Episodes
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Music
Strength of a Young Man by Vernon Field
Wave I by Elori Saxl
Rearranging Furniture from Gabriel Yared’s score to By the Sea
Falling Forever and Ever by Ricky Eat Acid
Muff Gets a Share from Joel P West’s score to Band of Robbers
Notes
By far the most fun I had researching this was reading Kaori O’Conner’s Pineapple: A Global History. Really a lovely little book.
Published 11/17/22
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Music
Rauelsson plays Mom, in Ukraine
Group Listening plays Julie With
Richard Birkin plays Vigil II
Colleen plays Les Ondes Silencieueses
Taylor Deupree and Marcus Fischer play Bell
The Ensemble Rescerche plays Morton Feldman’s Something Wild in the City: Mary Ann’s Theme
Published 10/22/22
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Music
Sunset Village by Group Listening
Winter Memory by Dark Dark Dark
Pretty in Plums by Shida Shihabi
With a little bit of The Crumbling by Valgeir Sigurossen
Afternoon in Paris by the incomparable John Lewis
Abstrutions from Max Roach
And Herbert’s Story from Mark Orton’s score to Nebraska
Published 09/29/22
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Music
Arrival by by Domenique Dumont
Bouquet by Bobby Hutcherson
Last Dance by No Vacation
Channels Passing by Paul Dresher
Dilo 4 by Emika
The Kronos Quartet plays II from Phillip Glass’ second string quartet, “Company.”
Published 09/02/22
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This episode was originally released in October of 2017 and was produced with engineering assistance from Elizabeth Aubert.
Music
Sunrise Through the Dusty Nebula by Hannah Peel
Keep by Nils Frahm
Horizon Variations by Max Richter
She cycles through: Where or When by Hal Kemp & His Orchestra, Smarty (You Know it All) by Fats Waller, Dear Mr. Gable: You Made Me Love...
Published 08/21/22
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This episode was originally released in the spring of 2018. It’s being re-released today because Nate’s on book leave for the summer.
Music
We start off with Theme de Simon from Georges Delerue.
Go to Alpine Sketch from Christian Loffler’s Young Alaska.
Hear some of Three Dances: II Pavane arranged for the Chromos Tuba Quartet.
The Plum Blossom from Yusuf Lateef’s great Eastern Sounds record.
Juve & Fandor by...
Published 07/21/22
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This episode was originally released in July of 2016. It’s being re-released today because Nate’s on book leave for the summer and because it’s a total banger.
Notes and Reading:
* I came to this story the old fashioned way (for me): I saw Su Lin at the Field Museum and needed to know more. That led me inevitably to Vicki Croke's The Lady and the Panda from 2006. It's a terrific read. If you have any interest at all in learning more...
Published 07/08/22
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Music
Arrival by Dominique Dumont
Bouquet by Bobby Hutcherson off of his phenomenal album, Happenings.
Wrench and Numbers from Jeff Russo’s score to Fargo, the FX show.
Melodrames telegraphies (in B flat Major 7th), part 1 by Brian McBride
Kembang Andyani from the Gamelan Orchestra
Published 06/23/22
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This episode was originally released in 2016 in the days after the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. It is re-released every year on the anniversary of the incident.
A note on...
Published 06/12/22
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This episode originally appeared in the winter of 2019.
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Music
Still Space by Satoshi Ashikawa.
Published 05/28/22
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Music
Blithe Field does RD 1
O Venezia, Venuga, Venusia by Nino Rota
Carthage by Hayden Perdido
Nice Breeze, Isn’t It? from Simon Rackham
Mystere by amiina
Blithe Field also does Racing Backward
as well as Prelude
Published 05/18/22
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Music
The Return by Library Tapes
Erased Duet by Valgeir Sigurdossen
3-sized PF by Takahiro Kido
Vals Efter Lasser I Lyby by Lofoton Cello Duo
Notes
Totally recommend Bruce Levine’s Thaddeus Stevens: Civil War Revolutionary, Fighter...
Published 04/30/22
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Music
Dance PM from Horishi Yoshimura
Amor - C.B. Rework by Clark
Here’s What You’re Missin by Bing and Ruth
Meredith Monk’s Ellis Island as played by Bruce Brubaker
Alto Paraiso by Aukai
Opening from Nathaniel Bartlett
Rivers That you...
Published 04/11/22
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This episode was originally released in December of 2016
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Music
Starts with Christope Beck and DeadMono’s theme to Charlie Countryman.
Prelude for HS by Hakon Stene.
Tezeta (Nostalgia) from Malatu Astatke, from Ethiopiques vol. 4, one of...
Published 03/18/22
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Music
Fragment I by Library Tapes
Don’t Forget to Breathe Eh by Kelpe
Here I Am, Two Warships by Spirituals
Elfe by Dario Lessing
Jahrzeit from American Contemporary Music Ensemble
Alarm Will Sound’s version of Jynweythek ylow
2400 by Martyn Hynes
Notes
I found a...
Published 02/25/22
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Music
Romantic Lullaby by Simon Rackham
Happy Whistler by Group Listening.
The Return by Library Tapes
Published 02/09/22
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Music
Time Beat by Ray Cathode
Rabbits of the Void by Tomaga
Weightless by the Neil Cowley Trio
Scenes from the Poet’s Dreams I: Racing Through the Stars by The Lark Quartet
Switchcraft by Chilly Gonzalez
Sky Breaking, Clouds Falling by...
Published 01/23/22
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This episode was originally released as Episode 184: Betty Robinson in July of 2021.
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Published 12/27/21
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Music
How to be Invisible, by Thruppence.
Motion by Peter Sandberg.
Art Blakey’s magical, Come out and See Me Tonight
And, of course, So What, from Kind of Blue
Notes
I relied a lot on this extensive oral history interview from The...
Published 12/10/21
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Music
Midnight Moon from Annalisa Tornfelt and Gideon Fraudmann’s album, Spring Breakup: Songs for Alaska.
A couple of numbers from Marcelo Zarvos’ wonderful score to the wonderful, Please Give.
A remarkable piece of music called...
Published 11/24/21
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Music
Feminist from Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurrian’s score to Christine.
Under Siege from the great Warren Ellis’ score to Mustang
Warm Canto from Mal Waldren
M is for Man, Music, Mozart: the Eisenstein Song from Louis Andriessen’s De...
Published 11/10/21
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Published 10/23/21
This episode was originally released in October, 2014.
The music in this one: “An Ending, A Beginning” by Dustin O’Halloran. “I am Piano” by Peter Broderick. Two songs from the soundtrack to “With a Song in my Heart”: American Medley, and That Old Feeling. The one at the end is “I’ll Never be the Same.” My version’s on a collection called “Can’t get out of this Mood.” There are also a couple of other Jane things that I found on You Tube. The plane crash stuff is scored by a piece of Claudia...
Published 10/08/21
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Published 09/22/21
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Published 09/03/21