All Episodes
The Tonearm — 306 episodes
Maria Schneider: Composing in the Age of Curated Rage
Caroline Davis: The Saxophone Reimagined in the Fallows
Miho Hazama: The Conductor Who Leads with Love
Tomeka Reid: The Low Seat, the Long Haul, and 'dance! skip! hop!'
Ben Wendel: Assembling the Mallet Avengers
Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore: Like Tears in Rain
Bellbird: Montreal's Jazz Collective Heeds the Call
Sam Wenc: The Experimental Language of the Pedal Steel Guitar
Zeena Parkins: Invention, Loss, and the Living Harp
Michael Graves: The Patient Philosophy of Audio Restoration
Erik Hall: Multitracking the Minimalist Aesthetic
Patrick Smith: Bebop, Brass Bands, and a Bookstore
Stephen Vitiello: The Punk Attitude of Collaborative Sound Art
Lawrence English: Capturing the Impossible Trio
Noah Franche-Nolan: Music-Making as Spiritual Practice
Michael Hallsworth: Escaping the Hypocrisy Trap
John Mlynczak: Why NAMM Still Matters in 2026
Patricia Brennan: Vibraphone Visions of the Universe
Phil Haynes: Banging the Drum for Liberty Now
Bryan Senti: Strings, Migration, and Finding Home
Holiday Bonus: Nels Cline on the Wilco Will Love You Podcast
Graham St. John: Terence McKenna's Hallucinatory Life
Nels Cline: Tales of a Daunted Guitarist
Marcus Roberts: Jazz Piano and Technology's Promise
Ned Rothenberg: Solo Improvisation in Bizarre Times
Miguel Zenón: Vanguardia Subterránea and the Sound of Sanctuary
Linda May Han Oh: In Search of Strange Heavens
The Inaugural Jazz Forward Award Winners
Spotlight On is now . . . The Tonearm!
Peter Knight: Hand to Earth's Sonic Homecoming
David Harrington of Kronos Quartet: The Musician Listens
Jeff Parker: The Return of The New Breed
Hampus Lindwall: Blizzard of Organ
Chris O'Leary: Rebel Rebel - Blogger, Author
Donny McCaslin: From Stadium Jazz to Lost Lullabies
Matt Piucci of Rain Parade: Return to the Paisley Underground
Robin Holcomb & Peggy Lee: Behind the Delicate Sound of 'Reno'
Larry Tye: The Jazzmen Who Changed American History
Rico Jones: The Spiritual Sax of BloodLines
Aqeel Aadam: Code, Creativity, and Democratization of Sound
Rez Abbasi: When Everything Else Fades, Sound Remains
Jeremy Sirota Grills Lawrence Peryer on Creative Leadership
Sean Imboden: Into the Heart of Big Band Jazz
Glenn Dickson & Bob Familiar: The Clarinet in the Machine
Gustavo Cortiñas: A Jazz Drummer's Call to Action
Kim Perlak: Guitar, Percussion, and the Space Between
Terence Hannum: Revisiting Locrian's The Crystal World
Knox Chandler: Exploring the Sound of the Shoreline
John Andrew Fredrick: The Black Watch Abides
Ingrid Laubrock: Purposing the Air with Music and Voices
Kinan Azmeh: Live in Berlin, Rooted in Damascus
Tal Yahalom: A Guitarist's Mirror Image of Tradition
Claire Cope: Orchestrating Stories of Brave Women
Mike Scott of The Waterboys: The Ballad of Dennis Hopper
Craig Mod: Things Become Things That Last
Tamiko Thiel: part 2 - art at technology's edge
Tamiko Thiel: part 1 - sculpting the electronic brain
Hunter Noack: Grand Piano & Grander Landscapes
Noah Preminger: A Veteran Saxophonist Tackles the Ballad
Mary Halvorson & Sylvie Courvoisier: Bone Bells and the Art of Surprise
Phillip Golub: Recording the Impossible Piano
TJ Dumser (Six Missing): Inner Space, Sobriety, and Soundscapes
Jenny Scheinman: A Violin in the Wild
Cary Baker: Adventures in Busking and Street Music
Michael Dorf: From Knitting Factory to Patti Smith's Carnegie Tribute
Greg Lisher: From Camper Van to Circuitry Man
Dorothy Lawson: ETHEL's String Theory for Quartets
Jamie Baum: a flutist sets poetry in motion
Anat Cohen: Clarinet in Full Bloom
Marina Albero: from pianist to nomad of sound
Jonathon Grasse: the life & music of Eric Dolphy
Lisa Pegher: Rhythms, Circuits, & Artificial Intelligence
Paul de Barros: chronicling Marian McPartland's life in jazz
Küf Knotz & Christine Elise: when hip-hop meets harp
Christoph Dallach: krautrock origins from schlager to synthesizers
Marwan Allam: a Tunisian gateway to modern jazz
Joe Brent: mandolin magic from Vivaldi to Vinegar Hill
Round Room Live: crafting family entertainment's next act
Taylor Deupree & Joseph Branciforte: reimagining Stil.
Anders Koppel: the Hammond's Danish master
Christian McBride: jazz notes from the engine room
Erik Davis: the beatification of blotter art
Josh Johnson: unusual objects and saxophone stories
Shawn Mativetsky: a tabla adventure through Temporal Waves
Paul Stache: The Art of Running Smoke Jazz Club in NYC
Building Music Communities: Thinking Global & Acting Local
Devin Gray: Most Definitely's solo drum universe
Brad Mindich: the art and craft of archiving stardom
Andy McCluskey: kicking down fascist art with OMD
Gordon Grdina: the axe man cutting down borders
Steve Wynn: a music and memoir grand slam
Graham Reynolds: soundtrack virtuoso takes center stage
Satoko Fujii: composing beyond the jazz spirit
David J: unearthing tracks from the attic
Ches Smith & Shara Lunon: dismantling musical conventions
Live at The Royal Room: improvisation in music and life
Riccardo La Foresta: drumming without drumming
Janek van Laak: drumming up a circle of madness
Bill Anschell: unearthing jazz's improbable solutions
Ruiqi Wang: subduing the silence with vocal improvisation
Paul Chastain: The Small Square's big sounds
Jeff Slate: tales from a rock 'n' roll troubadour
Katie Ernst: bass notes and murder ballads
James Falzone: joyful noise from the pain stick
Francesco Crosara: jazz journeys from Rome to Seattle
Kavita Shah: embracing the saudade of Cape Verde
R.U. Sirius: inside the mind of a cyberdelic shaman
Markus Reuter: recording music across space and time
Hainbach: crafting soundscapes from forgotten relics
Kevin Sun: emotion, technique, and the language of jazz
Will Barnes: jazz impressions of the Welsh landscape
Lucky Lo: Swedish pop music with a twist
Chalk: a relentless and genre-busting band from Belfast
Sui Zhen: Sleepless at SXSW
Nic Dembling: recalling new wave New York with Comateens
Phil Haynes: a renowned jazz drummer chases the masters
Dave Wish (Music Will): The Kids Are Alright … With Music Education
Daniel Ögren: Nordic Psychedelia & Global Beats
Mareike Wiening: 'Reveal' Offers Jazz Rhythms of Hope
Jonathan Shank of Terrapin Station Ent.: from Mickey Hart to Peppa Pig
Brendan Grey (Super Duty Tough Work): hip-hop's liberation through hedonism
Susan Alcorn: Nueva Canción on Pedal Steel
Kris Davis: defining jazz's vanguard
Angelica Sanchez: jazz keys and nighttime creatures
Adam Rudolph: conjuring music’s global essence
Ibrahim Maalouf: a conversation on harmony, heritage, and hope
Roberto Di Gioia + Max Herre: Web Web’s experiments in electronic jazz
James McKeown: Hawksmoor’s kosimiche hauntology
Diana Pasulka: a religious study of UFOs and nonhuman intelligences
Eric Hilton: from Thievery Corporation to Corazón Kintsugi
Javon Jackson gives Peter Bradley's art a swinging soundtrack
Tea Krulos explores hidden subcultures in American society
Benjamin Koppel plays jazz with a novelist's narrative
On Minimalism: Kerry O'Brien and William Robin in conversation
Simon Berz creates art with drums, sound, and trash
Seth Godin and The Song of Significance
Dengue Fever’s Ting Mong might be our album of the year
Gabriel Kennedy leads us into the Chapel Perilous
Aline Homzy plays violin in the cosmos with étoile magique
Cat Henry of Live Music Society champions small venues
Joe Mills (Aver) of Move 78 decodes jazz from the algorithms
Steven Milne of The Little Kicks writes songs from the heart
EMBER are a jazz trio with a collective mindset
Pete Josef has a modern take on classic soul
Kirsten Agresta Copely creates New Age harp soundscapes
mr. master and his never-ending rap project
Spotlight On Us — the podcast talks to itself
Brandon Seabrook’s magic clusterf**k of merciless banjo torture
Peter Kruder, Roberto Di Gioia, and the art of sonic synergy
Dan Mackta — from punk rock to hi-res audio
Brian McCarthy blends jazz, astronomy, and the AfterLife
David Rodriguez talks community, culture, and his work with NJPAC
LILAMORS electronically redefine the jazz trio
MISS C-LINE makes soulful magic in the studio
Danny Fox loves good jazz and great pizza
Michael Scott Dawson’s ambient music draws on rural memories
Bruno Råberg pushes the boundaries of acoustic bass
Marijus Aleksa
EMAMKAY
Dominic Miller
Lem Oppenheimer
Monika Herzig
Harold Sherrick
Jane Ira Bloom & Mark Helias
John Brodeur of Bird Streets
Christopher Hale
Phyphr
Jesse Colin Young
Conic Rose
Janishia Jones
The Latest in Music and Tech
Bart Wirtz and Emiel van Rijthoven of WAAN
Michael Kuelker on The Ozark Mountain Daredevils
That Petrol Emotion
Creativity and Innovation
Jeremy Rose
Markus Reuter
Duncan Chapman
Grahame Lesh
Nick Mason of Pink Floyd
John Barry on Levon Helm
The Headhunters
Don Slepian
Backstage Pass: HERMIXALOT In Conversation with LP
David Carpenter
Steven Hall
DiViNCi
Trends and Innovations in Music & Tech
Clem Snide
Terry Grant
Sonia Stevenson
Ryan Wines
Obie Fernandez
Chris Duffy
Shahida Mausi
Steve Kimock
Fiona Bloom
Frankie Tan and Kelvin Lee
Carrie Kania
Constant Follower
MANE
Harold Sherrick
Cynthia Parsons
Vito Iaia
Lauren A. Spalding
Theresa Vibberts
Lawrence Peryer
Marissa Licata
Mike Butera
Jeff Slate
Jordy Freed
Scott Register
Angus Hayes
Jon Weisberger
Jeeyoon Kim
Dre Wallace
Tyler Grant
Gabrielle Basha
Scotty Stoughton
Charlie Watts
John Raso
Jim Rondinelli and JJ Johnston
James Felice
Sally Lidinsky
Ola Sars
Dave McMurray
Dr. Richard Brent Turner
Eli Ball and David Boxenbaum
Incub8next
Nettie Baker
Jeremy Sirota
Ida Mae
Kieron Maughan
Nick Polizzi
Jason Davis
DEVO
David Page
Jack Casady
Hilary Gleason
Faisel Durrani
Rudy Sarzo
Jonathan Stone
Florian Richling
Mr. Soul
Barrett Martin
Dr. Lisette Garcia
Art Chang
Tyler Pinckard
Michaelangelo Matos
David Whitehead
Michael F. Schein
Austin Arthouse Film Festival
Hanif Abdurraqib
Ethan Clift - Tonic Labs
Dimitri Ehrlich
Marc Brown - Byta
J Scott Christianson
Phil Messier - Bopper
David Gorman
Isabella Kelly - Kingdom of Mind
Marco Collins - Radio Personality
Dmitri Vietze - Music Tectonics
Joe Satriani
Ari Rosner, Erick Beavers and Brad Robertson
Lyte, Prism.fm, VEEPS.com, Antone's and Disco Donnie
Jorma and Vanessa Kaukonen
Alan Goldfarb
Erin Barra
Ronnie Schneider
Ted Cohen
Andrew Loog Oldham
Danny Scher
Karen Allen - Author of "Twitch for Musicians."
Kirt Debique - SyncFloor
Matt Adell
Music Fans Speak!
Angeline Chase Priefer and Justin Nordan
Laura Hutfless - FlyteVu
Nicole d'Avis - Open Music Initiative
Michael Donaldson
Paul Perry
Rishi Dhir - Elephant Stone
Start of Summer
Caitlin Flood and Jon Carr
Kaitlin Sandeno - Olympic Medalist
Emily White
Dan Runcie - Trapital Media
Nicole Barsalona
Alexandra Naughton
John Petrocelli
NIVA (National Independent Venue Association)
Nick Turner
Mike Armstrong - ReedPOP
David Marsh - Team Elite Aquatics
Marcie Allen - MAC Presents
Cejih Yung - CG Sports Management
Eric Fuller
Perry Bashkoff - Instagram Music
David Goldberg - Advisor at TPG Global
Cherie Hu - Water and Music
Patrick Whalen - Backstage Productions
Laurie Kirby - FestForums
Patrick Ryan - Eventellect
Zach Edwards - AC Entertainment
Matt Watts of Fender Guitars and the Starting Line
Ben Lovett of Mumford & Sons