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The Shape of Punk to Come

Punk is in a weird state. Truly. It is both an exciting time and a boring time to be involved (in however varying degree) in punk music and subculture. Punk/hardcore acts are now playing huge festivals, to enti...
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Studio A Album Reviews, 4/2/14

Howdy, Here's all the albums that were reviewed before a few weeks before Spring Break, but due to me going to SXSW and everyone going on Spring Break, some of these albums were delayed. The biggest thing that...
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NB’s Ripples

- Noah Baerman joins our program to celebrate the release of his new CD Ripples. Noah and I discuss not only the music on this fine recording, but the interaction of music with activism to strive for a bette...
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Conversation with Noah Preminger

In the Groove hosted by Ken Laster, interviews jazz artist Noah Preminger prior to his gigs in Connecticut and New York City. We speak of expanding the jazz audience, various influences that shaped Noah’s pla...
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Favorite Jazz releases of 2013

These are my favorite jazz releases of 2013. I hesitate to call this a Best Of list, as one can't possibly claim to have heard all of the jazz releases in this age of independently produced recordings. While se...