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A 40-year retrospective on the work of composer and multi-instrumentalist Ned Rothenberg with 8 excerpts featuring the artist on bass clarinet, alt...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
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The composer and multimedia electronic artist discusses new and developing works.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: MV Carbon, Credit: Nikki Sneakers
The musical work of the interdisciplinary artist who conjures experiences through ritual, altered perception, and shared imagination.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Cooper Moore
Pianist, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and instrument builder Cooper-Moore in conversation about roots and priorities.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Ka Baird
Vocalist, pianist, flute player, and much more, composer Ka Baird’s solo work and collaborative projects, Spires That In The Sunset Rise, Sapropeli...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Zeena Parkins
Composer Zeena Parkins talks about her electric harp, illustrated by live concert recordings from the Roulette archive. Parkins is a major figure i...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Jim Staley
The trombonist Jim Staley traces his path from playing in a Vietnam-era Army band and as an orchestral musician; through encounters with influentia...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2024
  • Length: 55:11
Caption: Lester St. Louis
The cellist/composer/improviser in commentary with excerpts from several performances at Roulette.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Arthur Russell, Credit: Tom Lee
Composer/trombonist Peter Zummo in remembrances of longtime collaborator composer/cellist Arthur Russell (1951-92) illustrated with excerpts from a...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2024
  • Length: 43:03
Caption: Matt Mehlan
Composer/curator Matt Mehlan shares his history and vision for Roulette's annual Mixology Festival, music technology, and the future of the concert...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Jaimie Branch
Composer, trumpet and synth player, vocalist, and activist jaimie branch (1983–2022) in remembrances from bandmates bassist.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Doug Wieselman
Wieselman traces the journey, illustrated with music by the Kamikaze Ground Crew and projects with Wayne Horvitz and Kato Hideki, all from the Roul...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Lucie Vítková
The cross-genre and multidisciplinary Czech composer/performer (accordion, hichiriki, synthesizer, harmonica, voice, dance) walks us through three ...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Derek Bailey
Excerpts from Roulette concerts by improvising activist guitarist Derek Bailey, with commentary by musician/professor/author David Grubbs (Records ...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Ches Smith
The composer Ches Smith in a collection of excerpts from performances at Roulette featuring Smith on drums, percussion, vibraphone, drum machine, a...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Charmaine Lee
Vocalist, composer, and electronic musician Charmaine Lee with commentary on and excerpts from four performances at the Roulette concert hall in Br...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Duke Ellington
It seems that jazz developed an affinity for royalty in its earliest years. First the was the “King of the Zulu” and King and Queen of the Mardi Gr...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 28, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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In this edition of Radio Curious, we take a look at the cello, the kind of musical instrument it is and the sounds it makes. My guest is Jed Baraha...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Hoagy Carmichael
In 1927 Hoagy Carmichael was a law clerk. One day he happened to hear a sidewalk phonograph playing a recording of his song. He immediately decided...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo (2019-2021) talks about her Native American heritage and reads poetry from her multi-award-winning book IN MAD LOVE AN...

Bought by KBIA, GCR (Global Community Radio), WNMU-FM, and KWMR


  • Added: Apr 01, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Hank Jones, Credit: Tom Pich
In celebration of Black History month, we mined the archives and revisited our interview with the late pianist and NEA Jazz Master Hank Jones.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RADIOLEX, KZUM, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 4
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KBFT Native Music Fest Series is a Live Community Performance & Interview with the area's most top acts! In this segment we meet with Mato Nanji fr...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2021
  • Length: 05:23
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On today’s episode: Home recordings, people recording their friends, neighbors, and strangers — for a look at how we live, and who we are, by liste...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2021
  • Length: 45:28
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Earl Dixon is a veteran traveler, a veteran piano player, and he’s actually a veteran, too. An interesting story. Earl Dixon, the man on this show,...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Jason Berry
Journalist, author and documentary filmmaker Jason Berry joins Gwen with fascinating stories and characters populating New Orleans’ cultural and mu...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2021
  • Length: 52:00