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On today's new episode of The Tonearm Podcast, we welcome drummer, composer, and producer Terri Lyne Carrington, whose second Social Science album, 'Trip the Night Fantastic,' is a dance record about deportation, prison abolition, and climate collapse. The conversation goes further … #JazzSky

Terri Lyne Carrington: Trip the Night Fantastic InterviewThe four-time Grammy winner on the new Social Science album, trusting collaborators before they've earned it, and calling herself a frustrated drummer.podcast.thetonearm.com

On today's new episode of The Tonearm Podcast, chart analyst Chris Molanphy joins Lawrence Peryer to argue that Billboard's numbers are worth reading closely. Chris speaks to what SoundScan revealed in 1991, why country radio treats crossover artists as carpetbaggers …

Chris Molanphy on the Hot 100, Poptimism, and Music TrendsThe Hit Parade host on what better data revealed about hit songs, why country radio guards its gate, and his refusal to believe in guilty pleasures.podcast.thetonearm.com

this guy gets it

Today's new episode of The Tonearm Podcast features an encounter with Danalogue, founding member of The Comet Is Coming and half of Soccer96, hot on the heels of his debut solo album, 'Teleportations'. The conversation follows the record outward into the ideas holding it together …

Danalogue: Teleportations, Synths & Hope | The TonearmSynthesist Danalogue (The Comet Is Coming, Soccer96) on his solo debut Teleportations, vintage synths, sci-fi world-building, and imagination as hope.podcast.thetonearm.com

"Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity." Carl Sagan

On today's new episode of The Tonearm Podcast, we welcome electronic music pioneer Suzanne Ciani. For five decades, Suzanne Ciani built her music alone, one pair of hands on a Buchla synthesizer. Ciani has a fascinating conversation with Lawrence Peryer about a variety of topics …

Suzanne Ciani: The Buchla's Orchestral HomecomingSuzanne Ciani on CIANI/ORKEST, her live album pairing the Buchla with the 50-piece Metropole Orkest, quadraphonic sound, and saying yes at eighty.podcast.thetonearm.com

Explore the game-changers shaping tomorrow's culture with host lawrenceperyer.com on The Tonearm. Engaging conversations with those driving innovation and creative momentum.

Today's new episode of The Tonearm Podcast features trumpeter Steven Bernstein, who spent decades chasing the freedom of the slide trumpet — only to do the opposite. He pared down to a chordless trio, no mutes, no electronics, and called it his first real trumpet record at nearly 65 … #Jazzsky

Steven Bernstein on ResoNation Trio and Ultra ResonanceTrumpeter Steven Bernstein on his chordless trio ResoNation Trio, Scotty Hard's dub reinvention Ultra Resonance, and why he still plays Levon Helm's music.podcast.thetonearm.com

Today's new episode of The Tonearm Podcast features Greenleaf Music's Dave Douglas, a trumpeter who recently released a terrific record called 'Transcend' with the quintet GIFTS … this chat is about process in the deepest sense: not technique, but the ongoing discipline of not knowing … #jazzsky

Dave Douglas on Transcend, Process, and UncertaintyTrumpeter Dave Douglas on his album Transcend, Booker Little, Jack Whitten, and the creative discipline of not knowing.podcast.thetonearm.com

On today's new episode of The Tonearm Podcast, Vancouver Island-based musician Ora Cogan discusses 'Hard Hearted Woman,' her debut for Sacred Bones, and what it means to unflinchingly make music that holds grief, politics, and joy in the same hand …

Ora Cogan on Hard Hearted Woman & Folk ResistanceOra Cogan discusses her Sacred Bones debut, protest music, collective activism, and the shifting meaning of "Katie Cruel" over a decade.podcast.thetonearm.com

Today's new episode of The Tonearm Podcast features a conversation with audio engineer Billy Polo. As VP Records' in-house restoration engineer, he has spent years running original analog tapes from artists like Peter Tosh, King Jammy, and Lee "Scratch" Perry — working to preserve their recordings …

Billy Polo on Preserving Reggae's Analog Past | The TonearmVP Records engineer Billy Polo on restoring reggae's rarest tapes, archiving Jamaican music history, and the art of mastering for digital.podcast.thetonearm.com

On today's new episode of The Tonearm podcast, we're joined by author George Grella to discuss his new book 'Minimalist Music', a pointed reassessment of a genre. Grella's central argument: minimalism is not defined by spare materials or stripped-down sound, but by its relationship with time…

George Grella on Minimalist Music and TimeCritic George Grella discusses his book Minimalist Music, arguing that Reich, Glass, and the genre are really about one thing: time.podcast.thetonearm.com

Today’s new episode of The Tonearm Podcast features Canadian violinist Meredith Bates discussing her new album, The Observer Effect, which fatuerse vast, immersive sound worlds from violin, viola, field recordings, and electronics—with contributions from loscil, Chris Gestrin, + Curtis Andrews …

Meredith Bates: The Observer Effect | The TonearmCanadian violinist Meredith Bates discusses her new album The Observer Effect — improvisation, quantum physics, and feminine intuition.podcast.thetonearm.com

On today’s new episode of The Tonearm Podcast, Toronto drummer and composer Nick Fraser discusses Areas, his third recording alongside pianist Kris Davis and saxophonist Tony Malaby—and his most atmospheric record to date … #JazzSky

Nick Fraser on Areas, Improv, and Toronto JazzToronto drummer Nick Fraser talks about his atmospheric trio album Areas, long-term collaboration with Kris Davis and Tony Malaby, and Canadian creative music.podcast.thetonearm.com

On today's new episode of The Tonearm Podcast, we're joined by composer and bandleader Maria Schneider to discuss her new EP American Crow—a work that draws a direct line between the deep listening at the heart of jazz improvisation and the political fractures running through American life …

Maria Schneider on Jazz, Democracy, and American CrowComposer Maria Schneider on her EP American Crow, jazz as democratic practice, the 2026 Rolf Schock Prize, and decades of music advocacy on The Tonearm.podcast.thetonearm.com

✨ Caroline Davis on Bluesky: @carolinedavis.bsky.social ✨ interview by @lawrenceperyer.com ✨ 'Fallows' is out now on Ropeadope Records: carolinedavismusic.bandcamp.com/album/fallows

Fallows, by Caroline Davis12 track albumcarolinedavismusic.bandcamp.com

On today's new episode of The Tonearm Podcast, saxophonist + composer Caroline Davis joins us to discuss 'Fallows', her debut solo album. Davis recorded the music entirely alone during an artist residency at Ucross, Wyoming, using prepared saxophone techniques and an Organelle processing unit …

Caroline Davis: Fallows, Prepared Saxophone & AdvocacySaxophonist Caroline Davis discusses Fallows, her debut solo album recorded in Wyoming, prepared saxophone, the Organelle, and her work as a prison abolitionist.podcast.thetonearm.com

On today's new episode of The Tonearm Podcast, composer, conductor, + chief conductor of the Danish Radio Big Band, Miho Hazama, joins us to discuss her new album 'Frames', her path from childhood competitions in Japan to the podium in Copenhagen, and what it actually means to lead a large ensemble…

Miho Hazama on Frames, Jim McNeely, and Big Band JazzComposer and conductor Miho Hazama discusses her new album Frames, studying with Jim McNeely, and leading the Danish Radio Big Band.podcast.thetonearm.com

On today's new episode of The Tonearm Podcast, Tomeka Reid joins us to talk about 'dance! skip! hop!', one of the more irresistible albums to come out of avant-garde jazz this year. Reid discusses writing music she could bounce around to and the very physical demands of the cello … #Jazzsky

Tomeka Reid: Cello, Family, and the Avant-GardeCellist and composer Tomeka Reid discusses dance! skip! hop!, twelve years with her quartet, Wyoming family history, and the Chicago Jazz String Summit.podcast.thetonearm.com

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