July 2025 playlist

Sending peace and calm to anyone who needs it. Enjoy this serenity inducing playlist, dear friends.
Sending peace and calm to anyone who needs it. Enjoy this serenity inducing playlist, dear friends.
One of the best things about having a podcast is being able to share my beloved friends and colleagues with the rest of the world. I can’t say that my life has been all smooth sailing, but the number of…
Hoping to usher in some summer feelings with this playlist! I’m not normally someone who looks forward to summer, especially on the east coast with the mosquitoes, humidity, and infrastructure that was built for cooler weather. But this year has…
In preparation for the course I’m putting together about time and texture, I thought I’d get together with some colleagues and see if we can distill the nuts and bolts of making music down to something—if not simple—at least more…
This one has selections I wish the DJ at the roller rink would play! In hard times, living well is the best revenge. Oh, and promise me you’ll wear wrist guards next time you skate. 😘
Miranda is just the coolest, and was an absolute delight to talk shop with. She is also going to be featured on the upcoming panel discussion I’m hosting about time and texture as tools in our expressive arsenal; the other…
Persephone! Pollen! Political protests! Welcome to spring, friends
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I’ve been looking for the right strings for Henri since, well, forever. As soon as the set he came with started to go weird and sound old, I replaced them with an identical set up: 2 Larsens, 2 Spirocores. It…
A little delayed what with the looting of my home country by teenage hackers in service of a lunatic racist on ketamine and a malignant narcissist signing executive orders.