EP 8: Ari Hoenig is an Orgasmic Epiphany of Resolution!

Ari leads 3 groups which play his original music: his Quintet, Ari Hoenig Nonet, and Trio. The Nonet performs Ari’s original compositions arranged by Noam Wiesenberg and features various high caliber players in the New York area. The trio is with Gilad Hekselman and Orlando le Fleming and has toured extensively in Europe, Japan and South America.

As an educator, Ari teaches privately and is on faculty at New York University and the New School for Social Research in New York

Ari Hoenig, jazz drummer extraordinaire, picked me up from the airport when I first landed in NYC-and then immediately made ME drive us around. The nerve! In this episode, we do a deep dive on the Happy Birthday song, and discuss the art of building tension, having fun on the job, and how our songs make us who are.

Find Ari:

www.arihoenig.com

Songs:

Lyric

B.Left

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EP 7: Edel Meade is a Champion of Brigids! (AND Patricias!)

A strikingly original artist working in the field of jazz, folk and contemporary music; Edel Meade is a songwriter, vocalist and educator from County Tipperary, Ireland. Her latest musical project, Brigids and Patricias was released on International Women’s Day, 8th March 2021 to critical acclaim. This stunning collection of original compositions reflects on what it means to be a woman living in 21st century Ireland, informed by Irish history, Irish folklore and contemporary society. Her voice has been described as mesmerising or magical even, while her music is haunting and powerful…

Kate McGarry introduced me to Edel Meade, and I am forever grateful! I immediately felt at home with her music, which evokes misty forests, working class neighborhoods, changelings, and everything in between. In this episode, we talk strong women, witch hunts, stories old and new, and the cracks where the light gets in.

Find Edel:

www.edelmeade.com

Songs:

Long Way To Go

Hold On

Not For This World

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EP 6: Lee Feldman is Fresh and Inevitable!

Lee Feldman is a New York based songwriter, pianist, singer and composer. He has released four critically acclaimed albums under his own name, as well as the animated musical STARBOY. Lee has had extensive training in classical piano, jazz piano and composition. In spite of that, he writes music that has meaning and sticks in the brain. Lee lives in The Bronx with his wife and two children.

" Lee Feldman may be one of the best songwriters you never heard of. His tunes have a simplicity and beauty that can only come from compositional maturity and confidence garnered from years of experience." Keyboard Magazine

Lee Feldman once wrote a song called Lee Feldman. That's just the tip of the iceberg. Join us for a deep dive into humor in songwriting, the magic of The Beatles, practicing, and becoming our most authentic selves.

Find Lee:

www.leefeldman.com

Songs:

I Remember The Night

Me and My Sara Remaining

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EP 5: Kerri Green is a Classical Nerd!

Look how cute we are as college kids! Kerri is on the left. I’m pretending to be goth on the right.

Kerri and I met in the freshman dorm bathroom at BYU. Since then, duets have been played, marriages and births celebrated, losses grieved. In this episode, we talk about the benefits of doing bad work, rejecting perfectionism, exceptional teachers, and the miracle of music. She recorded a piece for each of her four kids when they were born, as a sort of lullaby. Below, she plays one of these (the one for her daughter Kate); an Aria from Bach’s Goldberg Variations. In the video following it, her Kate plays the same piece— for her own senior recital. CHILLS!

Look, Ma! Four hands! I’m the one on the left, undoubtedly making a mistake. Kerri Youngberg Green is on right—a brilliant pianist and teacher! You can find her teaching at her private studio in North Salt Lake, Utah, or online. She’s also an adjunct professor of music at Westminster College.

Kate Green playing the Aria from Goldberg Variations.

EP 4: Byron Isaacs is Like Metallica...But Better!

Byron Isaacs plays bass and sings with The Lumineers. He's also one half of Tiny Language, a project born out of writer's block. In this episode, we talk about getting past that block and creating an EP together, songwriting clubs, the balance of being an artist parent, and what it's like playing with one of the most popular bands in the world.

Find Byron:

www.byronisaacs.com

www.thelumineers.com

Songs:

Almost Gone (Byron Isaacs)

Gallery Girl (Tiny Language)

EP 3: Roy Nathanson is a Missile of Meaning!

Roy Nathanson was born on the best of all days, May 17th. (Disclaimer: this is also Deidre's birthday.) In this episode, the birthday twins talk about their long history playing together in NYC. Also on the docket: the soul in a voice, the truth in the notes, and how the moment of the sound is all about the listening.

Roy Nathanson has had a varied career as a saxophonist, composer, bandleader, poet, actor and teacher. After playing with the Lounge Lizards, Charlie Earland and performing in downtown theatre in the 80’s he formed the Jazz Passengers with Curtis Fowlkes. The band has been together for thirty years, recording and touring actively with a variety of vocalists including Elvis Costello and Deborah Harry. The band’s 8th CD “Still Life with Trouble,” was released in 2017. Since the early 2000s, Nathanson has primarily concentrated on a combining text and music and he formed his band “Sotto Voce,” for that purpose. This ensemble has released three CDs including “Subway Moon.” “Subway Moon,” is also the title of Roy’s first published poetry book and an active non-profit organization which presents intergenerational, inter-disciplinary performances around the world. Roy’s second book of poems, “Conversations and Other Songs,” was published in 2021 by Madhat press. “Small Things,” a record based on some of the poems in the book and featuring vocals by Nick Hakim, was also released this year on the NYXO label of the Onyx Collective. Roy has also performed and composed a variety of other mixed text/music pieces including radio plays, film scores and a song cycle called “Fire at Keaton’s Bar and Grille.” As a composer, Nathanson has received commissions from Chamber Music America, New York Foundation for the Arts, Meet the Composer, the National Endowment for the Arts and the University of Wisconsin Science Museum and he is a recipient of the Bessie and Joseph Jefferson Awards for Composition. Roy’s archives were purchased by the NYU Fales Library for their permanent collection in 2018.

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Roy Nathanson, vox/saxophone. Curtis Fowlkes, lead vox/trombone. Tim Kiah, vox/bass. Sam Bardfeld. vox/violin.

EP 2: Kate McGarry is a Freaking Joy!

With 7 critically acclaimed CDs and 3 Grammy nominations,vocalist Kate McGarry has become recognized as a jazz artist who brings authenticity and vitality to every song regardless of genre. The Wall St. Journal calls her music, "Austere and elegant, an exceptionally appealing blend of folk and jazz" The New York Times pronounced it, “astute and sensitive". She has toured and recorded with jazz illuminati such as Fred Hersch, Kurt Elling, Maria Schneider, John Hollenbeck, Billy Childs, Luciana Souza,Theo Bleckmann and Tony Winner Jason Robert Brown. During her decade in NYC McGarry served as a Lincoln Center Teaching Artist, a U.S. State Department Jazz Ambassador, and as a Jazz Arts faculty member at The Manhattan School of Music. 2016 Downbeat Critics Poll named McGarry #1 Rising Star Female Vocalist. She has been featured on NPR's Jazz Set w/DeeDee Bridgwater, Piano Jazz w/Marion McPartland, All Things Considered, and a host of nationally syndicated radio shows. She lives in Durham NC, with her husband and musical partner of 17 years, guitarist Keith Ganz..

I met Kate McGarry years ago, an angel in NYC, somewhere singing at a club. She captivated me! She ended up singing with a big band of mine, and I’d come see her collaborations and marvel at how pure her voice sounded.

I hope this conversation about, among other things, the relationship between poetry and music, delights you as much as it delighted me!

Find Kate:

www.katemcgarry.com

Songs:

Losing Strategy Number 4 (Kate McGarry)
Kate McGarry, vocals/piano. Gary Versace, accordion

It Happens All the Time in Heaven (words by Hafiz/music by Kate McGarry. Release date: August 2021) Kate McGarry, vocals. Gary Versace, organ. Keith Ganz, guitar. Sean Smith, bass. Clarence Penn, drums.

I Carry Your Heart (words by e.e.cummings/music by Kate McGarry. Performed by MOSS) MOSS is Kate McGarry/Luciana Souza/Theo Bleckmann/Lauren Kinhan/Peter Elridge, vocals.

EP 1: Blake Lewis is My American Idol!

Blake Lewis finds the Songs Inside (and outside of) American Idol, where he was the runner up in 2007.  

Deidre grew up a child of the seventies in Idaho; Blake, an eighties child, hails from Washington. They share the same mother, a love for the geography and air of the northwest United States, and a shared passion for all things music. Deidre and Blake learned of each other when Deidre was searching for her birth roots. On this episode, they discuss their reactions to discovering their sibling connection. They also, for the first time, talk about his time on American Idol. 

Songs: 

Trouble (Blake Lewis) 

Written in Stars (Tiny Language). Tiny Language is Byron Isaacs, vocals/bass/guitar. Deidre Struck, vocals/keyboards/melodica. Additional musicians: Blake Lewis, guest vocals. Josh Dion, drums. Marika Hughes, cello.

Find Blake: www.blakelewisofficial.com