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“There’s this sound I hear in my head, I get really close, but I can never quite attain it. It's hard to say, it’s hard to verbalize, but it's a pretty fun time to be a guitar a young guitar player right now.”

An arc of mystery and music stretches across America like a vein of gold, an eternal blue highway that grows mired in fable as time both adds to and erases it. What Greil Marcus called “the old, weird America” can be heard in the music of Robert Johnson and Santo and Johnny and Tammy Wynette and Duane Allman, from the dark underbelly birthed in New Orleans that extends across the plains from Bakersfield, California, to Macon, Georgia; from Roscoe Holcomb’s “high lonesome sound” to Bob Dylan’s “wild mercury sound.” And it can most definitely be heard in the reflective, lightning-flash-of-brilliance that is the music of 29-year-old Charlie Ballantine.

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Transmutations: Bjork Rearranged

By Amanda Gardier

Label: TIDEL
Released: 2026
Track listing: Pagan Poetry; Bachelorette; Hyperballad; Pluto; Unreavel; Blissing Me; Who Is It? (Carry My Joy on the Left, Carry My Pain on the Right); Virus

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Charlie Ballantine Trio

by Daniel Peck
May 24, 2026

Indianapolis-based guitarist Charlie Ballantine returns to our stage and to our program--this time in front of a live audience. Charlie released two albums in 2021; Cold Coffee is a collection of his own works and Life is Brief--a Tribute to Bob Dylan, which landed on Jazziz Magazine's Top Ten Best Releases list. His most ...

Article: Interview

Charlie Ballantine Establishes Himself on the East Coast

by Robert Middleton
April 18, 2026

Jazz guitarist Charlie Ballantine has been on the move for the past decade. In that time, he's released ten albums, with his first official live recording set to arrive later this month--and another new studio album already finished and waiting in the wings. Originally based in Indianapolis, Ballantine moved to Baltimore in 2022 to ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Alexa Tarantino, Greg Burrows, Ben Stapp, Roberto Fonseca and Vincent Segal

by Cheryl K.
January 22, 2026

During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music, saxophonist Alexa Tarantino; guitarist Charlie Ballantine; drummer Greg Burrows; a whole lotta vocals; tubist Ben Stapp; pianist Jay D'Amico; pianist Roberto Fonseca and cellist Vincent Segal; and pianist Luke Marantz and guitarist Simon Jermyn.Playlist Blue Mitchell “There Will Never Be Another You" from Big ...

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East by Midwest

By Charlie Ballantine

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Storyteller; Runaround; Trinkle, Tinkle; Strawberry Fields Forever; Modern Bohemian; Tomorrow Never Knows; Cigarette Siren; When Will the Blues Leave; Alameda.

Article: Year in Review

Dan McClenaghan's Best Jazz Albums Of 2025

by Dan McClenaghan
December 3, 2025

The albums on this Best of the Year list were picked on the run, as the months unfolded. Sometimes, second-guessing comes into play at the time of compilation. Not this time. All of these recordings are worthy of being called the Best of 2025. Andrew HillA Beautiful Day, Revisited Palmetto ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Noah Haidu, Luca Crispino, Flying Sutra with Ayumi Ishito, Samantha E Adrian

by Cheryl K.
August 4, 2025

During this week's two-hour program of Jazz and improvised music, music from pianists Noah Haidu and Erik Deutsch; guitarist Luca Crispino; The Heath Brother (1976); Flying Sutra with saxophonist Ayumi Ishito; drummer Johnny Hunter; the Reid Hoyson Project; and Brazilian vocalist and actress Samantha Schmutz and bassist/multi-instrumentalist Adrian Younge. Playlist Albert Ammons & Meade ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Gerald Clayton, l'Oumigmag, Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol, Triology & more

by Marek J. Śmietański
May 25, 2025

Our 109th episode features new releases from North American artists. That's a rather traditional set with many inspirations from the '50s and '60s. It's nice to hear how young musicians treat tradition with respect, while also introducing a lot of fresh, creative ideas. Most of the material comes from the US, with a few Canadian albums ...

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Gerald Clayton, Igmar Thomas, Johnny O'Neal & Wes Montgomery

by Joe Dimino
April 27, 2025

As we gear up for the Count Basie at 90 Celebration right here in Kansas City on International Jazz Day 2025, featuring none other than the legendary Count Basie Orchestra, we kick things off in style--with a nod to one of the true greats. We open the show with Wes Montgomery, spinning a track from his ...