For the latest episode of The Buzz, I spoke with Ruth Griggs, longtime director of the Northampton Jazz Festival, about the trade-offs in audience and marketing facing a fifteen-year-old, mostly-free festival built for a loyal, older jazz audience thebuzzthejjapodcast.buzzsprout.com/1956242/epis...

Midstream, Crossing That River: Ruth Griggs on the Northampton Jazz Festival - The Buzz: The JJA Podcast

For this episode of The Buzz, Lawrence Peryer talks with 2025 JJA Jazz Hero Ruth Griggs, longtime director of the Northampton Jazz Festival, about the trade-off facing a fifteen-year-old, mostly-free ...

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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 Trends

The 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.

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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 Tonearm

Synthesist Danalogue (The Comet Is Coming, Soccer96) on his solo debut Teleportations, vintage synths, sci-fi world-building, and imagination as hope.

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"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 Homecoming

Suzanne Ciani on CIANI/ORKEST, her live album pairing the Buchla with the 50-piece Metropole Orkest, quadraphonic sound, and saying yes at eighty.

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

The City of Normandy Park Parks and Recreation Department is seeking local artists and makers to participate in the Jazz Finale Festival Art Market on Sunday, August 30, 2026, at City Hall Park. If you create and are from the region, check it out. normandyparkwa.gov/city-news/ca...

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 Resonance

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

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New episode of The Buzz: pianist Matthew Shipp and pianist/critic Ethan Iverson, both fresh off JJA Book of the Year wins, on musicians who also write. They also settle whether jazz criticism is "dancing about architecture." (It isn't, they say.) 🔗 thebuzzthejjapodcast.buzzsprout.com/1956242/epis...

"We Should Talk About Music": Matthew Shipp and Ethan Iverson on Writing as Practice - The Buzz: The JJA Podcast

 For this episode of The Buzz, JJA Book Committee chair Bob Blumenthal speaks with the winners of the 2026 JJA Jazz Awards’ two Book of the Year categories: pianist Matthew Shipp, honored for Bla...

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Tonight on Rotations: an hour of restless inventors with some surf-psych, new Dave Douglas jazz, a horror-film score, a room-sized 1970 synth, Seattle indie pop, dueling saxes and of course only Sun Ra and Zappa could close all THAT out. 11pm PT on SPACE 101.1, streaming worldwide at space101fm.org

Home - SPACE 101.1 FM

The coolest little radio station in the galaxy! We are people powered, arts oriented radio for Northeast Seattle and beyond. We have a DIY spirit and our passion for great radio that extends well beyo...

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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 Uncertainty

Trumpeter Dave Douglas on his album Transcend, Booker Little, Jack Whitten, and the creative discipline of not knowing.

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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 Resistance

Ora Cogan discusses her Sacred Bones debut, protest music, collective activism, and the shifting meaning of "Katie Cruel" over a decade.

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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 Tonearm

VP Records engineer Billy Polo on restoring reggae's rarest tapes, archiving Jamaican music history, and the art of mastering for digital.

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Tell Congress: Impeach Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts 👇 Write a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Tell Congress: Impeach Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts

Contact Congress today!

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No through line on tonight's Rotations beyond vibe. Balinese gamelan, Lithuanian synth, free improv, Munich jazz, Steve Reich and more. 11 PM Pacific on Space 101.1 FM or www.space101fm.org/program/rotations/

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For this episode ofThe Buzz, JJA President Emeritus Howard Mandel speaks with Zan Stewart, the JJA's 2026 Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism honoree. It's a lovely talk. thebuzzthejjapodcast.buzzsprout.com/1956242/epis...

Zan Stewart, JJA Lifetime Achievement Honoree: A Real Jazz Advocate - The Buzz: The JJA Podcast

For this episode ofThe Buzz, JJA President Emeritus Howard Mandel speaks with Zan Stewart, the JJA's 2026 Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism honoree.Zan Stewart spent thirty-five years covering j...

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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 Time

Critic George Grella discusses his book Minimalist Music, arguing that Reich, Glass, and the genre are really about one thing: time.

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I am in line, and its a long line, to offer tribute to Miles Davis on his 100th birthday. Mine airs at 11PM Pacific tonight on @space101fm.bsky.social and streams at space101fm.org. I hope you'll listen. www.space101fm.org/program/rota...

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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 Tonearm

Canadian violinist Meredith Bates discusses her new album The Observer Effect — improvisation, quantum physics, and feminine intuition.

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Rotations is on tonight at 11PM PT on SPACE 101.1 FM. This week's episode features Irreversible Entanglements, Mal Waldron & Sam Rivers, Alabaster DePlume, Work Money Death, Nick Fraser, Meredith Bates. Stream at www.space101fm.org/program/rota...

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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 Jazz

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

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Artists sought for City Hall exhibits, Marvista Park mural in Normandy Park normandyparkblog.com/2026/05/12/c...

CALL TO ARTISTS: Artists sought for City Hall exhibits, Marvista Park mural in Normandy Park

The City of Normandy Park is committed to cultivating a strong and visible arts presence in public life, and has issued a "Call to Artists". "We are calling on

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New Rotations airs tonight on @space101fm.bsky.social 11pm PT. JOEYKEYSADE / Jah Wobble & Evan Parker / Cochemea / Maria Schneider / Nick Fraser / Nils Petter Molvaer / Kamasi Washington New releases and deep cuts, connected across continents and time. www.space101fm.org/program/rota...

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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 Crow

Composer Maria Schneider on her EP American Crow, jazz as democratic practice, the 2026 Rolf Schock Prize, and decades of music advocacy on The Tonearm.

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Any PNW artists want the commission to paint a mural in Normandy Park? normandyparkwa.gov/call-to-arti...

✨ 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 Davis

12 track album

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Rotations airs tonight at 11PM PT with four decades of creative music. The Bad Plus re-imagine Nirvana, Washington State native Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith summons majestic Mt. Baker, and James Falzone brings his mystical clarinet. Tune in to SPACE 101.1 FM or stream at www.space101fm.org/program/rota...

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Miles Davis at 100: the reissues are here, but which Miles keeps coming back? Howard Mandel, Melvin Gibbs, Bob Gluck, and Martin Johnson on what the centennial gets right, what it flattens, and why Miles still matters. 🎺 thebuzzthejjapodcast.buzzsprout.com/1956242/epis...

Miles Davis at 100: What We Remember and What We Miss - The Buzz: The JJA Podcast

Miles Davis would have turned one hundred this year. The centennial has brought the somewhat predictable wave of reissues, retrospectives, and tributes. But which Miles keeps coming back? The suit-and...

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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 & Advocacy

Saxophonist Caroline Davis discusses Fallows, her debut solo album recorded in Wyoming, prepared saxophone, the Organelle, and her work as a prison abolitionist.

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