Sound Off with Katy Henriksen Podcast
1) Haley Fohr and Circuit des Yeux
Sound Off explores creativity at the intersection of art, music, and literature, to dig into what that work and the people making it tell us about art and life in the 21st century. Today’s guest is Ha...Show More
2) Episode 4: Music as testimony, music for healing with Mary Kouyoumdjian
Today’s guest is composer Mary Kouyoumdjian who collaborated with the Kronos Quartet to release her first recording. An Armenian-American composer & Pulitzer prize finalist who deftly weaves field rec...Show More
3) Seun Keuti
Seun Kuti became the bandleader to Egypt 80 as a teenager after the original bandleader, his father, afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, died. He was filling heavy shoes. Today's Sound Off features a discussi...Show More
4) Jenny Toomey and Kristin Thomson of Tsunami
The joyfully D.I.Y. 90s band Tsunami recently received the box set treatment from Numero Group. Bandmates Jenny Toomey and Kristin Thomson join Sound Off to recall the “long welcoming shadow” of Disco...Show More
5) Liz Pelly on Mood Machine
Journalist Liz Pelly joins Sound Off to unpack her new book Mood Machine: On the Rise of Spotify and Costs of the Perfect Playlist. Beyond the fact that Spotify is a tech platform more dedicated to th...Show More
6) JJJJJerome Ellis
Today’s guest is multidisciplinary artist JJJJJerome Ellis. Through music, text, performance, video, and photography he researches relationships among blackness, disabled speech, divinity, nature, sou...Show More
7) Bridget Kibbey
Today’s guest is harpist Bridget Kibbey, who’s been described as the Yo-Yo Ma of the harp. She has a new album out tomorrow on the wonderful label Pentatone called Crossing The Ocean. She commissioned...Show More
8) Amanda Gookin
Today’s guest is cellist and arts leader Amanda Gookin. Her Forward Music Project, launched in 2015, commissions new multimedia works for solo cello that elevate stories of feminine empowerment throug...Show More
9) Jessica Pavone
Today’s guest is composer/violist Jessica Pavone, a NYC based artist whose new album Clamor, is out in October. The album, which features string ensemble and bassoon, includes works that are inspired ...Show More
10) Tumi Mogorosi
Today’s guest is the South African percussionist Tumi Mogorosi. His album Group Theory: Black Music, out on the label Mushroom Hour Half Hour was one of Katy's favorites in 2022. Learn more about your...Show More