COMMUNITY

“Favorite artists I never get tired of listening to are: Mavis Staples because she makes me feel like everything is going to be okay. To me, she embodies everything that is good about people and what we should strive for; also, John Prine, Bonnie Raitt, and Jerry Garcia. New favorites are Anna Tivel and Jeffrey Martin.”

“One of my favorite things about this job is talking to people on the phone and explaining the stories of the artists/albums to music directors and programmers, hearing how the MDs can relate to or be interested by said artists, and just generally shooting the cuss with them. Sharing and talking about music with folks is just the best.”

“Glenn Gould was, in my opinion, one of the great jazz musicians, just as Ellington was the 20th century Mozart. I try to highlight neglected groups like women jazz instrumentalists, for example, Jane Ira Bloom, Nicole Mitchell, Jessica Jones, Catherine Sikora, Terri Lynne Carrington, Helen Sung, Brandee Younger, Carla Bley, and Alison Au, and formal/neo-classical. Black composers like Derek Bermel and Anthony Davis.”

“There’s been so many fun moments throughout my time at Terrorbird and SO many great records that we’ve worked from artists I’ve loved for a really long time. Personally it’s been a dream getting to work with labels like Dais, Sacred Bones, and other purveyors of weird, experimental music.”

“My show at WAMC, “The Hudson River Sampler,” is on Saturday nights from 8-10 pm. It started by following “A Prairie Home Companion,” which was a great opening act (I told Garrison Keillor that once, and he laughed).”