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Chris Tonelli is a founding editor of the independent poetry press http://www.birdsllc.com/ (Birds, LLC); co-director of the https://ncbookfestival.com/ (NC Book Festival); and author of five chapbooks and two full-length collections of poetry, most recently https://www.barrelhousemag.com/shopone/whatever-stasis-by-chris-tonelli (Whatever Stasis (Barrelhouse Books, 2018)). He works in https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/ (the Libraries at NC State) and is the co-owner of https://www.facebook.com/soandsobooks (So & So Books) in downtown Raleigh, where he lives with his wife, Allison, and two kids, Miles and Vera. Other Links: https://files.captivate.fm/library/70af915b-6a9d-4413-9199-31425e87ac1b/wide-bird-and-pluto-chris-tonelli.pdf (Read "Wide Bird" and "Pluto" by Chris Tonelli) https://www.birdsllc.com/authors/chris-tonelli (Bio and links at Birds, LLC) https://www.napowrimo.net/the-na-glopowrimo-interview-with-chris-tonelli/ (Interview at NaPoWriMo.net) https://poets.org/poem/test-company (from “A Test of Company” at poets.org)
Chris Tonelli is a founding editor of the independent poetry press http://www.birdsllc.com/ (Birds, LLC); co-director of the https://ncbookfestival.com/ (NC Book Festival); and author of five chapbooks and two full-length collections of poetry, most recently https://www.barrelhousemag.com/shopone/whatever-stasis-by-chris-tonelli (Whatever Stasis (Barrelhouse Books, 2018)). He works in https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/ (the Libraries at NC State) and is the co-owner of https://www.facebook.com/soandsobooks (So & So Books) in downtown Raleigh, where he lives with his wife, Allison, and two kids, Miles and Vera. Other Links: https://files.captivate.fm/library/70af915b-6a9d-4413-9199-31425e87ac1b/wide-bird-and-pluto-chris-tonelli.pdf (Read "Wide Bird" and "Pluto" by Chris Tonelli) https://www.birdsllc.com/authors/chris-tonelli (Bio and links at Birds, LLC) https://www.napowrimo.net/the-na-glopowrimo-interview-with-chris-tonelli/ (Interview at NaPoWriMo.net) https://poets.org/poem/test-company (from “A Test of Company” at poets.org)
This is the 62nd episode of Bookin', which means we are now one up on Roger Maris! This week, host Jason Jefferies and Chris Tonelli conclude their epic trilogy of podcasts on the 2020 North Carolina Book Festival (February 21-23 in Raleigh, NC). Featured in this episode are New York Times bestselling author Kwame Mbalia and Michael Parker. Further, Jason and Chris discuss Season Two of the North Carolina Book Festival and Quail Ridge Books Arts & Lecture Series, which features New York Times bestselling author Therese Anne Fowler, National Book Award Winner James McBride, and Macarthur Genius grantee Valeria Luiselli. This is part three of a three part series.
In this 61st episode of Bookin', Jason Jefferies and Chris Tonelli discuss all things related to the 2020 North Carolina Book Festival (February 21-23, 2020 in Raleigh, NC), including some exciting news about the Festival program with Taylor Jenkins Reid (Daisy Jones & The Six) at Kings. Also discussed is the poetry track at Neptunes featuring Jericho Brown, Tyree Daye, Eduardo Corral, Dorianne Laux and others, the Book Fair at CAM Raleigh, and programs at HQ Raleigh with Michael Parker, New York Times bestselling author Kwame Mbalia, and Cat Warren. This is part two of a three part series.
In this 60th episode of Bookin', Jason Jefferies and Chris Tonelli discuss all things related to the 2020 North Carolina Book Festival (February 21-23, 2020 in Raleigh, NC). Authors featured in this episode include Belle Boggs, Tupelo Hassman, John Kessel, Kim Stanley Robinson, Mur Lafferty, Katya Apekina and Jeff Jackson. This episode is part one of a three part series.
This special hour travels through the Sound Symposium in St. John’s Newfoundland with the members of the Summer Institute of the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation. The theme for this episode is overcoming aversion to discomfort through group improvising. The Summer Institute brought together scholars and practitioners of all descriptions, not everyone skilled in every variety of improvisation. We pushed our boundaries and came face to face with the normative limits of much performance styles. Hear George Blake and I interviewing the founder of the Symposium, Kathy Clark-Wherry, as well as Memorial University Archivist, Colleen Quigley, who likes to recollect this bi-annual event through the visual imagery of the event posters. The Harbour Symphony and local opinions on it. Anders Eskildsen on Sound Painting, Chris Tonelli and Un-piched Singing, and Jason Cullimore speaking about the evolutionary origins of music as a way of group bonding, articulating why we feel more able to take expressive risks in groups than on our own: these are all patches in this episode’s quilt! This originally aired on CFRU 93.3FM on August 18, 2014.
The second part of our deep dive into contemporary "sound singing" or extranormal singing or whatever we're calling it these days with Dr. Chris Tonelli with Gabriel Dharmoo Ute Wassermann, David Moss and Tomomi Adachi. Sound installation (under intro and outro): alas23/sala "Vyžuonos, Lithuania, flooded river hydrophone" on Radio aporee: https://aporee.org/maps/work/details.html?sndid=48984 More information on Chris Tonelli: rug.academia.edu/ChrisTonelli Gabriel Dharmoo: gabrieldharmoo.org/en/home Ute Wassermann: femmes-savantes.net/en/lesfemmessav…ute-wassermann/ David Moss: www.davidmossmusic.com/ Tomomi Adachi: www.adachitomomi.com/n/biography.html Like and review us if you like the show! On Apple podcasts, this really helps us get discovered. Find out more about our Berlin activities at www.willowsnest.org. Show notes always at www.bansheemedia.com, and updates on global performances and events at www.improvisedalchemy.com.
Sounds Curious S3, E4: Voices Found, Part 1 This week we surf the sound waves of improvised vocal performance, through the practice of five diverse improvisers from all over the world. Introducing his soon-to-be published research, Dr. Chris Tonelli introduces the topic of “extranormal” singing, and together with Gabriel Dharmoo present an evening of discussion and improvisation on the subject. Interspersed with improvised vocal performances throughout the evening, this first half of a two part presentation introduces a world of vocal sounding to the adventurous listener! They are joined for the evening by Ute Wassermann, David Moss and Tomomi Adachi. Sound installation (under intro and outro): Circus Marcus “Kalimba session, 2016-05-07” Freemusicarchive.org More information on Chris Tonelli: http://rug.academia.edu/ChrisTonelli Gabriel Dharmoo: http://gabrieldharmoo.org/en/home Ute Wassermann: https://femmes-savantes.net/en/lesfemmessavantes/ute-wassermann/ David Moss: https://www.davidmossmusic.com/ Tomomi Adachi: http://www.adachitomomi.com/n/biography.html Like and review us if you like the show! On Apple podcasts, this really helps us get discovered. Find out more about our Berlin activities at www.willowsnest.org. Show notes always at www.bansheemedia.com, and updates on global performances and events at www.improvisedalchemy.com.
North Carolina Book Festival Co-Directors Jason Jefferies and Chris Tonelli discuss all things North Carolina Book Festival-related in this last episode of 2018!
Poet Chris Tonelli joins us to talk about his new book Whatever Stasis, which has landed on several year end best-of lists! Order Whatever Stasis here: https://www.quailridgebooks.com/book/9780988994560
What recordings best convey the live feeling of improvisation? Today we showcase the views of IICSI affiliates about what to listen! David Lee suggests “Ra” by Evan Parker and Paul Lytton; Alexandre Pierrepont recommends Memorize the Sky; Maggie Nicols, Joëlle Léandre, and Lindsay Cooper “Live at the Bastille” is Chris Tonelli’s favourite; and Lisa Lorenzino sticks with the classic, Kind of Blue by Miles Davis. This episode originally aired on CFRU 93.3FM in Guelph Ontario on January 29th, 2015. Sound It Out is hosted by Rachel Elliott who is a PhD candidate in Philosophy at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. Sound It Out is produced in conjunction with the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation. The show explores whether and how improvised music can serve as a basis for discursive inclusivity, the creation of new forms of shared meaning, and more democratic means of connecting with each other. Sound It Out airs on Guelph’s campus and community radio station, CFRU 93.3FM, on alternating Tuesdays at 5pm.
It features Chris Tonelli speaking about boundary pushing vocalist Jeanne Lee, Dana Reason on disrupting the body in order to find an improvising voice, and composer Kip Haaheim about how to find the musical underpinnings in speech. All of these conversations took place at the Guelph Jazz Festival earlier in September. Originally aired on CFRU 93.3FM on September 24th, 2014. Sound It Out is hosted by Rachel Elliott who is a PhD candidate in Philosophy at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. Sound It Out is produced in conjunction with the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation. The show explores whether and how improvised music can serve as a basis for discursive inclusivity, the creation of new forms of shared meaning, and more democratic means of connecting with each other. Sound It Out airs on Guelph’s campus and community radio station, CFRU 93.3FM, on alternating Tuesdays at 5pm.
What recordings best convey the live feeling of improvisation? Today we showcase the views of IICSI affiliates about what to listen! David Lee suggests “Ra” by Evan Parker and Paul Lytton; Alexandre Pierrepont recommends Memorize the Sky; Maggie Nicols, Joëlle Léandre, and Lindsay Cooper “Live at the Bastille” is Chris Tonelli’s favourite; and Lisa Lorenzino … Continue reading Episode #13: Essential Recordings →
This episode originally aired on CFRU 93.3FM on September 24th at 3pm. It features Chris Tonelli speaking about boundary pushing vocalist Jeanne Lee, Dana Reason on disrupting the body in order to find an improvising voice, and composer Kip Haaheim about how to find the musical underpinnings in speech. All of these conversations took place … Continue reading Episode #5: Voice! Guelph Jazz Festival →