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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 1h

"The degree to which Waits was feeling his oats can be measured by the fact that he asked Keith Richards to play on his record, and the living legend agreed—after years of telling guitarists he was looking for a Stonesy feel, Waits had the self-assurance to ask the man himself."

Tom Waits: Rain Dogs

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 4h

"Ron Mael is one of America’s greatest living songwriters, and arguably its most consistent over the past 55 years or so. Unsurprisingly, his Baker’s Dozen choices are an eclectic mix of rock and roll, opera, hip hop, pop, classical and jazz."

Ron Mael of Sparks’ Favourite Albums:

Set Everything On Fire: Ron Mael of Sparks' Favourite Albums | The Quietus

Ron Mael of Sparks talks us through his favourite albums of all time from foundational free jazz freak out to cutting edge J-pop via Bach

thequietus.com

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 6h

Saxophonist and composer Ingrid Laubrock transforms Erica Hunt's enigmatic fragments into 'Purposing the Air,' a double album that pairs poetry with four carefully chosen vocal-instrumental duos.

Words That Float — Ingrid Laubrock Discovers Music Inside Koans:

→ @ingridlaubrock.bsky.social

Words That Float: Ingrid Laubrock Discovers Music Inside Koans

The saxophonist and composer transforms Erica Hunt's enigmatic fragments into 'Purposing the Air,' a double album that pairs poetry with four carefully chosen vocal-instrumental duos.

Herb Sundays 165: Wally Badarou

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 8h

"If Herb Sundays is about giving flowers, amongst the absolute highest of priorities would be today’s subject. Because Wally Badarou, the French-African artist, is sublimely humble, merging perfectly into any scene or band he is in, he is a bit of an enigma."

Herb Sundays 165 — Wally Badarou:

An unstoppable legend: Peerless session musician, synthesizer king, Midas touch magician, shares essential influences.

herbsundays.substack.com

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Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 9h

oh, hey

(via @drinkingwithian.bsky.social at parts elsewhere)

Talking Heads - Live in Minneapolis, MN (October 28th, 1980) - Super 8 Film

YouTube video by Classic Rock Media Archive

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 11h

"'The idea that money from shows in big venues supports the smaller venues, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just common sense,' [Sam] Fender has said."

There’s a £1 idea that could save small music venues. Is Live Nation holding it back?:

There’s a £1 idea that could save small music venues. Is Live Nation holding it back?

Artists including Coldplay and Katy Perry have got behind a plan to fund small venues from big gigs – but owners say that without Live Nation on board, it could fail

Prime, by Makaya McCraven

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 12h

Today's Tonal Treat ✨

#SongOfTheDay #NowPlaying #MusicSky #TonalTreat #Jazzsky

from the album Techno Logic (featuring Theon Cross & Ben LaMar Gay)

intlanthem.bandcamp.com

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 13h

"Parra is widely recognized as the mother of la Nueva Canción Chilena (the New Chilean Song), a South American political folk music movement — although her compositions went beyond folk …"

Overlooked No More — Violeta Parra, Folk ‘Genius’ Who Redefined Latin American Music (gift link):

Overlooked No More: Violeta Parra, Folk ‘Genius’ Who Redefined Latin American Music

A self-taught composer and interpreter, she led an unconventional and itinerant life devoted to spreading Chilean folkloric music.

www.nytimes.com

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 17h

"I knew that, for someone like me, who was already being bullied, to openly love a song like this could make me an even more obvious target to those who saw femininity as a sign of weakness. More daunting than that, it might force me to confront my own repressed desires."

My cultural awakening: ‘Kate Bush helped me come out as a trans woman’

As a not-yet-out trans teen, The Sensual World – the singer’s rejection of masculine influence – felt like an invocation of everything I was feeling

Joseph Stannard presents Adventures In Sound And Music - The Wire

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 19h

"The 9 October edition of The Wire’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Black Eyes, Eric Wetherell, GORZ, Andy Blade, Masma Dream World, and more …"

Joseph Stannard presents Adventures In Sound And Music:

The 9 October edition of The Wire ’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Black Eyes, Eric Wetherell, GORZ, Andy Blade, Masma Dream World, and more

www.thewire.co.uk

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 21h

"The prepared piano plays the unique role of an instrument that creates sounds that feel electronically altered using an acoustic manipulation."

How Composer John Cage Transformed the Piano—With the Help of Some Household Objects: www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/h...

Hauschka performs prepared piano at the 35th Munich Filmfest on June 27, 2017, in Munich, Germany.

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 1d

Prolific composer Kory Reeder discusses his string quartet composition 'Homestead,' recorded with Apartment House, and why he refuses to let centuries of tradition dictate his creative process.

Breaking Free from the Death Cult — Kory Reeder on Creative Liberation:

@koryreeder.bsky.social

Kory Reeder on String Quartets and Creative Liberation

The prolific composer discusses his new string quartet 'Homestead,' recorded with Apartment House, and why he refuses to let centuries of classical tradition dictate his creative process.

Reckoning With Joni Mitchell’s Genius and Flaws

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 1d

"Biographer Ann Powers on the Laurel Canyon misogyny, the dabbling with Blackface, and the “restless” artist behind the gorgeous music."

Reckoning With Joni Mitchell’s Genius and Flaws:

Biographer Ann Powers on the Laurel Canyon misogyny, the dabbling with Blackface, and the “restless” artist behind the gorgeous music.

www.thedailybeast.com

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 1d

"The people of Peru have many definitions for the word chicha: a sacred fermented corn drink, popular culture, popular art and, of course, Peruvian cumbia."

Peru — Chicha, the electric pulse of cumbia: www.npr.org/sections/the...

Pedro Tolomeo Rojas, known as Monky, enters his studio in Lima on Oct. 21, 2024. Monky was a pioneer in the making of the posters that publicize cumbia concerts and are now considered chicha art. His posters still cover Lima and cities beyond, advertising upcoming concerts.

The Untethered Electronics of Briana Marela | The Tonearm

The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 1d

Experimental sound-auteur Briana Marela splits her time between soldering synthesizers at Buchla and touring the country with wearable instruments that let her move freely through audiences. Her intimate new album, 'My Inner Rest,' offers a glimpse.

The Untethered Electronics of Briana Marela:

The experimental musician splits her time between soldering synthesizers at Buchla and touring the country with wearable instruments that let her move freely through audiences. Her intimate new album, 'My Inner Rest,' offers a glimpse.

Introduction to Today’s Unconventional Polish Jazz Scene (Part II)

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 1d

"Many remarkable artists didn’t make it onto this list, but I hope it inspires readers to dive deeper into Polish jazz and discover the vast universe of creative minds it holds."

Introduction to Today’s Unconventional Polish Jazz Scene (Part II):

Free Jazz Collective, reviews of avant garde and free jazz music and media

www.freejazzblog.org

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 1d

"He was now aware that everyone but him had spoken to me for a potential Rolling Stone piece. Time was running out on all fronts. Back home, my parents were beyond flummoxed by the delays. I had been on the road with Led Zeppelin for over 10 days."

‘My Led Zeppelin road trip was counted as a class credit’: Cameron Crowe on the interview that changed everything

In an extract from his new memoir, the writer and film-maker on how as a teenager he managed to bag the exclusive of a lifetime

Curve Traces of Held Space, by Kara-Lis Coverdale

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 1d

Today's Tonal Treat ✨

#SongOfTheDay #NowPlaying #MusicSky #TonalTreat

from the album Changes in Air

kara-liscoverdale.bandcamp.com

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 1d

"At 76, cabaret artist Joey Arias' resume reads like the movie Big Fish. The tales are almost too tall to believe, but he's really done them all."

Joey Arias has plenty of art left to give: www.npr.org/2025/10/11/n...

Joey Arias hitting the high notes at Barrel House Cafe and Bar in Washington, D.C.

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Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 1d

If you think you know why US newspapers died, this feature documentary now streaming for free on PBS might surprise you. It wasn't the Internet. Newspapers were specifically targeted by vulture capitalists.

I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

www.pbs.org

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 1d

"You can’t swear properly in Welsh. I know this, because I’m having a swearing lesson yn Gymraeg from 55-year-old Super Furry Animals frontman, and solo artist, Gruff Rhys."

Gruff Rhys — ‘Welsh is still being invented as a pop language’:

Gruff Rhys: ‘Welsh is still being invented as a pop language’

The Super Furry Animals frontman is back with his ninth solo album. Before a tour of regional village halls in Wales, he talks creating songs in his first language – and why English is the best for swearing

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 1d

In this clip from the new episode of Spotlight On, organist Hampus Lindwall talks about how the opening of his album 'Brace for Impact' came together and what led him to bring in Stephen O'Malley (Sunn O)))) to play guitar riffs.

Hear more on the podcast:www.spotlightonpodcast.com/hampus-lindw...

Introduction to Today’s Unconventional Polish Jazz Scene (Part I)

The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 1d

"Since its beginnings, when jazz was forbidden by the Soviet government, it was used as a form of rebellion against an oppressed society, being played in underground, hidden places."

Introduction to Today’s Unconventional Polish Jazz Scene (Part I):

Free Jazz Collective, reviews of avant garde and free jazz music and media

www.freejazzblog.org