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The Tonearm — 306 episodes

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1

Maria Schneider: Composing in the Age of Curated Rage

2

Caroline Davis: The Saxophone Reimagined in the Fallows

3

Miho Hazama: The Conductor Who Leads with Love

4

Tomeka Reid: The Low Seat, the Long Haul, and 'dance! skip! hop!'

5

Ben Wendel: Assembling the Mallet Avengers

6

Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore: Like Tears in Rain

7

Bellbird: Montreal's Jazz Collective Heeds the Call

8

Sam Wenc: The Experimental Language of the Pedal Steel Guitar

9

Zeena Parkins: Invention, Loss, and the Living Harp

10

Michael Graves: The Patient Philosophy of Audio Restoration

11

Erik Hall: Multitracking the Minimalist Aesthetic

12

Patrick Smith: Bebop, Brass Bands, and a Bookstore

13

Stephen Vitiello: The Punk Attitude of Collaborative Sound Art

14

Lawrence English: Capturing the Impossible Trio

15

Noah Franche-Nolan: Music-Making as Spiritual Practice

16

Michael Hallsworth: Escaping the Hypocrisy Trap

17

John Mlynczak: Why NAMM Still Matters in 2026

18

Patricia Brennan: Vibraphone Visions of the Universe

19

Phil Haynes: Banging the Drum for Liberty Now

20

Bryan Senti: Strings, Migration, and Finding Home

21

Holiday Bonus: Nels Cline on the Wilco Will Love You Podcast

22

Graham St. John: Terence McKenna's Hallucinatory Life

23

Nels Cline: Tales of a Daunted Guitarist

24

Marcus Roberts: Jazz Piano and Technology's Promise

25

Ned Rothenberg: Solo Improvisation in Bizarre Times

26

Miguel Zenón: Vanguardia Subterránea and the Sound of Sanctuary

27

Linda May Han Oh: In Search of Strange Heavens

28

The Inaugural Jazz Forward Award Winners

29

Spotlight On is now . . . The Tonearm!

30

Peter Knight: Hand to Earth's Sonic Homecoming

31

David Harrington of Kronos Quartet: The Musician Listens

32

Jeff Parker: The Return of The New Breed

33

Hampus Lindwall: Blizzard of Organ

34

Chris O'Leary: Rebel Rebel - Blogger, Author

35

Donny McCaslin: From Stadium Jazz to Lost Lullabies

36

Matt Piucci of Rain Parade: Return to the Paisley Underground

37

Robin Holcomb & Peggy Lee: Behind the Delicate Sound of 'Reno'

38

Larry Tye: The Jazzmen Who Changed American History

39

Rico Jones: The Spiritual Sax of BloodLines

40

Aqeel Aadam: Code, Creativity, and Democratization of Sound

41

Rez Abbasi: When Everything Else Fades, Sound Remains

42

Jeremy Sirota Grills Lawrence Peryer on Creative Leadership

43

Sean Imboden: Into the Heart of Big Band Jazz

44

Glenn Dickson & Bob Familiar: The Clarinet in the Machine

45

Gustavo Cortiñas: A Jazz Drummer's Call to Action

46

Kim Perlak: Guitar, Percussion, and the Space Between

47

Terence Hannum: Revisiting Locrian's The Crystal World

48

Knox Chandler: Exploring the Sound of the Shoreline

49

John Andrew Fredrick: The Black Watch Abides

50

Ingrid Laubrock: Purposing the Air with Music and Voices

51

Kinan Azmeh: Live in Berlin, Rooted in Damascus

52

Tal Yahalom: A Guitarist's Mirror Image of Tradition

53

Claire Cope: Orchestrating Stories of Brave Women

54

Mike Scott of The Waterboys: The Ballad of Dennis Hopper

55

Craig Mod: Things Become Things That Last

56

Tamiko Thiel: part 2 - art at technology's edge

57

Tamiko Thiel: part 1 - sculpting the electronic brain

58

Hunter Noack: Grand Piano & Grander Landscapes

59

Noah Preminger: A Veteran Saxophonist Tackles the Ballad

60

Mary Halvorson & Sylvie Courvoisier: Bone Bells and the Art of Surprise

61

Phillip Golub: Recording the Impossible Piano

62

TJ Dumser (Six Missing): Inner Space, Sobriety, and Soundscapes

63

Jenny Scheinman: A Violin in the Wild

64

Cary Baker: Adventures in Busking and Street Music

65

Michael Dorf: From Knitting Factory to Patti Smith's Carnegie Tribute

66

Greg Lisher: From Camper Van to Circuitry Man

67

Dorothy Lawson: ETHEL's String Theory for Quartets

68

Jamie Baum: a flutist sets poetry in motion

69

Anat Cohen: Clarinet in Full Bloom

70

Marina Albero: from pianist to nomad of sound

71

Jonathon Grasse: the life & music of Eric Dolphy

72

Lisa Pegher: Rhythms, Circuits, & Artificial Intelligence

73

Paul de Barros: chronicling Marian McPartland's life in jazz

74

Küf Knotz & Christine Elise: when hip-hop meets harp

75

Christoph Dallach: krautrock origins from schlager to synthesizers

76

Marwan Allam: a Tunisian gateway to modern jazz

77

Joe Brent: mandolin magic from Vivaldi to Vinegar Hill

78

Round Room Live: crafting family entertainment's next act

79

Taylor Deupree & Joseph Branciforte: reimagining Stil.

80

Anders Koppel: the Hammond's Danish master

81

Christian McBride: jazz notes from the engine room

82

Erik Davis: the beatification of blotter art

83

Josh Johnson: unusual objects and saxophone stories

84

Shawn Mativetsky: a tabla adventure through Temporal Waves

85

Paul Stache: The Art of Running Smoke Jazz Club in NYC

86

Building Music Communities: Thinking Global & Acting Local

87

Devin Gray: Most Definitely's solo drum universe

88

Brad Mindich: the art and craft of archiving stardom

89

Andy McCluskey: kicking down fascist art with OMD

90

Gordon Grdina: the axe man cutting down borders

91

Steve Wynn: a music and memoir grand slam

92

Graham Reynolds: soundtrack virtuoso takes center stage

93

Satoko Fujii: composing beyond the jazz spirit

94

David J: unearthing tracks from the attic

95

Ches Smith & Shara Lunon: dismantling musical conventions

96

Live at The Royal Room: improvisation in music and life

97

Riccardo La Foresta: drumming without drumming

98

Janek van Laak: drumming up a circle of madness

99

Bill Anschell: unearthing jazz's improbable solutions

100

Ruiqi Wang: subduing the silence with vocal improvisation

101

Paul Chastain: The Small Square's big sounds

102

Jeff Slate: tales from a rock 'n' roll troubadour

103

Katie Ernst: bass notes and murder ballads

104

James Falzone: joyful noise from the pain stick

105

Francesco Crosara: jazz journeys from Rome to Seattle

106

Kavita Shah: embracing the saudade of Cape Verde

107

R.U. Sirius: inside the mind of a cyberdelic shaman

108

Markus Reuter: recording music across space and time

109

Hainbach: crafting soundscapes from forgotten relics

110

Kevin Sun: emotion, technique, and the language of jazz

111

Will Barnes: jazz impressions of the Welsh landscape

112

Lucky Lo: Swedish pop music with a twist

113

Chalk: a relentless and genre-busting band from Belfast

114

Sui Zhen: Sleepless at SXSW

115

Nic Dembling: recalling new wave New York with Comateens

116

Phil Haynes: a renowned jazz drummer chases the masters

117

Dave Wish (Music Will): The Kids Are Alright … With Music Education

118

Daniel Ögren: Nordic Psychedelia & Global Beats

119

Mareike Wiening: 'Reveal' Offers Jazz Rhythms of Hope

120

Jonathan Shank of Terrapin Station Ent.: from Mickey Hart to Peppa Pig

121

Brendan Grey (Super Duty Tough Work): hip-hop's liberation through hedonism

122

Susan Alcorn: Nueva Canción on Pedal Steel

123

Kris Davis: defining jazz's vanguard

124

Angelica Sanchez: jazz keys and nighttime creatures

125

Adam Rudolph: conjuring music’s global essence

126

Ibrahim Maalouf: a conversation on harmony, heritage, and hope

127

Roberto Di Gioia + Max Herre: Web Web’s experiments in electronic jazz

128

James McKeown: Hawksmoor’s kosimiche hauntology

129

Diana Pasulka: a religious study of UFOs and nonhuman intelligences

130

Eric Hilton: from Thievery Corporation to Corazón Kintsugi

131

Javon Jackson gives Peter Bradley's art a swinging soundtrack

132

Tea Krulos explores hidden subcultures in American society

133

Benjamin Koppel plays jazz with a novelist's narrative

134

On Minimalism: Kerry O'Brien and William Robin in conversation

135

Simon Berz creates art with drums, sound, and trash

136

Seth Godin and The Song of Significance

137

Dengue Fever’s Ting Mong might be our album of the year

138

Gabriel Kennedy leads us into the Chapel Perilous

139

Aline Homzy plays violin in the cosmos with étoile magique

140

Cat Henry of Live Music Society champions small venues

141

Joe Mills (Aver) of Move 78 decodes jazz from the algorithms

142

Steven Milne of The Little Kicks writes songs from the heart

143

EMBER are a jazz trio with a collective mindset

144

Pete Josef has a modern take on classic soul

145

Kirsten Agresta Copely creates New Age harp soundscapes

146

mr. master and his never-ending rap project

147

Spotlight On Us — the podcast talks to itself

148

Brandon Seabrook’s magic clusterf**k of merciless banjo torture

149

Peter Kruder, Roberto Di Gioia, and the art of sonic synergy

150

Dan Mackta — from punk rock to hi-res audio

151

Brian McCarthy blends jazz, astronomy, and the AfterLife

152

David Rodriguez talks community, culture, and his work with NJPAC

153

LILAMORS electronically redefine the jazz trio

154

MISS C-LINE makes soulful magic in the studio

155

Danny Fox loves good jazz and great pizza

156

Michael Scott Dawson’s ambient music draws on rural memories

157

Bruno Råberg pushes the boundaries of acoustic bass

158

Marijus Aleksa

159

EMAMKAY

160

Dominic Miller

161

Lem Oppenheimer

162

Monika Herzig

163

Harold Sherrick

164

Jane Ira Bloom & Mark Helias

165

John Brodeur of Bird Streets

166

Christopher Hale

167

Phyphr

168

Jesse Colin Young

169

Conic Rose

170

Janishia Jones

171

The Latest in Music and Tech

172

Bart Wirtz and Emiel van Rijthoven of WAAN

173

Michael Kuelker on The Ozark Mountain Daredevils

174

That Petrol Emotion

175

Creativity and Innovation

176

Jeremy Rose

177

Markus Reuter

178

Duncan Chapman

179

Grahame Lesh

180

Nick Mason of Pink Floyd

181

John Barry on Levon Helm

182

The Headhunters

183

Don Slepian

184

Backstage Pass: HERMIXALOT In Conversation with LP

185

David Carpenter

186

Steven Hall

187

DiViNCi

188

Trends and Innovations in Music & Tech

189

Clem Snide

190

Terry Grant

191

Sonia Stevenson

192

Ryan Wines

193

Obie Fernandez

194

Chris Duffy

195

Shahida Mausi

196

Steve Kimock

197

Fiona Bloom

198

Frankie Tan and Kelvin Lee

199

Carrie Kania

200

Constant Follower

201

MANE

202

Harold Sherrick

203

Cynthia Parsons

204

Vito Iaia

205

Lauren A. Spalding

206

Theresa Vibberts

207

Lawrence Peryer

208

Marissa Licata

209

Mike Butera

210

Jeff Slate

211

Jordy Freed

212

Scott Register

213

Angus Hayes

214

Jon Weisberger

215

Jeeyoon Kim

216

Dre Wallace

217

Tyler Grant

218

Gabrielle Basha

219

Scotty Stoughton

220

Charlie Watts

221

John Raso

222

Jim Rondinelli and JJ Johnston

223

James Felice

224

Sally Lidinsky

225

Ola Sars

226

Dave McMurray

227

Dr. Richard Brent Turner

228

Eli Ball and David Boxenbaum

229

Incub8next

230

Nettie Baker

231

Jeremy Sirota

232

Ida Mae

233

Kieron Maughan

234

Nick Polizzi

235

Jason Davis

236

DEVO

237

David Page

238

Jack Casady

239

Hilary Gleason

240

Faisel Durrani

241

Rudy Sarzo

242

Jonathan Stone

243

Florian Richling

244

Mr. Soul

245

Barrett Martin

246

Dr. Lisette Garcia

247

Art Chang

248

Tyler Pinckard

249

Michaelangelo Matos

250

David Whitehead

251

Michael F. Schein

252

Austin Arthouse Film Festival

253

Hanif Abdurraqib

254

Ethan Clift - Tonic Labs

255

Dimitri Ehrlich

256

Marc Brown - Byta

257

J Scott Christianson

258

Phil Messier - Bopper

259

David Gorman

260

Isabella Kelly - Kingdom of Mind

261

Marco Collins - Radio Personality

262

Dmitri Vietze - Music Tectonics

263

Joe Satriani

264

Ari Rosner, Erick Beavers and Brad Robertson

265

Lyte, Prism.fm, VEEPS.com, Antone's and Disco Donnie

266

Jorma and Vanessa Kaukonen

267

Alan Goldfarb

268

Erin Barra

269

Ronnie Schneider

270

Ted Cohen

271

Andrew Loog Oldham

272

Danny Scher

273

Karen Allen - Author of "Twitch for Musicians."

274

Kirt Debique - SyncFloor

275

Matt Adell

276

Music Fans Speak!

277

Angeline Chase Priefer and Justin Nordan

278

Laura Hutfless - FlyteVu

279

Nicole d'Avis - Open Music Initiative

280

Michael Donaldson

281

Paul Perry

282

Rishi Dhir - Elephant Stone

283

Start of Summer

284

Caitlin Flood and Jon Carr

285

Kaitlin Sandeno - Olympic Medalist

286

Emily White

287

Dan Runcie - Trapital Media

288

Nicole Barsalona

289

Alexandra Naughton

290

John Petrocelli

291

NIVA (National Independent Venue Association)

292

Nick Turner

293

Mike Armstrong - ReedPOP

294

David Marsh - Team Elite Aquatics

295

Marcie Allen - MAC Presents

296

Cejih Yung - CG Sports Management

297

Eric Fuller

298

Perry Bashkoff - Instagram Music

299

David Goldberg - Advisor at TPG Global

300

Cherie Hu - Water and Music

301

Patrick Whalen - Backstage Productions

302

Laurie Kirby - FestForums

303

Patrick Ryan - Eventellect

304

Zach Edwards - AC Entertainment

305

Matt Watts of Fender Guitars and the Starting Line

306

Ben Lovett of Mumford & Sons