Episode 7.3– Dead Tapes

What would I include as filler if we'd traded Grateful Dead tapes? Delightful, buoyant, summertime Dead.

Episode 7.3

Episode 7.2– The Great Heritage

Ustad Imrat Khan and Ustad Vilayat Khan, The Great Heritage (1966)

Episode 7.2

Episode 7.1– Gillian Welch and David Rawlings

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings; 1997-08-30, Strawberry Festival, Yosemite, CA

Episode 7.1

Episode 7– Paths and Summer Hiatus

Trying something new! This episode has commentary, witty banter, and information; the next three are uninterrupted music. Enjoy your summer!

Episode 7

Episode 6- Time is On My Side

Our second Compass Points feature focuses on musical time. We'll discuss concepts including tempo, harmonic rhythm, hyper meter, and structural downbeats, and hear music from the Grateful Dead and John Coltrane.

Episode 6

Episode 5— An Invitation to Hindustani Music

In this episode, we'll hear great examples of Hindustani music, classical music from north India. This shows opens with an interactive portion as I play sitar and invite you to sing and learn some of the key ideas about this music. After that, I feature sitarist Ravi Shankar & sarodist Ali Akbar Khan, vocalist Kaushiki Chakraborty, and sitarist Indrajit Banerjee. You can find videos of the last two performances on YouTube. Enjoy!

Episode 5

Episode 4- One Nation Under Some Grooves

Short and sweet——lots of killer grooves, minimal chatter. "Free Your Mind..."


Episode 4