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Patricia Brennan, Sylvie Courvoisier, Janek van Laak, Jeff Parker and more

by Lawrence Peryer
June 11, 2026

This hour or Rotations opens with the Oscillating Revenge of the Background Instruments, a/k/a ORBI, making their case to have the supporting players take the leads. They do it with a chamber ensemble take on a classic rock epic. From there, the episode is loaded with music from The Tonearm podcast alumni, including new work from ...

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George Grella: The Time-Bending Art Of Minimalist Music

by Lawrence Peryer
June 7, 2026

Today, The Tonearm's needle lands on music critic George Grella Jr. George Grella Jr. is one of the sharpest music critics working today. He's the music editor of The Brooklyn Rail and has written for The Wire, the New York Times, and The Tonearm. He just published Minimalist Music, part of Bloomsbury's ...

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Ivo Perelman, Elliott Sharp, Cyro Baptista, Steve Reich and more

by Lawrence Peryer
June 4, 2026

This episode of Rotations moves across a wide stretch of creative music. It includes the interlocking bronze tones of Balinese gamelan, the fierce freedom of Ivo Perelman's latest trio, Steve Reich's hypnotic percussion cycles and the ambient sorrow of Stars of the Lid.Playlist Gamelan Yowana Sari “aERIFoRm kITE" from Gamelan Yowana Sari (Cantaloupe Music) ...

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Meredith Bates: The Quiet Science Of Sound Worlds

by Lawrence Peryer
May 30, 2026

Today we're putting The Tonearm's needle on Meredith Bates, a JUNO Award-winning violinist and composer based on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia.Meredith's recent double album, The Observer Effect, spans roughly 140 minutes of electroacoustic music built from violin, viola, field recordings, and electronics, composed and recorded live in the studio, with very few edits. ...

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Refractions Of Miles Davis At 100

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by Lawrence Peryer
May 28, 2026

This episode pays tribute to Miles Davis on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Our tribute focuses on musicians who live with the repercussions of and were in dialogue with Miles and his work.Playlist John Coltrane Quartet “Miles' Mode (Live At The Village Vanguard, November 3, 1961)" from The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings ...

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Nick Fraser: Still Screaming Into The Snare Drum

by Lawrence Peryer
May 23, 2026

Today, The Tonearm's needle lands on Toronto drummer and composer Nick Fraser.Nick Fraser is one of the most distinctive voices in Canadian improvised music. He has played with Anthony Braxton, Roscoe Mitchell, and William Parker, and has led projects that range from raw free jazz to something much harder to name.His latest ...

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Mal Wadron, Sam Rivers, Nick Fraser, Meredith Bates, and much more

by Lawrence Peryer
May 21, 2026

An hour of creative music where archival recordings and new releases share equal footing. Irreversible Entanglements and a newly surfaced 1984 Mal Waldron-Sam Rivers improvisation open the show; Alabaster DePlume, a Daunik Lazro-Joëlle Léandre-Paul Lovens trio, Work Money Death, and Nick Fraser carry the middle sets; and Vancouver composer Meredith Bates closes it out with music ...

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Maria Schneider: Composing In The Age Of Curated Rage

by Lawrence Peryer
May 16, 2026

Today, The Tonearm's needle lands on composer and avid birdwatcher Maria Schneider. Few composers working today have Maria Schneider's range. She holds seven Grammy Awards, was named an NEA Jazz Master, and this year took home the Rolf Schock Prize in Musical Arts, one of the most prestigious honors in the field.

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The Bad Plus, James Falzone, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith And Many Others

by Lawrence Peryer
May 14, 2026

This hour moves through four decades of creative music, 1979 to 2026, with a Pacific Northwest thread running quietly underneath. The Bad Plus reimagine Nirvana, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith summons majestic Mt Baker, and James Falzone brings his mystical clarinet all alongside downtown New York no-wave (Material, Curlew, Laurie Anderson), a rare Palle Mikkelborg suite, and ECM ...

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Jah Wobble & Evan Parker, Maria Schneider, Nils Petter Molvaer And More

by Lawrence Peryer
May 14, 2026

This week's Rotations opens with JOEYKEYSADE, whose Afro-jazz fuses Beninese-Nigerian tradition with modern composition, then moves through Jah Wobble & Evan Parker's dub-meets-free-jazz collision, Cochemea's Yaqui and Apache-rooted explorations, and Maria Schneider's American Crow. Toronto drummer Nick Fraser anchors the third set alongside Nils Petter Molvaer, and Kamasi Washington. New releases and deep cuts, connected across ...