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Steve Reich – A New Musical Language (1987)

apc — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:54:18 +0000

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This broadcast includes extensive interviews with Steve Reich as well as performance clips. It covers the period through The Desert Music.

Kyle Gann on John Cage’s 4’33″

apc — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:47:14 +0000

Kyle Gann is a composer and musicologist who has written extensively on new music. In the following clip he discusses Cage’s 4’33″ on location where it was premiered. Kyle Gann’s short book, No Such Thing as Silence: John Cage’s 4’33″ (Icons of America), is also highly recommended.

Kyle Gann on John Cage’s 4’33″ from cambiz a. khosravi on Vimeo.

Patti Smith on “Kids Are People Too”

apc — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 02:08:33 +0000

A rather rare interview and performance of “You Light Up My Life.” “Kids Are People Too” was a news and variety show that aired between 1978 and 1982.

Brooklyn Rider

apc — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 01:34:39 +0000

John Cage on Silence

apc — Fri, 06 May 2011 14:57:59 +0000

Laurie Anderson – Difficult Listening Hour

apc — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 02:48:33 +0000

McCoy Tyner and Marc Ribot

apc — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 02:06:14 +0000

Steve Reich – Music For Pieces of Wood

apc — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:38:03 +0000

Kayhan Kalhor and Brooklyn Rider

apc — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 02:03:02 +0000

Strange Fruit – Billie Holiday

apc — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:34:40 +0000

Charlie Parker & Dizzie Gillespie

apc — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:57:37 +0000

Screwed Up People Make Great Art

apc — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:13:22 +0000

From Striking 12, GrooveLily’s musical take on New Year’s Eve and The Little Match Girl.

Laurie Anderson – Sharkey’s Day (1984)

apc — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:04:17 +0000

John Cale – Paris 1919

apc — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:10:53 +0000

John Zorn – Speedfreaks

apc — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:10:18 +0000