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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week's friends are Alex Sturbaum and Brian Lindsay of Countercurrent! We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: * Mississippi Snagboat (1:16) * Brighter / No Fun Allowed (Countercurrent original) (13:24) * The Fox (Nancy Kerr original) (21:21) * Six Workers Dead in Illinois (Alex Sturbaum original) (37:23) * The Reptile Room (Countercurrent original) (51:55) * Bonus Track: Ursa Minor (Countercurrent original) / Little Billy Wilson Visit Countercurrent's website (https://countercurrentmusic.com/) Follow Countercurrent on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/countercurrentmusic/) Sign up for Cameron's Ear Training for Old Time workshop series (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/store) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas (https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/get-up-in-the-cool) Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! (https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/) Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/banjolessons) Visit Tall Poppy String Band's website (https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/) and follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tallpoppystringband/)

Nina Baker was one of my first Countercurrent guests. In 2014 she described her varied career, from being the first female deck officer in the British Merchant Navy to her PhD in concrete science and her work in university administration. In this Countercurrent Revisited podcast we explore her longstanding fascination with the history of women in engineering.

Our kidneys filter blood to remove waste and can regulate water balance. We've all experienced that when we're thirsty urine becomes concentrated, signalling us to drink more water. When we drink excess water, we urinate more frequently, and the urine is diluted. The kidneys' ability to concentrate or dilute urine according to our body's need relies on countercurrent multiplication (or CCM), a complex process that generates a salt concentration gradient in the kidney. However, CCM is challenging to teach and understand. Dr. Serena Kuang, a researcher and educator at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, has developed a more understandable CCM model and clears up errors in existing explanations making CCM easier to understand and teach.

Professor Misha Perouansky is a consultant anaesthetist and experimental neuroscientist in Madison WI, USA. He first took part in Countercurrent 2017. In 2023 he suffered a catastrophic water-skiing accident, leading to a high above-knee amputation of one lower limb and a number of other injuries. In this Countercurrent Revisited conversation we explore Misha's experience of serious trauma and its impact on his life and career.

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week's friends are Alex Sturbaum and Brian Lindsay of Countercurrent. We recorded this a couple weeks ago at my home in Portland, OR. Tune in this episode: * Cats in the Henhouse / Free Little Bird / Fair Wind (0:31) * Whiteface (14:06) * The Margaret Keene (from Mile 12) (28:10) * Little Pine Siskin (41:51) * Her Bright Smile / Skating on the Harbourfront (46:59) * Fiddler's Prerogative (57:00) * Bonus Track: Benton's Dream Buy Countercurrent's new album Not So But Far Otherwise on Bandcamp (https://countercurrentmusic.bandcamp.com/album/not-so-but-far-otherwise) Follow them on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/countercurrentmusic/) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/countercurrentband/) Visit their website (https://countercurrentmusic.com/) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! (https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/) Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/banjolessons) Visit Tall Poppy String Band's website (https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/) and follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tallpoppystringband/)

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A very very special episode this week as Nicola Davis and I explore our best bits from the incredible dotMD festival in Galway which we attended this weekend.  This episode was recorded live at dotMD after a phenomenal 2 days of listening, thinking, reflecting, dancing and eating.Follow Nicola on twitter: https://twitter.com/drnicoladavisThe festival website is here http://dotmd.ie (sign up to get information about when they release tickets for 2023) their twitter feed is here: https://twitter.com/DotMDConfWe discussed many wonderful people and their talks and books, sorry to anyone we have missed mentioning by name here, we only had 33 minutes but we could have talked for hours!!!Here's our combined post conference reading list (to be honest we had to hold back but this is the list we discuss in the episode):Letter to a Young Female Physician  by Suzanne Koven (Tara has recorded a podcast episode with her which will be coming up very soon too!) https://twitter.com/suzannekovenmd and her website http://suzannekoven.com/book/Understanding the path to mastery by Roger Kneebone. He also has a wonderful related podcast called "Countercurrent" which can be found here https://rogerkneebone.libsyn.com/A Life in Trauma  by Chris Luke  https://twitter.com/DrChrisLukeCorkAfter the Storm by Emma Jane Unsworth https://twitter.com/emjaneunsworthDr Quin, Medicine Man  by John Quin https://twitter.com/jdmquin How not to be a Doctor by John Launer https://johnlauner.com/ and https://twitter.com/JohnLaunerConversations Inviting Change has a website here where you can learn more about this brilliant model and sign up for courses https://www.conversationsinvitingchange.com/Monica Lalanda was the incredible artist in residence her cartons can be seen on the dotMD social media pages, follow her here https://twitter.com/mlalandaVital Signs - Martin Dyer due out later in the year which contains this wonderful poem Ter Conatus by Bernard O'Donoghue https://poetryarchive.org/poem/ter-conatus/Benji Waterhouse's book will be out in 2023 and is very much on my list his website is here so you can keep a look out for it when it's released https://www.benjiwaterstones.com/about

WHAT`S NEXT? 220327 PODCAST In this episode im talking to BACKSPACE Meet Matthias Pabst and Axel Backspace stands for what? Easier consumption through digital media lead to de-contextualization of the imageBackspace - Reaction against rapid and inattentive consumption of visual content. Countercurrent against the final image. What does that mean? Take your time and listen to this great interview.

Piers Plowright described himself as a 'radio man'. He'd grown up in a home where the wireless was moved into the living room of an evening for family listening. Others have called Piers, who died in July 2021, the Godfather of the British Radio Feature. His thirty-year BBC career began in 1968 as a trainee in English By Radio, after which he migrated via drama to documentaries. There, his programmes received radio's highest accolade, the Prix Italia, on three occasions. Yet he remained always modest, a practised listener, a supporter of colleagues, a composer of sound, silence and word, and - for all his erudition and love of culture - a mischievous spirit. All of this is felt in his many programmes (see below). In a medium described as having no memory, the quality and distinctiveness of Piers' radio programmes - and the grace of the man - are long remembered. You are invited to lend your ears to some of his work in this tribute from colleagues and admirers: Melvyn Bragg, his close friend from student days and distinguished broadcaster, Dr Cathy Fitzgerald, an award-winning feature-maker and presenter Seán Street, poet and Professor of Radio Marta Medvešek, the young Croatian recipient of the 2021 Prix Europa for radio documentary Matt Thompson, a younger colleague who fell under Piers' spell in the BBC documentaries department Julie Shapiro, formerly Artistic Director of the Third Coast Festival in Chicago, which awarded Piers the Audio Luminary Award in 2006 Martin Williams, a celebrated producer and amateur radio historian Redzi Bernard, producer and co-host of the Telling Stories podcast Tony Phillips, former production colleague and radio commissioning executive. Including interview excerpts with Piers from Roger Kneebone's Countercurrent podcast and Victor Hall's Pocketsize Studio and extracts from the following programmes in the BBC Sound Archive: Stepping Stones (R4, 2015) A Fine Blue Day (R4, 1978) Splashpast! (R4, 1993) Mirooo (R3, 1993) Mr B - a portrait of James Bellamy (R4, 1991) Setting Sail (R4, 1985) One Big Kitchen Table (R4, 1989) Mr Fletcher, the Poet (R4, 1986) Nobody Stays in This House Long (R4, 1983) What Are They Looking At? (R3, 1997) Produced by Alan Hall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 (Photo credit: Lucy Tizard)

This topic has been selected from the book, "Analytical Chemistry", written by G. D. Christian and others. Topic - Chromatography: Principles and theory. Learning points: Countercurrent extraction. How chemicals are separated on a column. Types of chromatography- adsorption, partition, ion exchange, size exclusion. Chromatographic nomenclature. Theory of column efficiency. Plate number. Van Deemter equation for packed GC columns. Golay equation for open tubular GC columns. Huber and Knox equations for HPLC. Retention factor. Chromatographic resolution. Separation factor. Chromatography simulation software and databases.

We talked about the world’s system and God’s system and how they diametrically opposed to each other. When you were a sinner you flowed with the ways of the world’s system. There were problems but that was just life. You just accepted them as the way things were. There was [...]

Justin Margovan has been providing his technical expertise for my Countercurrent podcasts since the series started in August 2014. In this podcast we discuss his varied career and explore how his experience as a DJ and his expertise in becoming a ‘curator of music’ has fed into his current role at the Wellcome Trust.

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Alex Sturbaum! We recorded this a couple days ago in front of my house, over 6 feet apart. Tunes and songs in this episode: Boxing Day Big Black Bird Like You Would / Kitty’s Gone A-Clinking / The Buffet Double Song for McConnell Tom Paine’s Bones Stand Steady Bonus track: Minnie White’s / Hughie Wentzell’s / Fogo Island Mussels (Singles) Alex Sturbaum’s website (bio, links to all albums, contact info for lessons, etc.): https://www.alexsturbaum.com/ Their bandcamp: https://alexsturbaum.bandcamp.com/ Countercurrent's bandcamp: https://countercurrentmusic.bandcamp.com/ The Vashon Sessions: https://www.thevashonsessions.com/ https://thevashonsessions.bandcamp.com/ The Songs of Alice Winship (a legacy album Alex produced, commemorating the songs and poetry of a leading figure in the Seattle maritime singing scene): http://maritimefolknet.org/cds-from-maritime-folknet/the-songs-of-alice-winship-cd/ Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool Buy Get Up in the Cool merch like t-shirts, phone cases, and masks! https://teespring.com/new-get-up-in-the-cool-swag Sign up at https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/ for my clawhammer instructional series! Check out Cameron’s other podcast, Think Outside the Box Set: https://boxset.fireside.fm/

1. A Bird’s Eye View - Pete Sutherland (Burlington, VT). This song is from Pete’s album Farmland, a collection of story songs and ballads written in collaboration with students across northern Vermont. www.petesposse.com  2. Young by Anne Sexton, read by Lissa Schneckenburger (Brattleboro, VT). Fiddle accompaniment by Rachel Panitch (Boston, MA).  3. Junebug & Vaeda - Countercurrent (Seattle, WA). This beautiful tune comes from Brian Lindsay (fiddle) and Alex Sturbaum (guitar), who make up the duo Countercurrent.  They co-wrote it for the baby twins of of a family member, who are named Juno and Vaeda.   www.countercurrentmusic.com   4. Hilly Skies and Windy Fields by Randy Miller (Alstead, NH), read by Nils Fredland (Hartland, VT). Fiddle accompaniment by Rachel Panitch (Boston, MA).  5. Ballad for Ethan - Anna Patton (Brattleboro, VT). Featuring Anna on clarinet, Ethan Hazzard-Watkins on fiddle, Will Patton on mandolin. From Anna's album Isadore’s Breakfast. www.annapatton.com  6. Nursing by Maureen Tolman Flannery, read by Randi Bevsadatter Berg (Decorah, IA). Randi says, “My day job (night too) is as a family physician. I’m medical director of two nursing homes so you can imagine how stressful this time has been. But singing helps us and our patients get through.” 7. Waltz for Amalia - Julie Vallimont (Brattleboro, VT). Julie wrote this waltz for her dear friends Julie Gregorio and Andrew Stout, for the birth of their first child, Amalia. From Julie’s album, Dark Sky, Bright Stars, it features Julie on piano, Katie McNally on fiddle, and Kirsten Lamb on upright bass. www.julievallimont.com   The opening music is “The Pearl in Sorrow’s Hand” by Julie Vallimont, from her album Dark Sky, Bright Stars.  All content courtesy of the artists, all rights reserved.

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Alex Sturbaum; we recorded this at his house in Seattle about a month ago. Tunes in this episode: Duck River Pulling Broom (an Alex Sturbaum original) Cold Frosty Morning Sweet Mary Starbuck (an Alex Sturbaum original) Frances Lee Bonus track: Valley Forge Alex Sturbaum’s website: https://www.alexsturbaum.com/ Alex Sturbaum’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alexsturbaummusic/ The Vashon Sessions’ website: https://www.thevashonsessions.com/ Countercurrent’s website: https://countercurrentmusic.com/ Countercurrent’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/countercurrentband/ Don't forget to rate and review Get Up in the Cool on Apple Podcasts! Listen to Cameron's other podcast, Think Outside the Box Set: https://boxset.fireside.fm/

Lacking in Cebu are businesses that are true partners with a community. A lot of businesses are run like hardware stores. They put wares on the shelves, wait for people to come in, and sell them stuff. That's it. No community building, no partnerships, no sense of giving back. Nothing against hardware stores, I'm just using them as an example. There are a ton of businesses that all they want to do is sell you a product. Handuraw never felt like that. They've managed to not only survive, but thrive in the restaurant business. There aren't many that have been in business for more than 15 years, and definitely not a lot that put community as a focus. It is a storied venue that has supported countless communities. Not just in music, but also in film, literature, charity groups, etc. With this in mind, I talked to Eric Smith, the managing director of Handuraw. I was interested in his perspective and how he has managed to grow it to what we know and love today. In this episode, we talked about the importance of community, how to be approachable as a venue, how to grow a business, the challenges faced by Handuraw, and about their other ventures like Hale Manna and Books and Brews.   Enjoy the episode!   SHOWNOTES End Polio Ride  Rotary Club Zarah Smith Handuraw Gina Pestano WILA Bathalad Dakila Green Peace YLC Books and Brews Draft Punk Bunny Pages (Zerothreetwo Conversations episode) PLDT Cloud POS Hale Manna Almost Poets Society Cattski (Zerothreetwo Conversations episode) JCI Mandaue Citi Park Hotel Dunkin Donuts Happy Fridays     Where can you find Eric? http://www.handurawpizza.com/ http://www.halemanna.com/   This episode is brought to you by Qube Gallery, a progressive art space in Cebu, Philippines providing network and exhibit opportunities for contemporary artists with whom they work closely with and promote beyond the local reach. Aside from its physical space in Crossroads, Banilad, Cebu City, you can check out their online collection on www.artsy.net/qube-gallery. This month at Qube Gallery: Countercurrent by G.I. Pongase and Unchained Melody by Thom Jopson Two of Cebu’s young and upcoming artists, GI Pongase and Thom Jopson, will have their back to back shows at Qube Gallery. GI Pongase expands the range of his expressionist visual language with a series titled Countercurrent. In addition to texture and surface engagements, Pongase incorporates gestural lines, figurative drawings and other graphic elements to complement the rough, vulnerable and potent visual field that he explores with much empathy and restraint. Thom Jopson shows off his fantasy and surreal inclinations in his latest exhibition, Unchained Melody. Luxuriant characters and ornate sceneries compliment the peculiar stories told by each piece. Thom is such a clever and dexterous storyteller, with his art expounding on the sensational lines of magic realism and fantasy. Catch Countercurrent and Unchained Melody on view at Qube Gallery from October 31 to November 16, 2019.   Three ways to support the show: Become a Patreon subscriber, click here. Buy Zerothreetwo Merchandise at the Assembly Online Share this episode on social media. Music is Piano March by Audionautix

Have you ever looked at artwork and asked yourself, "Where does this come from?" The same thing can be said for all the pop culture characters that you know and love. Sometimes the answer is complicated, but other times, it's as simple as hanging out with friends over a few drinks.   When I first spoke with Thom Jopson, fantasy and surreal painter, we walked around the gallery looking at his artwork. His stories from each piece made his characters come alive. Not only did it seem real, it made it familiar. "I've been in that bar, I've hung out with those people, I have a friend just like that," I couldn't help, but relate as he was talking about each piece.   In this episode, we talk about treating art as work, how to balance inspiration with distraction, painting seemingly mundane situations, and making the real surreal.   Enjoy the episode.     SHOWNOTES Kenichi Wani Lean Reboja (Zerothreetwo Conversations episode) High School Never Ends artwork I Want to Hold Your Hand artwork Asylum de Busay Qube Gallery   Where can you find Thom? https://www.instagram.com/thebardofboredom/       This episode is brought to you by Qube Gallery, a progressive art space in Cebu, Philippines providing network and exhibit opportunities for contemporary artists with whom they work closely with and promote beyond the local reach. Aside from its physical space in Crossroads, Banilad, Cebu City, you can check out their online collection on www.artsy.net/qube-gallery. This month at Qube Gallery: Countercurrent by G.I. Pongase and Unchained Melody by Thom Jopson Two of Cebu’s young and upcoming artists, GI Pongase and Thom Jopson, will have their back to back shows at Qube Gallery. GI Pongase expands the range of his expressionist visual language with a series titled Countercurrent. In addition to texture and surface engagements, Pongase incorporates gestural lines, figurative drawings and other graphic elements to complement the rough, vulnerable and potent visual field that he explores with much empathy and restraint. Thom Jopson shows off his fantasy and surreal inclinations in his latest exhibition, Unchained Melody. Luxuriant characters and ornate sceneries compliment the peculiar stories told by each piece. Thom is such a clever and dexterous storyteller, with his art expounding on the sensational lines of magic realism and fantasy. Catch Countercurrent and Unchained Melody on view at Qube Gallery from October 31 to November 16, 2019.   This episode is brought to you by ASPACE. In need of a coworking space in the heart of Cebu? Be a part of the indie coworking project of ASPACE Philippines.  ASPACE Cebu is located at the creative boutique hub of Crossroads Mall, Gov. M. Cuenco Ave, Cebu City. You can call (032) 888 7656.  https://aspace.work/ https://www.facebook.com/aspacecebu/ https://www.instagram.com/aspaceph/       Three ways to support the show: Become a Patreon subscriber, click here. Buy Zerothreetwo Merchandise at the Assembly Online Share this episode on social media. Music is Piano March by Audionautix

Eventually, I hope to bikepack around the Philippines. It's not something I'll do anytime soon, in the short term, maybe I'll bikepack in short spurts, but a long trip with my bicycle will have to wait. One of these days when my children are older, with any luck, we can all go.   For now, I'm happy to live through other people. When I heard about the Cebu Divide, my interest was piqued. The Cebu Divide was done by the folks from PacGear. They started in the North of Cebu then made their way to the South, but instead of passing through the coastal roads, they made their way through the middle of Cebu, up the steep mountains, and in many cases, through dirt roads and paths. I interviewed Prockie Genovia, Larry Honoridez, and Kekel Villalon of PacGear. They were the group who organized the Cebu Divide.   The Cebu Divide is a huge physical feat. It took them seven days, 394.7km, and 12,404m of elevation gain.   In this podcast, we talked about the preparation to do the Cebu Divide, the inspiration of doing such a thing, women in cycling, and cycling through the Cebu mountains.   Enjoy the podcast!     SHOWNOTES Project Kayod Kalabaw (GoFundMe) Koliktib-koliktib Wyndelle Remonde Duyan Sessions Prockie Genovia PacGear Outdoors Larry Honoridez Kekel Villalon The Cebu Divide The Great Divide (USA) Raquel Chua (Chocolate Chamber) Nestor Silabay Ryan Sedon Dabid Tecson Abet Raagas Choy Daruca Sherwin Ngujo     Where can find them online? https://www.facebook.com/PACgear/ https://www.instagram.com/pacgear_outdoors/     This episode is brought to you by Qube Gallery, a progressive art space in Cebu, Philippines providing network and exhibit opportunities for contemporary artists with whom they work closely with and promote beyond the local reach. Aside from its physical space in Crossroads, Banilad, Cebu City, you can check out their online collection on www.artsy.net/qube-gallery. This month at Qube Gallery: Countercurrent by G.I. Pongase and Unchained Melody by Thom Jopson Two of Cebu’s young and upcoming artists, GI Pongase and Thom Jopson, will have their back to back shows at Qube Gallery. GI Pongase expands the range of his expressionist visual language with a series titled Countercurrent. In addition to texture and surface engagements, Pongase incorporates gestural lines, figurative drawings and other graphic elements to complement the rough, vulnerable and potent visual field that he explores with much empathy and restraint. Thom Jopson shows off his fantasy and surreal inclinations in his latest exhibition, Unchained Melody. Luxuriant characters and ornate sceneries compliment the peculiar stories told by each piece. Thom is such a clever and dexterous storyteller, with his art expounding on the sensational lines of magic realism and fantasy. Catch Countercurrent and Unchained Melody on view at Qube Gallery from October 31 to November 16, 2019 Three ways to support the show: Become a Patreon subscriber, click here. Buy Zerothreetwo Merchandise at the Assembly Online Share this episode on social media. Music is Piano March by Audionautix

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Brian Lindsay! We recorded this in August at the 2019 Centralia Campout in Centralia, WA. Tunes in this episode: Jim Donoghue's Moravian Star My Old Friend Stickney Brook Midnight on the Water (with Ron Kavana's lyrics) Bonus track: Booth Shot Lincoln RSVP for Countercurrent's August 31st show in Portland, OR! https://www.facebook.com/events/955872458087798/ Countercurrent’s website: https://countercurrentmusic.com/ Like and Follow Countercurrent on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/countercurrentband/ Buy Countercurrent’s album Exchange: https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/countercurrent Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool Reserve your spot now at Janie's Jumpstart (Portland, OR): http://www.janiesjumpstart.com/janiesjumpstartportlandregistration I’m playing the 3rd Annual Kauai Old Time Gathering this November! Visit https://www.kauaioldtime.com/ for more info. Thanks to the Midwest Sing & Stomp for sponsoring this episode! Check out their website (https://singandstomp.com/) for more info and tickets to this year's festival on September 14th!

Halloween..In apertura:..Shye Ben Tzur and Rajastan Express feat. Jonny Greenwood, "Junun Brass"..Intervista a Franco Calandrini, direttore artistico del RNFF Ravenna Nightmare Film Festival 2017..(musiche di sottofondo dall'album "Coltrane Plays the Blues")..Anteprima: "Nordic Notes 100 - Great Tunes From Scandinavia",..selezione:..J-P Piirainen, "Countercurrent"..Pekko Käppi & K:H:H:L, "Mun Vereni"..Subsonic Trio, "Impilahti Hop"..Eplemöya Songlag, "Ut I Skogen"..Folk' Avant, "Infall"..In chiusura:..Punch Brothers, "Familiarity"

Halloween..In apertura:..Shye Ben Tzur and Rajastan Express feat. Jonny Greenwood, "Junun Brass"..Intervista a Franco Calandrini, direttore artistico del RNFF Ravenna Nightmare Film Festival 2017..(musiche di sottofondo dall'album "Coltrane Plays the Blues")..Anteprima: "Nordic Notes 100 - Great Tunes From Scandinavia",..selezione:..J-P Piirainen, "Countercurrent"..Pekko Käppi & K:H:H:L, "Mun Vereni"..Subsonic Trio, "Impilahti Hop"..Eplemöya Songlag, "Ut I Skogen"..Folk' Avant, "Infall"..In chiusura:..Punch Brothers, "Familiarity"

Halloween..In apertura:..Shye Ben Tzur and Rajastan Express feat. Jonny Greenwood, "Junun Brass"..Intervista a Franco Calandrini, direttore artistico del RNFF Ravenna Nightmare Film Festival 2017..(musiche di sottofondo dall'album "Coltrane Plays the Blues")..Anteprima: "Nordic Notes 100 - Great Tunes From Scandinavia",..selezione:..J-P Piirainen, "Countercurrent"..Pekko Käppi & K:H:H:L, "Mun Vereni"..Subsonic Trio, "Impilahti Hop"..Eplemöya Songlag, "Ut I Skogen"..Folk' Avant, "Infall"..In chiusura:..Punch Brothers, "Familiarity"

That’s not a violin – it’s a woodbox! Daniel Bernard Roumain talks about creative appropriation in classical music. The Haitian-American composer’s creative world was cracked open when he realized that everything – including the definition of “violin” – was ripe for reinterpretation. As a kid in garage bands, he took the decidedly uncool violin and made it his own. As a classically trained musician, he brings classical music together with hip hop, rock, bluegrass, and other genres to create his signature sound. We talk about DBR’s creative journey and about how innovators like John Cage have changed classical music by adding an important ingredient to the genre: imagination. Audio production by Todd “T-Dawg” Hulslander with super disco breaking by Dacia Clay. Music in this episode: Lots of woodbox improvisation by Daniel Bernard Roumain “Sonata No. 2” from Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano by John Cage, played by Boris Berman “Sonata for Violin and Turntables, Part 1” from Woodbox Beats & Balladryby Daniel Bernard Roumain To see DBR perform in our studios on Skyline Sessions, go here. Daniel Roumain is an artist in residence with the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, which is dedicated to interdisciplinary collaboration across the performing, visual, and literary arts. Based at the University of Houston, the Mitchell Center commissions and produces new works, presents public performances and exhibitions, offers curriculum and scholarships, and hosts residencies with renowned visiting artists from throughout the world. The Center is home to the Mitchell Artist Lecture, an annual event featuring a pioneer in contemporary art-making, as well as CounterCurrent, an annual spring festival of new performance. The Mitchell Center forms an alliance among five departments at UH: the School of Art, Moores School of Music, School of Theatre & Dance, Creative Writing Program, and Blaffer Art Museum. For more information visit www.mitchellcenterforarts.org.

Today – that is April 18th 2016 – much of our fair city of Houston is underwater. There was a big scary flood, the power’s out, the roads are lakes, and we, the Classical Classroom team, literally can’t get to the station to access the files we need to post our new episode. We tried to cobble together an ark, but it turns out that’s a whole thing. However! Through sheer grit, determination and the power of the human spirit to use computers, we have unearthed this episode with Todd Reynolds, which we think – nay! – we know you will enjoy. Also, on a serious note, our city is in bad shape and a lot of folks are going to need some help after the floodwaters subside. If you can help, visit the Texas Red Cross Gulf Coast Region website and make a donation. That’s also a good place to go if you are in need of help.   What do we mean when we say “classical music”? Sure, sure: it refers to a period of music, like “Baroque” or “Romantic”. But we largely use the word as a sort of generic brand-name for a specific variety of sound. In this episode of Classical Classroom, genre-ignoring violinist Todd Reynolds attempts to define classical music. Does he succeed? Does he give up and just start talking about Prince instead? Maybe and maybe! Listen to this episode to find out. Audio production by Todd “Timbalander” Hulslander with at least 3 really good suggestions from Dacia Clay. Music in this episode: Third Construction by John Cage Composition for Four Instruments by Milton Babbitt “Pulses” from Music for 18 Musicians by Steve Reich Symphony No. 41 (the “Jupiter Symphony”), Molto Allegro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart “Happy” from G I R L by Pharrell Williams “Let’s Go Crazy” from Purple Rain by Prince and the Revolution “Crossroads” and “Taskforce: Farmlab” from Outerborough by Todd Reynolds Fantasia in G Major, BWV 571 by Johann Sebastian Bach Todd Reynolds was a special guest of the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts. ABOUT THE MITCHELL CENTER The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts is dedicated to interdisciplinary collaboration across the performing, visual, and literary arts. Based at the University of Houston, the Mitchell Center commissions and produces new works, presents public performances and exhibitions, offers curriculum and scholarships, and hosts residencies with renowned visiting artists from throughout the world. The Center is home to the Mitchell Artist Lecture, an annual event featuring a pioneer in contemporary art-making, as well as CounterCurrent, an annual spring festival of new performance. The Mitchell Center forms an alliance among five departments at UH: the School of Art, Moores School of Music, School of Theatre & Dance, Creative Writing Program, and Blaffer Art Museum. For more information visit www.mitchellcenterforarts.org. For more about Todd Reynolds check out his blog: www.toddreynolds.wordpress.com

What do we mean when we say “classical music”? Sure, sure: it refers to a period of music, like “Baroque” or “Romantic”. But we largely use the word as a sort of generic brand-name for a specific variety of sound. In this episode of Classical Classroom, genre-ignoring violinist Todd Reynolds attempts to define classical music. Does he succeed? Does he give up and just start talking about Prince instead? Maybe and maybe! Listen to this episode to find out. Audio production by Todd “Timbalander” Hulslander with at least 3 really good suggestions from Dacia Clay. Music in this episode: – Third Construction by John Cage – Composition for Four Instruments by Milton Babbitt – “Pulses” from Music for 18 Musicians by Steve Reich – Symphony No. 41 (the “Jupiter Symphony”), Molto Allegro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – “Happy” from G I R L by Pharrell Williams – “Let’s Go Crazy” from Purple Rain by Prince and the Revolution – “Crossroads” and “Taskforce: Farmlab” from Outerborough by Todd Reynolds – Fantasia in G Major, BWV 571 by Johann Sebastian Bach Todd Reynolds was a special guest of the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts. ABOUT THE MITCHELL CENTER The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts is dedicated to interdisciplinary collaboration across the performing, visual, and literary arts. Based at the University of Houston, the Mitchell Center commissions and produces new works, presents public performances and exhibitions, offers curriculum and scholarships, and hosts residencies with renowned visiting artists from throughout the world. The Center is home to the Mitchell Artist Lecture, an annual event featuring a pioneer in contemporary art-making, as well as CounterCurrent, an annual spring festival of new performance. The Mitchell Center forms an alliance among five departments at UH: the School of Art, Moores School of Music, School of Theatre & Dance, Creative Writing Program, and Blaffer Art Museum. For more information visit www.mitchellcenterforarts.org. For more about Todd Reynolds check out his blog: www.toddreynolds.wordpress.com

    That’s not a violin – it’s a woodbox! Daniel Bernard Roumain talks about creative appropriation in classical music. The Haitian-American composer’s creative world was cracked open when he realized that everything – including the definition of “violin” – was ripe for reinterpretation. As a kid in garage bands, he took the decidedly uncool violin and made it his own. As a classically trained musician, he brings classical music together with hip hop, rock, bluegrass, and other genres to create his signature sound. We talk about DBR’s creative journey and about how innovators like John Cage have changed classical music by adding an important ingredient to the genre: imagination. Audio production by Todd “T-Dawg” Hulslander with super disco breaking by Dacia Clay. Music in this episode: Lots of woodbox improvisation by Daniel Bernard Roumain “Sonata No. 2” from Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Pianoby John Cage, played by Boris Berman “Sonata for Violin and Turntables, Part 1” from Woodbox Beats & Balladry by Daniel Bernard Roumain To see DBR perform in our studios on Skyline Sessions, go here. Daniel Roumain is an artist in residence with the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, which is dedicated to interdisciplinary collaboration across the performing, visual, and literary arts. Based at the University of Houston, the Mitchell Center commissions and produces new works, presents public performances and exhibitions, offers curriculum and scholarships, and hosts residencies with renowned visiting artists from throughout the world. The Center is home to the Mitchell Artist Lecture, an annual event featuring a pioneer in contemporary art-making, as well as CounterCurrent, an annual spring festival of new performance. The Mitchell Center forms an alliance among five departments at UH: the School of Art, Moores School of Music, School of Theatre & Dance, Creative Writing Program, and Blaffer Art Museum. For more information visit www.mitchellcenterforarts.org.