Podcast appearances and mentions of Gyan Riley

Músicas que son abrazos en el programa de hoy: Ludovico Einaudi y Daniel Hope; Ballaké Sissoko y Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch; Julian Lage y Gyan Riley celebrando a John Zorn; Tigana Santana, con su nuevo disco y con Omar Sosa en el disco Iroko; Magdalena Matthey y Natalia Lafourcade; Delia Fischer con Marcio Nucci o Eugene Friesen y Pedro Lazarini, con Jaques Morelenbaum y Nina Ximenes. Cuando más es más. Life Ludovico Einaudi, Daniel Hope, I Virtuosi Italiani In A Time Lapse Kanakasi  Ballaké Sissoko, Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch RadicantsBerceuse  Ballaké Sissoko, Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch RadicantsOut of this nettle, danger we pluck this flower, safety     John Zorn, Julian Lage, Gyan Riley Her Melodious LayA Dancing Star  John Zorn, Julian Lage, Gyan Riley   Her Melodious LayNkongo Tiganá Santana Caçada NoturnaInner Crossing (Travessia) Omar Sosa, Tiganá Santana IrokoLlorar  Magdalena Matthey y Natalia Lafourcade LlorarWhat good is summer?  Delia Fischer, Marcio Nucci, Eugene Friesen, Budapest Scoring Orchestra What good is summer?Palhaço Pedro Lazarini, Jaques Morelenbaum, Nina Ximenes Mãos e CordasPara Sempre Pedro Lazarini, Jaques Morelenbaum, Nina Ximenes Mãos e CordasEscuchar audio

Fosforo 1652: I brani della striscia numero 4 della settimana: Marvin Gaye - Wholy Holy; Ray LaMontagne - I Wouldn`t Change a Thing; Fleet Foxes - Sunblind (Live On Boston Harbor); Steve Tilston - I Really Wanted You; Massive Attack - Angel (Angel Dust); Miles Davis - Le Petit Bal (Take 1); Gyan Riley and Julian Lage - A Cruel Theft of Light; Fosforo va in onda ogni giorno alle 01:20 e alle 18:00. Puoi ascoltare le sequenze musicali di Rufus T. Firefly sulla frequenza di Radio Tandem, 98.400FM, o in streaming e anche in podcast.Per info: https://www.radiotandem.it/fosforo

Abrimos con el estupendo descubrimiento de un nuevo nombre al vibráfono, el de la taiwanesa residente en New York, Yuhan Su que a finales del 2023 publicó su nuevo álbum, Liberated Gesture. También escuchamos la música del pianista Gordan Spasovski y su trio, con Light Pillar, de 2021. Nuestro Clásico de la Semana fue el trompetista Kenny Dorham, al que escuchamos en Quiet Kenny, publicado en 1961 para New Jazz. Seguir leyendo La Montaña Rusa 17.2024. Yuhan Su. Gordan Spasovski Trio. Kenny Dorham. Eucalyptus. Erik Truffaz. Auster Loo Collective. Gyan Riley. en La Montaña Rusa Radio Jazz.

La portada de este episodio número 31.2023 fue el nuevo álbum de la Fire! Orchestra, Echoes, publicado este 2023. Brutal. Después escucharemos unos de los últimos trabajos del pianista y compositor Shai Maestro, Human, publicado en 2021 para ECM Records. Nuestro Clásico de la Semana fue el recuerdo a la memoria y trayectoria musical del gran Tony Bennett, uno de los últimos grandes crooners del Jazz que nos dejó semanas atrás. Seguir leyendo La Montaña Rusa 31.2023. Fire! Orchestra. Shai Maestro. Recuerdo a Tony Bennett. John Zorn’s Bagatelles: Julian Lage & Gyan Riley. Miguel Viejo Trio. Greg Ward Presents Rogue Parade. en La Montaña Rusa Radio Jazz.

Abrimos número de La Montaña Rusa con el nuevo álbum del pianista Franco D’Andrea, Sketches of the 20th Century, publicado este 2023, en el que encontramos los estupendos arreglos del pianista y compositor tinerfeño, Eduardo Rojo. Después, un poco más del gran John Zorn, Parables, publicado en 2021 junto al talentosísimo trío de guitarras de Bill Frisell, Gyan Riley y Julian Lage. Nuestro Clásico de la Semana fue el saxofonista Clifford Jordan, del que se ha publicado este 2023 estas sesiones de 1974, Drink Plenty Water. Seguir leyendo La Montaña Rusa 30.2023. Franco D’Andrea y Eduardo Rojo. John Zorn. Clifford Jordan. Roxy Coss. Èlia Lucas Quartet. Adriano Clemente en La Montaña Rusa Radio Jazz.

Dred Scott v. Sandford is one of the most infamous cases in Supreme Court history: in 1857, an enslaved person named Dred Scott filed a suit for his freedom and lost. In his decision, Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney wrote that Black men “had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.” One Civil War and more than a century later, the Taneys and the Scotts reunite at a Hilton in Missouri to figure out what reconciliation looks like in the 21st century. Voices in the episode include: • Lynne Jackson — great-great-granddaughter of Dred and Harriet Scott, and president and founder of the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation • Dred Scott Madison — great-great-grandson of Dred Scott • Barbara McGregory — great-great-granddaughter of Dred Scott • Charlie Taney — great-great-grandnephew of Roger Brooke Taney, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who wrote the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision • Richard Josey — Manager of Programs at the Minnesota Historical Society Learn more: • 1857: Dred Scott v. Sandford • The Dred Scott Heritage Foundation   Special thanks to Kate Taney Billingsley, whose play, "A Man of His Time," inspired the episode; and to Soren Shade for production help. Additional music for this episode by Gyan Riley. Shadow dockets, term limits, amicus briefs — what puzzles you about the Supreme Court? What stories are you curious about? We want to answer your questions in our next season. Click here to leave us a voice memo. Supreme Court archival audio comes from Oyez®, a free law project by Justia and the Legal Information Institute of Cornell Law School. Support for More Perfect is provided in part by The Smart Family Fund. Follow us on Instagram, Threads and Facebook @moreperfectpodcast, and Twitter @moreperfect.

This week, we revisit one of the most important Supreme Court cases you've probably never heard of: Baker v. Carr, a redistricting case from the 1960s, which challenged the justices to consider what might happen if they stepped into the world of electoral politics. It's a case so stressful that it pushed one justice to a nervous breakdown, put another justice in the hospital, brought a boiling feud to a head, and changed the course of the Supreme Court — and the nation — forever. Voices in the episode include: • Tara Grove — More Perfect legal advisor, University of Texas at Austin law professor • Guy-Uriel Charles — Harvard law professor • Louis Michael Seidman — Georgetown law school professor • Sam Issacharoff — NYU law school professor • Craig A. Smith — PennWest California humanities professor and Charles Whittaker's biographer • J. Douglas Smith — Author of "On Democracy's Doorstep" • Alan Kohn — Former Supreme Court clerk for Charles Whittaker (1957 term) • Kent Whittaker — Charles Whittaker's son • Kate Whittaker — Charles Whittaker's granddaughter Learn more: • 1962: Baker v. Carr • 2000: Bush v. Gore • 2016: Evenwel v. Abbott Music in this episode by Gyan Riley, Alex Overington, David Herman, Tobin Low and Jad Abumrad.   Archival interviews with Justice William O. Douglas come from the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Princeton University Library. Special thanks to Jerry Goldman and to Whittaker's clerks: Heywood Davis, Jerry Libin and James Adler. Supreme Court archival audio comes from Oyez®, a free law project by Justia and the Legal Information Institute of Cornell Law School. Support for More Perfect is provided in part by The Smart Family Fund. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @moreperfectpodcast, and Twitter @moreperfect.

Gyan Riley graced the dublab studio to share a live solo guitar piece, insight into his music explorations and some rare recordings. Gyan has collaborated with some of the brightest music minds in the world, from contemporary peers such as Nico Muhly to elder pioneers including his father, Terry Riley. This interview found him fresh from performing at Walt Disney Concert Hall and soon on his way to further world touring. Listen in to discover a musician sending golden currents across our world.

durée : 00:55:03 - John Zorn - par : Alex Dutilh - Trois sorties simultanées, John Zorn garde son rythme intense. Deux nouveautés splendides, un trio piano-contrebasse-batterie mené par Brian Marsella et le fameux trio de guitaristes surdoués, Bill Frisell, Julian Lage et Gyan Riley. Et pour la mémoire, une archive inédite et turbulente de 1978 !

durée : 00:55:03 - John Zorn - par : Alex Dutilh - Trois sorties simultanées, John Zorn garde son rythme intense. Deux nouveautés splendides, un trio piano-contrebasse-batterie mené par Brian Marsella et le fameux trio de guitaristes surdoués, Bill Frisell, Julian Lage et Gyan Riley. Et pour la mémoire, une archive inédite et turbulente de 1978 !

From his beginnings in his father's band, Terry Riley and The All Stars, Gyan Riley has branched out into classical music (both his own and that of composers like John Zorn), spacey electric guitar excursions, and Eastern-influenced collaborations with a wide range of artists, including recent Grammy winner Arooj Aftab. Gyan Riley plays and improvises original pieces. From the 2022 New York Guitar Festival at The Greene Space, hear guitarist and composer Gyan Riley's post-minimalist jazz-limning new music. - John Schaefer Set list: And then… (improvisation), Sparkling Pines, Sometimes You Go Back for More, Toucher les Nuages/Appa-tango Watch "And then... (improvisation)": Watch "Sparkling Pines": Watch "Sometimes You Go Back for More": Watch "Toucher les Nuages/Appa-tango":   Watch the entire show from Night 2 of the 2022 New York Guitar Festival:

La música del prolífico saxofonista estadounidense John Zorn interpretada por los guitarristas Bill Frisell, Julian Lage y Gyan Riley en Parables, producción del año pasado para el sello Tzadik abre el 2022 en 2 de uno.

With her recent Grammy nomination, Arooj Aftab has made headlines as the very first Pakistani woman to be nominated for the gilded gramophone. While the Best New Artist nomination may be a geographical success, Aftab spoke to Cheryl Waters about how “art can transcend geographical location” and how access to art and the ability to cultivate relationships with other artists is why she's called New York home for the past 15 years.  Aftab's latest record, Vulture Prince, is the third from the Berklee College of Music alum and sees her taking influence from South Asian classical music, jazz, and minimalism for a soothing and spiritual record that deserves every ounce of praise. Her four-song set for KEXP with guitarist Gyan Riley and harpist Maeve Gilchrist showcases her transcendental work. Recorded 09/24/2021. Baghon Main Suroor Diya Hai Mohabbat Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTube Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With her recent Grammy nomination, Arooj Aftab has made headlines as the very first Pakistani woman to be nominated for the gilded gramophone. While the Best New Artist nomination may be a geographical success, Aftab spoke to Cheryl Waters about how “art can transcend geographical location” and how access to art and the ability to cultivate relationships with other artists is why she's called New York home for the past 15 years.  Aftab's latest record, Vulture Prince, is the third from the Berklee College of Music alum and sees her taking influence from South Asian classical music, jazz, and minimalism for a soothing and spiritual record that deserves every ounce of praise. Her four-song set for KEXP with guitarist Gyan Riley and harpist Maeve Gilchrist showcases her transcendental work. Recorded 09/24/2021. Baghon Main Suroor Diya Hai Mohabbat Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTube Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Felton Pruitt speaks with guitarists Pepino D'Agostino and Gyan Riley about their Camptonville performance this Sunday, July 19th.

Tonight, The California Report looks at a new study from the Monterey Bay Aquarium which highlights the inequality of climate change and we follow along on two California athletes' Olympic journey to the summer Games in Tokyo. We take a brief look at entertainment news and weather before Felton Pruitt speaks with guitarists Pepino D'Agostino and Gyan Riley about their Camptonville performance this Sunday. We close with commentary from Waste Management Public Sector Manager Shavati Karki-Pearl.

Música del saxofonista de la vanguardia neoyorquina John Zorn grabada por los guitarristas Bill Frisell, Julian Lage y Gyan Riley en los discos 'Teresa de Ávila' ('Devotion', 'El anillo interior', 'A blessing of tears') y 'Virtue' ('Conveniens', 'Per amica silencia lunae') de su trilogía inspirada por figuras del misticismo cristiano. Canciones del nuevo disco de Gretchen Parlato 'Flor': 'É preciso perdoar', 'Rosa', 'Wonderful', 'Cello suite nº1 for cello' y 'No plan'. Y despedida con el trompetista Till Brönner y el teclista Bob James en 'Late night'. Escuchar audio

Dirigimos nuestros radares hacia el mayor continente del planeta: Asia. Ecos de la India en Nueva York, sones de Anatolia y el Cáucaso, nuevas hornadas de música japonesa y profundos cantos tuvanos: todo ello a base de novedades y adelantos discográficos. We point our radars towards the largest continent on the planet: Asia. Echoes of India in New York, sounds from Anatolia and the Caucasus, new trends in Japanese music and deep Tuvan chants, all based on new releases and discographic previews. · Sunny Jain - Ja ja re apne mandirwa - Phoenix rise · Duygu Alkan - Tamzara - My gardens perennials · Türkü Akbayram - Nefesim nefesine - Nefesim nefesine (single) · Shanir Blumenkranz, Mathias Kunzli, Michael Nicolas, Gyan Riley - The garden of Eden - Hemingway: Original music from the PBS documentary (VA) · Tetsuhiro Daiku - Kuroshima kuduchi - The Rough Guide to the best Japanese music you've never heard (VA) · Lucy - Hiyamikachibushi - The Rough Guide to the best Japanese music you've never heard (VA) · Kanako Horiuchi & Falaye Sakho - Hana umui / Yaboyae - The Rough Guide to the best Japanese music you've never heard (VA) · Aragaki Mutsumi - Naakunii-hantabaru - The Rough Guide to the best Japanese music you've never heard (VA) · Yat-Kha - Kongurgai - We will never die · (Aragehonzi - Detarame kagura - The Rough Guide to the best Japanese music you've never heard (VA)) Imagen : / Image: Aragaki Mutsumi

Inabarcable e inasequible al desaliento, John Zorn y su imparable producción discográfica. Estrenamos "Teresa de Ávila", el trabajo con el que el neoyorquino cierra su trilogía de místicos de la cristiandad junto a tres mí(s)ticos guitarristas: Julian Lage, Gyan Riley y Bill Frisell. Zorn ha publicado recientemente "Gnosis - The inner light", un proyecto inspirado por la música del maestro Ennio Morricone, fallecido en 2020. Bill Frisell, en esta ocasión junto a John Medeski (teclado, órgano y piano), Kenny Wollesen (vibráfono) y Carol Emanuel (arpa), se deja atrapar por un puñado de notas inspiradas en el personal universo sonoro del italiano sobre el que reflexiona John Zorn. "desde mi cadiera", Jesús Moreno nos acerca la música de Irreversible Entanglements, quinteto asentado en Nueva York y formado por Camae Ayewa (voz y textos), Keir Neuringer (saxo), Aquiles Navarro (trompeta), Luke Stewart (contrabajo) y Tcheser Holmes (batería). A partir de su disco "Who sent you?", Jesús tira del hilo de diferentes proyectos de saxofonista y trompetista. Toda la información y derechos: http://www.elclubdejazz.com

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Esta semana, dedicamos el capítulo 25 de Rebelión Sónica, a dos de los más importantes músicos estadounidenses contemporáneos: el inabarcable compositor, productor, saxofonista y uno de los grandes músicos de nuestra era John Zorn y al guitarrista –uno de los más relevantes del jazz actual- y compositor Bill Frisell. En primer lugar, revisaremos material del disco “Virtue” (2020) de Zorn, trabajo a tres guitarras acústicas interpretadas por el mismo Frisell, junto a Julian Lage y Gyan Riley. Escrito y arreglado por Zorn, el álbum está inspirado en Juliana de Norwich, una abadesa del siglo XIV, fundadoras del misticismo cristiano. De acuerdo a Tzadik Records, “Virtue” “está marcado por un lirismo deslumbrante y seductor”.

Esta semana, dedicamos el capítulo 25 de Rebelión Sónica, a dos de los más importantes músicos estadounidenses contemporáneos: el inabarcable compositor, productor, saxofonista y uno de los grandes músicos de nuestra era John Zorn y al guitarrista –uno de los más relevantes del jazz actual- y compositor Bill Frisell. En primer lugar, revisaremos material del disco “Virtue” (2020) de Zorn, trabajo a tres guitarras acústicas interpretadas por el mismo Frisell, junto a Julian Lage y Gyan Riley. Escrito y arreglado por Zorn, el álbum está inspirado en Juliana de Norwich, una abadesa del siglo XIV, fundadoras del misticismo cristiano. De acuerdo a Tzadik Records, “Virtue” “está marcado por un lirismo deslumbrante y seductor”.

Paolo Conte, Omar Sosa, Dottor Pira, Feltrinelli Comics, John Zorn, Bill Firsell, Julian Lage, Gyan Riley

Paolo Conte, Omar Sosa, Dottor Pira, Feltrinelli Comics, John Zorn, Bill Firsell, Julian Lage, Gyan Riley

Paolo Conte, Omar Sosa, Dottor Pira, Feltrinelli Comics, John Zorn, Bill Firsell, Julian Lage, Gyan Riley

Second part of our weekly exploration of brand new releases, with a special focus on guitar-centric albums. The playlist features Rob Luft, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Scott Colley, Brian Blade, John Scofield, Steve Swallow, Bill Stewart, John Zorn, Bill Frisell, Julian Lage, Gyan Riley, Thana Alexa, The Beat Freaks, George Burton, The Heliocentrics. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/m/playlist/export?k=9b4777c1046037f6dc71afd2d89b0fa4 (from Rob Luft onwards).

Dice que lleva esperando esta grabación toda su vida. "Un reflejo del amplio reflejo de expresiones que me han interesado a lo largo de los años". Pat Metheny presenta "From this place", un trabajo en el que siguió el método Miles, que Metheny conoció gracias a Ron Carter. Le acompañan en este empeño Gwilym Simcock (piano), Linda Oh (contrabajo) y Antonio Sanchez (batería). Además, una orquesta dirigida por Joe McNeely y con arreglos de Gil Goldstein y Alan Broadbent. El guitarrista argentino Federico Dannemann y el saxofonista ruso Zhenya Strigalev firman "The Change", un trabajo sobre la necesidad de abandonar la zona de comfort. Les acompañan en el empeño el contrabajista Luques Curtis y el baterista Obed Calvaire. Un proyecto que nos llega en el "London Calling" de Fernando Ortiz de Urbina. Empezaron como dúo, ampliaron a trío y en apenas unos meses publican dos trabajos. Tres magníficos guitarristas que repiten juntos dando vida a las composiciones de John Zorn inspiradas por la mística británica del siglo XIV, Juliana de Norwich. Ellos son Julian Lage, Gyan Riley y Bill Frisell. Todas los derechos e información: http://www.elclubdejazz.com

Dice que lleva esperando esta grabación toda su vida. "Un reflejo del amplio reflejo de expresiones que me han interesado a lo largo de los años". Pat Metheny presenta "From this place", un trabajo en el que siguió el método Miles, que Metheny conoció gracias a Ron Carter. Le acompañan en este empeño Gwilym Simcock (piano), Linda Oh (contrabajo) y Antonio Sanchez (batería). Además, una orquesta dirigida por Joe McNeely y con arreglos de Gil Goldstein y Alan Broadbent. El guitarrista argentino Federico Dannemann y el saxofonista ruso Zhenya Strigalev firman "The Change", un trabajo sobre la necesidad de abandonar la zona de comfort. Les acompañan en el empeño el contrabajista Luques Curtis y el baterista Obed Calvaire. Un proyecto que nos llega en el "London Calling" de Fernando Ortiz de Urbina. Empezaron como dúo, ampliaron a trío y en apenas unos meses publican dos trabajos. Tres magníficos guitarristas que repiten juntos dando vida a las composiciones de John Zorn inspiradas por la mística británica del siglo XIV, Juliana de Norwich. Ellos son Julian Lage, Gyan Riley y Bill Frisell. Todas los derechos e información: http://www.elclubdejazz.com

durée : 00:30:09 - Les Musiques américaines et la guitare - par : Sébastien Llinares - Coup de projecteur sur l'inspiration de guitaristes remarquables d'Outre -Atlantique : Bryce Dessner,Gyan Riley, Julian Lage,... - réalisé par : Patrick Lérisset

Join me for the Season 9 finale as I talk with Taylor Levine, Joshua Lopes, James Moore and Gyan Riley of DITHER about their 1 Track, MI-GO.

Los guitarristas Julian Lage y Gyan Riley presentaron en 2017 el proyecto "Midsummer Moons", dentro del sello Tzadik de John Zorn. Dos años después regresan junto a un tercer guitarrista, ni más ni menos que Bill Frisell, para afrontar "Nove Cantici per Francesco d'Assisi", composiciones de Zorn inspiradas por el pensamiento de San Francisco de Asís. El clarinetista Ben Goldberg presenta "Good day for cloud fishing", trabajo junto al cornetista Ron Miles y al guitarrista Nels Cline inspirado en la poesía de Dean Young, que a su vez escribió nuevas poesías a partir de la música de Goldberg inspirada en sus textos. Toda la información y derechos: http://www.elclubdejazz.com

Los guitarristas Julian Lage y Gyan Riley presentaron en 2017 el proyecto "Midsummer Moons", dentro del sello Tzadik de John Zorn. Dos años después regresan junto a un tercer guitarrista, ni más ni menos que Bill Frisell, para afrontar "Nove Cantici per Francesco d'Assisi", composiciones de Zorn inspiradas por el pensamiento de San Francisco de Asís. El clarinetista Ben Goldberg presenta "Good day for cloud fishing", trabajo junto al cornetista Ron Miles y al guitarrista Nels Cline inspirado en la poesía de Dean Young, que a su vez escribió nuevas poesías a partir de la música de Goldberg inspirada en sus textos. Toda la información y derechos: http://www.elclubdejazz.com

In this Episode, we at the Dr. Jazz Podcast are raising awareness for helping out Tzadik Records (John Zorn's independent record label). Last year, they put out the Book Beriah Boxset (Masada Book III) through PledgeMusic for distribution, and essentially got royally screwed - the musicians, studio mixers, recording engineers, etc. Like...$197,559! This is from the NPR article by Nate Chinen: The Book Beriah was a Tzadik release too, though its elaborate sprawl and high production costs led Zorn to involve an outside partner: PledgeMusic, a British-based, direct-to-fan crowdfunding service designed to help bring musical projects to fruition. "The only way we could have broken even was going on a platform like this," Zorn tells NPR Music. Now, after a calamitous turn for PledgeMusic — which announced last week that it is headed for bankruptcy — Zorn hopes to recoup a substantial loss: $197,559, all of it raised through the platform and still owed to Tzadik. After the truth emerged and Zorn processed his initial shock, he says, "I went into my let's-fix-it mode. I always have a Plan B. I try to find a way to solve the problem that's a creative way." To that end, Tzadik has just announced four limited-edition vinyl releases, handpicked by Zorn with input from Sugiyama. Among them is Masada — The Best of Sanhedrin, the first-ever vinyl release by the original Masada Quartet, which consisted of Zorn on alto saxophone, Dave Douglas on trumpet, Greg Cohen on bass and Joey Baron on drums. Alhambra Love Songs is an acoustic trio recording featuring Cohen, pianist Rob Burger and drummer Ben Perowsky. The two other releases underscore Zorn's breadth as a composer. Nove Cantici Per Francesco D'Assisi features a suite inspired by the life of St. Francis of Assisi, performed by an all-star guitar trio of Bill Frisell, Julian Lage and Gyan Riley. And The Last Judgment is the final recording by a heavy-gauge project called Moonchild, with vocal chameleon Mike Patton, organist John Medeski, bassist Trevor Dunn and Baron on drums. Please help support Zorn and Tzadik by going to Tzadik  and ordering some vinyl for a good - no... great cause! -Dr. Jazz

Gyan Riley is an absolute virtuoso of the nylon string guitar, an extraordinary musician who plays with great detail and elegance. Originally from California, he has been based in Brooklyn for the past several years. He has worked closely with John Zorn, Secret Chiefs 3, Timba Harris, Wu Fei and has a long standing duo project with his father, composer Terry Riley. Gyan is the real deal and a joy to talk to. Dig. 

Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission is one of the most polarizing Supreme Court cases of all time. So what is it actually about, and why did the Justices decide the way they did? Justice Anthony Kennedy, often called the “most powerful man in America,” wrote the majority opinion in the case. In this episode, we examine Kennedy’s singular devotion to the First Amendment and look at how it may have influenced his decision in the case.  The key voices: Kai Newkirk, 99 Rise  Michael Boos, vice president and general counsel of Citizens United  Jim Bopp, lawyer, The Bopp Law Firm Marcia Coyle, chief Washington correspondent for The National Law Journal Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, a contributing editor of The Atlantic, and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution Jeffrey Toobin, writer and contributor to The New Yorker and CNN Michael Dorf, professor of law at Cornell University and former clerk to Justice Anthony Kennedy Alex Kozinski, circuit judge in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and former clerk to Justice Anthony Kennedy** The key cases: 2010: Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commision The key links: Citizens United "Money Unlimited," by Jeffrey Toobin Correction: A earlier version of this episode misstated the date of the last day of the 2009 term.  Additional music for this episode by:  Gyan Riley  Kevin MacLeod "Bad Ideas (distressed)"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Special thanks to Justin Levitt, Guy-Uriel Charles, William Baude, Helen Knowles, and Derek John.  Leadership support for More Perfect is provided by The Joyce Foundation. Additional funding is provided by The Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation. Supreme Court archival audio comes from Oyez®, a free law project in collaboration with the Legal Information Institute at Cornell. **This episode was taped prior to The Washington Post's reporting on Judge Alex Kozinski which was published on December 8, 2017. 

Hear prog-marching band music from Chicago's Mucca Pazza, ambient-gothic Norwegian-Icelandic music from the duo Jo Berger Myhre & Ólafur Björn Ólafsson, jazz-tronic ambient minimalism from London's Portico Quartet, and new work from Danish experimental supergroup Girls in Airports. Also, hear new music by Molly Joyce for cellist Nick Photinos, new work from Kaki King & the Porta Girevole Chamber Orchestra, and more. Hear ambient-gothic music from Norwegian bassist Jo Berger Myhre and Icelandic drummer Ólafur Björn Ólafsson  in their composed work, “1000%,” which was recorded in an abandoned Reykjavik warehouse.  Also, listen to driving indie jazz from the Danish experimental ensemble, Girls in Airport, recorded live in Germany. Plus, hear a sample from Brooklyn's own Afrobeat big band, Antibalas.  There’s a new release from Chicago’s “interdisciplinary instrumental music and performance ensemble” – or circus-spectacle alt marching band, Mucca Pazza. It’s a bit proggy (Yes, Weather Report, Rush) and perhaps hard to march to, but “[t]he band spent eight years practicing counting to seven before they were ready to record this piece.” There’s also a new work by Terry Riley for Del Sol String Quartet, “Dark Queen Mantra,” featuring guitarist Gyan Riley. Plus listen to music by Kaki King - arranged for guitar and orchestra from her forthcoming Live At Berklee release. Listen to music from Eighth Blackbird founding cellist Nick Photinos; it’s a work by Molly Joyce, originally for for baroque cello and pre-recorded electronics, called “Sit and Dance.” Also, there’s music from London-based composer & producer Leah Kardos, which was made using analogue instruments and technologies, from her record, Rococochet. August & September 2017 New Releases (Special Podcast)(Similar to Show #4018, airdate: 8/31/2017)    ARTIST: Jo Berger Myhre & Ólafur Björn ÓlafssonWORK: 1000%, excerpt [1:00]RECORDING: The Third ScriptSOURCE: Hubro MusicINFO: hubromusic.com ARTIST: Mucca PazzaWORK: Andy Deitrich: Barbarous Relic [3:30] RECORDING: Barbarous RelicSOURCE/INFO: store.muccapazza.com ARTIST: Leah KardosWORK: Malio Malio [2:35]RECORDING: RococochetSOURCE: Bigo & TwigettiINFO: bigoandtwigetti.bandcamp.com ARTIST: Portico QuartetWORK: Current History [6:07] RECORDING: Art In The Age Of AutomationSOURCE: Gondwana RecordsINFO: porticoquartet.bandcamp.com ARTIST: AntibalasWORK: Gold Rush, excerpt [1:30]RECORDING: Live on Soundcheck, 9/15/17 SOURCE: This tune appears on Where the Gods are in PeaceINFO: antibalas.bandcamp.com ARTIST: Jo Berger Myhre & Ólafur Björn ÓlafssonWORK: 1000%  [6:42]RECORDING: The Third ScriptSOURCE: Hubro MusicINFO: hubromusic.com ARTIST: Girls in AirportsWORK: King's Birthday [3:28]RECORDING: LiveSOURCE: Edition Records EDN1097INFO: girlsinairports.bandcamp.com ARTIST: Nick PhotinosWORK: Molly Joyce: Sit and Dance [6:34] RECORDING: Petits ArtefactsSOURCE: New Amsterdam RecordsINFO: newamsterdamrecords.bandcamp.com ARTIST: Del Sol String Quartet, Gyan RileyWORK: Terry Riley: III. Dark Queen Mantra [11:49] RECORDING: Dark Queen MantraSOURCE: Sono Luminus 92215INFO: delsolquartet.com ARTIST: Kaki King, Porta Girevole Chamber Orchestra, Gabriela Sofia Gomez Estevez, student conductorWORK:  Magazine [5:30]RECORDING: Live At BerkleeSOURCE: BIRN Cooperative RecordingsINFO: smarturl.it/KakiKingLive

Should you be able to say and do whatever you want onlinet;) These quarters (now restored) at Fort Snelling in Minnesota are believed to have been occupied by Dred and Harriet Scott between roughly 1836–1840. (McGhiever/Wikimedia Commons) Special thanks to Kate Taney Billingsley, whose play, A Man of His Time, inspired the story. Additional music for this episode by Gyan Riley. Thanks to Soren Shade for production help. Leadership support for More Perfect is provided by The Joyce Foundation. Additional funding is provided by The Charles Eva"https://www.oyez.org/cases/1968/492">Brandenburg v. Ohio The key links: ProPublica's report on Facebook's censorship policies   Special thanks to Elaine Chen, Jennifer Keeney Sendrow, and the entire Greene Space team. Additional engineering for this episode by Chase Culpon, Louis Mitchell, and Alex Overington. Leadership support for More Perfect is provided by The Joyce Foundation. Additional funding is provided by The Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation.  Watch the event below:

In this episode of More Perfect, two families grapple with one terrible Supreme Court decision. Dred Scott v. Sandford is one of the most infamous cases in Supreme Court history: in 1857, a slave named Dred Scott filed a suit for his freedom and lost. In his decision, Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney wrote that black men “had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.”  One civil war and more than a century later, the Taneys and the Scotts reunite at a Hilton in Missouri to figure out what reconciliation looks like in the 21st century. Photograph of Dred Scott, c. 1857 (Uncredited/Wikimedia Commons) Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney (Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division/Wikimedia Commons) Day 1 of the Dred Scott Sons and Daughters of Reconciliation conference at the Hilton Frontenac Hotel, December 2, 2016. Left to Right: Shannon LaNier (Thomas Jefferson descendant), Lynne Jackson (Dred Scott descendant), Bertram Hayes-Davis (Jefferson Davis descendant), Charlie Taney (Roger Brooke Taney descendant), Dred Scott Madison (Dred Scott descendant), Ashton LeBourgeois (Blow family descendant), John LeBourgeois (Blow family descendant), and Pastor Sylvester Turner. (C. Webster, Courtesy of the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation/Black Tie Photos) The key voices: Lynne Jackson, great-great-granddaughter of Dred and Harriet Scott, president and founder of the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation Dred Scott Madison, great-great-grandson of Dred Scott Barbara McGregory, great-great-granddaughter of Dred Scott Charlie Taney, great-great-grandnephew of Roger Brooke Taney, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who wrote the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision Richard Josey, Manager of Programs at the Minnesota Historical Society The key cases: 1857: Dred Scott v. Sandford The key links: The Dred Scott Heritage Foundation  Harriet Scott, wife of Dred Scott, 1857 (Noted from “Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, June 27,1857.” Minnesota Historical Society/Wikimedia Commons) These quarters (now restored) at Fort Snelling in Minnesota are believed to have been occupied by Dred and Harriet Scott between roughly 1836–1840. (McGhiever/Wikimedia Commons) Special thanks to Kate Taney Billingsley, whose play, A Man of His Time, inspired the story. Additional music for this episode by Gyan Riley. Thanks to Soren Shade for production help. Leadership support for More Perfect is provided by The Joyce Foundation. Additional funding is provided by The Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation. Supreme Court archival audio comes from Oyez®, a free law project in collaboration with the Legal Information Institute at Cornell.

Een nieuwe CD, Meeting of the spirits, met jazzklassiekers gespeeld door cellist Matt Haimovitz. 2017 is Monteverdi-jaar. Een groots festival in Amersfoort op 3, 4 en 5 juni door het ensemble Le Nuove Musiche, dat ook alle madrigalen van Monteverdi aan het opnemen is. Luister naar de uitzending... je kunt kaartjes winnen voor het festival als je het antwoord weet op de vraag wat het stadje Mantua met Monteverdi te maken heeft. Violiste Isabelle Faust bracht een nieuwe CD uit met de Sonate voor viool en piano van César Franck. 30 mei 2017 treedt minimal-pionier Terry Riley op in het Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, samen met zijn zoon Gyan Riley. Hypnotiserende minimal music.

This week I speak with Evan Ziporyn, composer and clarinetist, who makes music at the crossroads between genres and cultures, east and west. As a clarinetist he performs as a soloist and as a member of the Eviyan Trio (with Iva Bittova and Gyan Riley); he also works regularly with Yo-yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble, and the Steve Reich Ensemble, with whom he shared a Grammy for Music for 18 Musicians. He is founder and director of Gamelan Galak Tika. His opera A House in Bali was featured at BAM Next Wave in 2010. From 1992-2012 he was a founding member of the Bang on a Can All-stars, finishing his tenure with the group with an appearance on an episode of PBS' Arthur. His compositions have been commissioned and performed by Kronos Quartet, Wu Man, the American Composers Orchestra, Steven Schick, So Percussion, and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project. He has collaborated with – among others - Brian Eno, Paul Simon, Ornette Coleman, Thurston Moore, Meredith Monk, Bryce Dessner, Philip Glass, Terry Riley, Louis Andriessen, Shara Worden, Cecil Taylor, Henry Threadgill, Matthew Shipp, and Ethel. His most recent project is the hour-long In My Mind & In My Car (w/Christine Southworth), for bass clarinet, electronics and video, His recording of Don Byron's Clarinet Concerto, which he commissioned, was named one of Downbeat Magazine's 2015 Albums of the Year. At MIT he is head of Music & Theater Arts and director of the Center for Art, Science & Technology. We discuss Evan's life, influences, career accomplishments and go deep into the recording session for the definitive version of Steve Reich's "New York Counterpoint" in 1996. This is a must listen episode for any new music fans. Links: Website: www.ziporyn.com Social Media: Twitter: @evanziporyn Facebook: EvanZiporynMusic Purchase Music: BandCamp: evanziporyn.bandcamp.com BandCamp: eviyan.bandcamp.com BandCamp: gamelangalaktika.bandcamp.com iTunes: iTunes Artist Page Discussion Topics: Calgary's year round snow Balinese Music Gamelan Fate and Spirituality Realizing the intent of the composer Don't mistake a bad performance for a bad piece What draws you to minimalist music? Bang on a Can All Stars Terry Riley - "In C" Steve Reich - Music For 18 Musicians Steve Reich - New York Counterpoint Recording New York Counterpoint Evan's First CD "This Is Not a Clarinet" The album as an art in itself Extended techniques (multiphonics, singing and playing) Lightning round questions David Bowie Tribute Concert People Mentioned: Josef Schwantner John Lennon Steve Reich Terry Riley Philip Glass La Monte Young John Cage Lightning Round Questions and Answers: If I were to walk over to your music stand right now, what would I find? An iPad (but it depends on which music stand!) What is your all-time piece of music? Rameau - Les Trois Mains and David Byrne - Marching Through The Wilderness If you could meet any musician throughout history would it be? Pythagoras What's your favorite book and why? Blindness by Jose Saramago and Go, Dog Go Is there anything else you'd like to share? Working on a new piece called "In My Mind and In My Car"

When Chief Justice Earl Warren was asked at the end of his career, “What was the most important case of your tenure?”, there were a lot of answers he could have given. After all, he had presided over some of the most important decisions in the court’s history — cases that dealt with segregation in schools, the right to an attorney, the right to remain silent, just to name a few. But his answer was a surprise: He said, “Baker v. Carr,” a 1962 redistricting case.  On this episode of More Perfect, we talk about why this case was so important; important enough, in fact, that it pushed one Supreme Court justice to a nervous breakdown, brought a boiling feud to a head, put one justice in the hospital, and changed the course of the Supreme Court — and the nation — forever. Associate Justice William O. Douglas (L) and Associate Justice Felix Frankfurter (R) (Harris & Ewing Photography/Library of Congress) Top Row (left-right): Charles E. Whittaker, John M. Harlan,William J. Brennan, Jr., Potter Stewart. Bottom Row (left-right): William O. Douglas, Hugo L. Black, Earl Warren, Felix Frankfurter, Tom C. Clark. (Library of Congress)    Associate Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Whittaker at his desk in his chambers. (Heywood Davis)  The key links: - Biographies of Charles Evans Whittaker, Felix Frankfurter, and William O. Douglas from Oyez- A biography of Charles Evans Whittaker written by Craig Alan Smith- A biography of Felix Frankfurter written by H.N. Hirsch- A biography of William O. Douglas written by Bruce Allen Murphy- A book about the history of "one person, one vote" written by J. Douglas Smith- A roundtable discussion on C-SPAN about Baker v. Carr The key voices: - Craig Smith, Charles Whittaker's biographer and Professor of History and Political Science at California University of Pennsylvania - Tara Grove, Professor of Law and Robert and Elizabeth Scott Research Professor at William & Mary Law School- Louis Michael Seidman, Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Constitutional Law at Georgetown Law- Guy-Uriel Charles, Charles S. Rhyne Professor of Law at Duke Law- Samuel Issacharoff, Bonnie and Richard Reiss Professor of Constitutional Law, NYU Law- J. Douglas Smith, author of "On Democracy's Doorstep"- Alan Kohn, former Supreme Court clerk for Charles Whittaker, 1957 Term- Kent Whittaker, Charles Whittaker's son- Kate Whittaker, Charles Whittaker's granddaughter The key cases: - 1962: Baker v. Carr- 2000: Bush v. Gore- 2016: Evenwel v. Abbott Music in this episode by Gyan Riley, Alex Overington, David Herman, Tobin Low and Jad Abumrad.  More Perfect is funded in part by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, The Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation, and the Joyce Foundation. Supreme Court archival audio comes from Oyez®, a free law project in collaboration with the Legal Information Institute at Cornell. Archival interviews with Justice William O. Douglas come from the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Princeton University Library. Special thanks to Whittaker's clerks: Heywood Davis, Jerry Libin and James Adler. Also big thanks to Jerry Goldman at Oyez.

This story comes from Radiolab's first ever spin-off podcast, More Perfect. To hear more, subscribe here. When Chief Justice Earl Warren was asked at the end of his career, “What was the most important case of your tenure?”, there were a lot of answers he could have given. After all, he had presided over some of the most important decisions in the court’s history — cases that dealt with segregation in schools, the right to an attorney, the right to remain silent, just to name a few. But his answer was a surprise: He said, “Baker v. Carr,” a 1962 redistricting case.  On this episode of More Perfect, we talk about why this case was so important; important enough, in fact, that it pushed one Supreme Court justice to a nervous breakdown, brought a boiling feud to a head, put one justice in the hospital, and changed the course of the Supreme Court — and the nation — forever. Associate Justice William O. Douglas (L) and Associate Justice Felix Frankfurter (R) (Harris & Ewing Photography/Library of Congress) Top Row (left-right): Charles E. Whittaker, John M. Harlan,William J. Brennan, Jr., Potter Stewart. Bottom Row (left-right): William O. Douglas, Hugo L. Black, Earl Warren, Felix Frankfurter, Tom C. Clark. (Library of Congress) Associate Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Whittaker at his desk in his chambers. (Heywood Davis) Music in this episode by Gyan Riley, Alex Overington, David Herman, Tobin Low and Jad Abumrad.  More Perfect is funded in part by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, The Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation, and the Joyce Foundation. Supreme Court archival audio comes from Oyez®, a free law project in collaboration with the Legal Information Institute at Cornell. Archival interviews with Justice William O. Douglas come from the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Princeton University Library. Special thanks to Whittaker's clerks: Heywood Davis, Jerry Libin and James Adler. Also big thanks to Jerry Goldman at Oyez.  

Gyan Riley is a composer, magician’s apprentice, guitarist and the first man to give birth. How does he juggle it all? You have to listen to find out.

Blame it on Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring or perhaps the ridiculous virtuosity that is characteristic of so much bluegrass playing. In the past decade, growing numbers of classical musicians have been mixing it up with fiddlers, banjo players and mandolin pluckers. Yo-Yo Ma has worked with bluegrass players in the Goat Rodeo Sessions; mandolin wizard Chris Thile has played his own concerto with several American orchestras and released an album of Bach partitas. The latest group to explore this hybrid is the Jake Schepps Quintet, a string band whose members are steeped in bluegrass spontaneity but whose repertoire – yes, repertoire – is by composers from the modern classical tradition. They include Matt McBane, Marc Mellits, Gyan Riley, and Matt Flinner. Led by Schepps, a Colorado-based banjoist, the group came to WQXR to play three pieces from "Entwined," their debut album. "Most of the instruments in the string band aren't foreign" to classical composers, said Schepps, in an interview with host Terrance McKnight. "Most classical composers have written for violin, guitar, and bass, and a mandolin is tuned like a violin so it's familiar territory." The quintet's set began with Flatiron VII: Planetary Tuners by Mellits, a Chicago-based composer whose works have been performed by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Kronos Quartet, among other groups. Schepps has been at the forefront of melding bluegrass with other genres for several years. He previously recorded an album of Béla Bartok's music arranged for a string band, "An Evening In The Village," and says he wants to play the music of Henry Purcell for a future project. "I fell in love with his three and four-part fantasias," he said. "I love Baroque music and Bach. I'm always curious for places that I can take string band instruments into new terrain." Schepps added that it's a "lateral step" to transfer pieces from Purcell's viola da gambas to the five-string banjo. The quintet's next selection is the album's title track, by Matt McBane, a Brooklyn violinist and composer who directs the Carlsbad Music Festival in California and whose music has been played by a number of new-music groups. Flinner, who plays mandolin in the quintet, composed the last selection in the set, called Migrations. He tells McKnight that his challenge "was trying, as a bluegrass musician, to write across that line in a long-form manner. Classical music goes so many different directions these days. One thing that we could use more of is more American roots elements added to that. Bluegrass is a uniquely American art form. It feels like it's getting more respect." Schepps added: "My hope is that a classical audience will come to find something interesting about bluegrass." Listen to the full interview and performances at the top of this page. Jake Schepps Quintet Personnel: Jake Schepps: five-string banjoMatt Flinner: mandolinRyan Drickey: violinJordan Tice: acoustic guitarAndrew Small: double bass Videos: Kim Nowacki; Audio: Irene Trudel; Production: Brian Wise; Interview: Terrance McKnight; Production Assistance: Rebecca Stein

This weekend we're featuring the Eviyan Trio. The performers in the group are Iva Bittova, Gyan Riley and Evan Ziporyn. These three composers/musicians combine their influences from around the world to create a soundtrack for the 21st century global village. Hosted by Seth Boustead Produced by Jesse McQuarters Eviyan Trio – Odd Meeting Iva Bittova – Dos Kelbl (The Little Calf) Terry Riley and Gyan Riley – Turning Gyan Riley – Guitar Etude Evan Ziporyn – Tire Fire Eviyan Trio – Paper ConeListen– Kind of Nice