for scoring the BBC series Mood. He's composed for films since 2015 and worked with art...Show More
3) Holiday Bonus: Nels Cline on the Wilco Will Love You Podcast
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 y...Show More
4) Graham St. John: Terence McKenna's Hallucinatory Life
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 transfor...Show More
5) Nels Cline: Tales of a Daunted Guitarist
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-...Show More
6) Marcus Roberts: Jazz Piano and Technology's Promise
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 ...Show More
7) Ned Rothenberg: Solo Improvisation in Bizarre Times
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 ...Show More
8) Miguel Zenón: Vanguardia Subterránea and the Sound of Sanctuary
Today, we're putting The Tonearm's needle on saxophonist and composer Miguel Zenón.A MacArthur Fellow, Guggenheim recipient, and Grammy winner, Miguel has spent over two decades creating mus...Show More
9) Linda May Han Oh: In Search of Strange Heavens
Today we're putting The Tonearm's needle on bassist and composer Linda May Han Oh.Linda's a Grammy winner who's recorded with Pat Metheny, Kenny Barron, and Joe Lovano. She was even the mode...Show More
10) The Inaugural Jazz Forward Award Winners
Today on The Tonearm, we're celebrating the inaugural Jazz Forward Award winners from All About Jazz. Since 1995, All About Jazz has been a driving force for jazz discovery. Now they're...Show More