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Porch Swing Orchestra Podcast
by Barry Stone
Streams of current and selected pieces from Porch Swing Orchestra's archive.Porch Swing Orchestra has been pairing on-site photographs with musical field recordings since 2018. porchswingorchestra.substack.com
Episodes
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no.251 | Whatayear
Porch Swing Orchestra is an art project that explores the relationship between sound and images. Most images are taken on the site where the sound was created and/or recorded. Our orchestra is comprised of birds, guitars, artists, poets, and passing cars that spontaneously create ephemeral...
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no.234 | Considering Transitions with Saumon Oboudiyat
This week I am pleased to share a conversation with the Philadelphia-based, sound artist and sound designer, musician, field recordist, architectural designer, Saumon Oboudiyat. Saumon collaborated with PSO to create a sprawling intricate synth soundscape to a particularly vibrant dawn chorus of...
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no.233 | Apparition in Formation
This week I am pleased to share a wide-ranging conversion with New York-based painter and musician, Adam Henry who, in a first here at PSO, contributed both the image and the soundtrack for PSO no. 233, Apparation in Formation. Porch Swing Orchestra is an art project exploring the relationship...
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no.231 | Doing Nothing Well with Joe Williams
This week I am excited to share a conversation with the brilliant and multi-talented composer, conductor, and musician Joe Williams who contributed a beautiful improvised piece for PSO entitled, no.231 Going Nowhere Well from Sante Fe, Mexico paired with field recording made in Austin, Texas. Joe...
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no.228 | Double Talk with Zuriel Waters
This week I am excited to share a conversation with the artist and musician Zuriel Waters, who contributed several wonderful clarinet tracks recorded under the Broadway Junction subway overpass to PSO no. 228, Double Talk. Zuriel Waters was born in 1984 in Philadelphia, PA, and lives and works in...
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no.226 | Ziggy Ice Plant + Site Reading: Marfa, Texas
On today’s pod, we are celebrating PSO’s first solo art show at Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery in New York City with a listen to Side B of the lathe cut LP produced in a limited edition of 20 for the show. Side A includes eight of the nine past PSO pieces whose images are framed, and Side B is a...
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VAST IS THE SEA: A CONVERSATION WITH ANA TREVINO
On the pod, I am thrilled to have Ana Trevino join us. This episode continues our series of conversations with artists participating in VAST IS THE SEA is a series curated by Porch Swing Orchestra consisting of 8 presentations from artists whose diverse works are united by their explorations of...
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VAST IS THE SEA: A CONVERSATION WITH SKLOSS AND THOMAS HOOPER
On the pod, I am joined by SANDY CARSON AND KAREN SKLOSS of the band SKLOSS and artist and tattooist THOMAS HOOOPER. This episode continues our series of conversations with artists participating in VAST IS THE SEA a series curated by @porchswingorchestra consisting of 8 presentations from artists...
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VAST IS THE SEA: A CONVERSATION WITH JESSICA MALLIOS
On the pod, I am thrilled to be joined by JESSICA MALLIOS. This episode continues our series of conversations with artists participating in VAST IS THE SEA is a series curated by @porchswingorchestra consisting of 8 presentations from artists whose diverse works are united by their explorations…
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VAST IS THE SEA: A CONVERSATION WITH ARIANA GOMEZ
On the pod, I am thrilled to be joined by Ariana Gomez. This episode continues our series of conversations with artists participating in VAST IS THE SEA is a series curated by @porchswingorchestra consisting of 8 presentations from artists whose diverse works are united by their explorations of...
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VAST IS THE SEA: A CONVERSATION WITH GAVIN WATTS
This week I spoke with Gavin Watts of the Answers, The Reformers, and countless other bands. This episode continues our series of conversations with artists participating in VAST IS THE SEA a series of eight presentations from artists whose diverse works are united by their explorations of…
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VAST IS THE SEA: A CONVERSATION WITH MARK MENJIVAR
This week I spoke with Mark Menjivar. This episode continues our series of conversations with artists participating in VAST IS THE SEA, a series curated by @porchswingorchestra, consisting of 8 presentations from artists whose diverse works are united by their explorations of images, sound, and...
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VAST IS THE SEA: A CONVERSATION with ANTHONY FRANCIS
Porch Swing Orchestra is an art project that pairs music recorded outside with images made on-site. Performed and recorded at home and away, solo and with others. Our orchestra is comprised of birds, guitars, artists, poets, and passing cars that spontaneously create ephemeral symphonic...
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no.222 | 2(Camera + Guitar)
Porch Swing Orchestra is an art project that pairs music recorded outside with images made on-site. Performed and recorded at home and away, solo and with others. Our orchestra is comprised of birds, guitars, artists, poets, and passing cars that spontaneously create ephemeral symphonic...
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no.221 | Second Season
This week’s pod features PSO’s sophomore full-length release, Second Season which collects 18 pieces from PSO’s second year spanning March 2019 to March 2020. The release was inspired by the invitation to participate in the ICOSA (an art collective in Austin) Soundscapes program. Outside their…
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no.220 | Cat in the Cactus and the Pedal Steel
This week I am excited to share a collaboration with photographer, avid runner, and pedal steel ringer, Bill McCullough! Bill is an amazing photographer based in Austin whose street work I have admired for years. We met courtesy through the Artist Run Club when the group visited the studio he and...
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no.219 | Prelude to Lost Pines
This week’s PSO features a live recording new piece we opened with in our performance at the Turrell Skyspace. Paul Stautinger joined me and added a ton of color and melody, playing both finger-picked intricacies and sweeping tonalites made with an E-bow. Mark Menjivar provided an array of bird...
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no.218 | Practice Makes Practice
PSO no.218 is a 6-minute preview taken from me and Paul’s preparation for our hour-long performance at the James Turrell Skyspace on the UT campus on Sunday, October 15th beginning around 6. The event is fully booked, but there is a standby policy that you can read about on the Landmarks James...
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no.217 | Swell Cicada Swells
Porch Swing Orchestra is an art project that pairs music recorded outside with images made on-site, performed, and recorded at home and away, solo, and along with others. Our orchestra is comprised of birds, guitars, artists, poets, and passing cars who spontaneously create ephemeral, symphonic,...
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no.216 | In Front of the Monkey Tree
Porch Swing Orchestra is an art project that pairs music recorded outside with images made on-site, performed and recorded at home, and in a way, solo and up with others. Our orchestra is comprised of birds, guitars, artists, poets, and passing cars who spontaneously create ephemeral, symphonic,...
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no.215 | Demolition Condition
Welcome to the Porch Swing Orchestra porch cast. I am your conductor Barry Stone and every other week or so I bring you the latest PSO piece along with a selection of works from the past. Porch Swing Orchestra is an art project that pairs music recorded outside with images made on-site. Performed...
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no.214 | Leafy Pecans and Cicada Sing-a-Long
This week’s pod and music-only YouTube stream feature selections from PSO’s recent live event celebrating the release of our collaborative EP with the Reformers (now streaming and on Bandcamp). We had great music from the Answers and PSO, DIY live screen-printed PSO shirts, popsicles, homemade…
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no. 213 | PSO + The Reformers Split EP
Alex Kannan and Gavin Watts of the Reformers join PSO conductor, Barry Stone, for an interview about their music and influences on the occasion of the release of the Porch Swing Orchestra + The Reformers split EP. Gavin Watts is an Austin-based polymath whose proclivities include painting, and...
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no.212 | Quilted Daze and Delays
This episode begins with the newest PSO, no.212, which was recorded in the traditional manner on my porch but with a twist. After spending some time in Mark Menjivar’s studio talking about field recordings, bird calls, archives, innumerable sound gadgets, and exciting new projects, Mark lent me a...
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no.211 | I + Bird + Music Create a Universe the Size of a Bathtub
Porch Swing Orchestra is an art project that pairs music recorded outside with photographs made on-site. Performed and recorded at home and away, solo and with others – birds, guitars, and trucks conspire to form a chance-operated orchestra of delight. The Podcast and YouTube streams include the...
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Enter the Cosmos
On this podcast and subsequent episodes, Every two weeks or so, I will share the most recent PSO piece and follow that with about 20 minutes of pieces randomly selected from the archives. This week begins with a cassette from the soundtrack of Carl Sagan’s PBS series, The Cosmos. The synths from...
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Streams of current and selected pieces from Porch Swing Orchestra's archive.Porch Swing Orchestra has been pairing on-site photographs with musical field recordings since 2018. porchswingorchestra.substack.com
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Porch Swing Orchestra Podcast is created and hosted by Barry Stone.
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