Sound Propositions
Sound Propositions features conversations with artists exploring their creative practices and individual aesthetics, conceived of as a counter-narrative to a dominant trend in music journalism which fetishizes equipment and new technologies.
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Ukrainian Field Notes / 10 September 2026 / with Daryna - Aza Nizi Maza (opens the original)
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Ukrainian Field Notes / 10 September 2026 / with Daryna - Aza Nizi Maza Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re Tracklist: headachee – хедейк Соня Хедекель – Унісон SadSvit – Той, хто пісню грав REGINA COLLAGE – Горизонт ХЖВИ – Они все nearr – Календар СТРУКТУРА ЩАСТЯ – Лесбіянство (не) модно Zhadan, Ojra, Kiritchenko – Чорнотроп Dirtbag Loris – Праска
Episode 41: THE PILGRIMAGE - Part 5: WAITING ROOM - with Hania Rani (opens the original)
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The final installment of a five-part pilgrimage to the 2026 BIG EARS festival . At Big Ears, the Polish pianist and composer moved between two modes: the orchestral expansiveness of her piano concerto Non Fiction with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, and the arpeggiated synth patterns of her solo electronic alter ego Chilling Bambino —a love letter to her Prophet 8 and a chance to escape the rigor of classical composition for smaller, weirder rooms. She discusses why she created the alias ("peo
Episode 41: THE PILGRIMAGE - Part 4: IN RESIDENCE - with Booker Stardrum (opens the original)
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The fourth installment of a five-part pilgrimage exploring the 2026 BIG EARS festival . The drummer of LA quintet SML , Booker Stardrum reflects on the group’s remarkable six-set residency, where groove-based improvisation pivoted from dance party to delicate texture, fueled by the rare alchemy of strong personalities who refuse to dominate. Stardrum also discusses Close-up On The Outside , his deep new solo album for We Jazz, a quiet meditation that showcases his unique compositional voice apar
Episode 41: THE PILGRIMAGE - Part 3: MIRACLES & REQUIEMS - with Mary Lattimore (opens the original)
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The third installment of a five-part pilgrimage exploring the 2026 BIG EARS festival . The harpist Mary Lattimore discusses her duo set with Julianna Barwick in a Knoxville church, where their ethereal songs took on added weight. She reflects on Tragic Magi c, their recent full-length born from processing sadness while seeking sparkle, including a song written for them by Roger Eno and a cover of Vangelis' “Rachel's Song" bookended by field recordings of the first rain after the LA fires. She al
Episode 41: THE PILGRIMAGE - Part 2: WELSH PRIMITIVE - with Gwenifer Raymond (opens the original)
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The second installment of a five-part pilgrimage exploring the 2026 BIG EARS festival. The Welsh guitarist brought her "Welsh primitive" to a dive bar in Knoxville—Appalachian fingerpicking channeled through 90s punk energy, delivered barefoot and shredding by noon with thumb picks in hand. She discusses reinvention over preservation (tradition, she says, is just "good licks"), her first-ever pilgrimage to Appalachia (and its surprising links to Wales), last year's ACL-beloved Last Night I Heard
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