Unsettled by the Burning Instrument
This week: Tomeka Reid, Dälek, Billy Fuller of Beak>, Miho Hazama, Youniss, and so much more. Also, Mehmet Sanlikol explains how his electric oud makes him sound a little like Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Tomeka Reid's Low End Theory
The cellist reflects on twelve years with her quartet, the making of their fourth album, 'dance! skip! hop!', a family archive of Black life in Wyoming, and the two figures named CeCe who bookend her path in jazz.
A Minimalist Document of Place
This week: Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, + Macie Stewart, Min Xiao-Fen, Ben Wendel, Tomeka Reid, Rupert Pupkin, and more. Plus, Berlin-based quintet Conic Rose espouse the joys of tempeh.
Heaven in a Semicircle — Ben Wendel and the New Mallet Generation
Placing himself in the middle of four distinct mallet improvisers, Wendel discusses how 'BaRcoDe' turned the trance-inducing logic of bars, effects pedals, and extended technique into music he describes as living "in its own little universe."
A Shared Dream of Playing in the Crater
This week: Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore, Gregory Uhlmann, Peter Baumann, David August, worriedaboutsatan, and Ben Wendel. Plus, Rachel Lime tells us about creating a universe.
Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore — "Come Join Us Here in the Future"
Barwick and Lattimore discuss 'Tragic Magic', a debut collaboration recorded on vintage instruments from the Musée de la Musique, the guilt and gratitude of leaving a burning city for Paris, and a shared dream of one day playing in James Turrell's Roden Crater.
The Intimate Machinery of David August's 'Hymns'
The German-Italian producer David August returns to the piano he has known since childhood on 'Hymns,' nine devotional improvisations treated with prepared strings and recorded to preserve every creak and breath of a century-old instrument.
The Loudest Bird Call on Earth
This week: Colin Blunstone, Bellbird, Sibyl, Mike Watt joins Galecstasy for some jams, and Mary Lattimore joins Julianna Barwick for our podcast. Plus David Harrington of Kronos Quartet on Mahalia Jackson.
Galecstasy & Mike Watt Trio — We Jam Wattzotica
Bassist Mike Watt joins Galecstasy's Raquel Bell and Jared Marshall in a desert mountain studio above Joshua Tree on 'Wattzotica,' a fully improvised debut where free jazz drums and exotica-inspired synth pulled something new out of Watt's bass.
Bellbird Answer the Wild
Claire Devlin and Eli Davidovici of Montréal jazz combo Bellbird discuss how the quartet turned the loudest bird call on earth into compositional raw material for 'The Call,' with political conviction and collective authorship shaping everything that follows.
The Unpredictable Feedback of the Natural World
This week: Green-House, Sam Wenc, Nubiyan Twist, Juanma Trujillo, Isabel Pine, and Bellbird. Plus: our man about town checks in from Big Ears 2026.
Friction, Overtones, and the Fluent Pedal Steel of Sam Wenc
Sam Wenc spent thirteen years recording as Post Moves before putting his own name on 'Language at an Angle,' an eight-part tone poem for pedal steel and piano that reflects his extended techniques, his meditation practice, and the defiant spirit of the late Susan Alcorn.