A Grammy-winning, world-traveling producer makes the case for looking beyond technology and academia for rhythmic and musical inspiration. By Ian…
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The Good Ones: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
By Bob Boilen NPR Tiny Desk (Home) Concert September 29th, 2020 Credit: Courtesy of the Artist The Tiny Desk is…
‘Music Was Our Language’: Grammy Award-Winning Producer Turns the Mic on His Sister
By Ariella Markowitz, Amanda Font KQED September 26th, 2020 Musician Ian Brennan was born in Oakland and made a name…
My sister is nonverbal but she knows the words to every song. Now we’ve made an album together
By Ian Brennan The Guardian September 17th, 2020 Through my sister Jane, who has Down’s syndrome, I learned how to…
Free Leonard Peltier— A New Song by Mat Callahan
9/13/2020 Mat Callahan and Yvonne Moore, Working-Class Heroes PM Press, 2019 Mat Callahan and Yvonne Moore, Working-Class Heroes: A History of Struggle in…
Songs of Struggle, Songs of Hope— Mat Callahan on Against the Grain
Against the Grain 9/7/2020 There was plenty of labor militancy in the U.S. in the early 20th century. Much of…
“Who You Calling Slow?” an album by the Sheltered Workshop Singers on BBC World
BBC World July 31st, 2020 Ian Brennan on BBC World talking about “Who You Calling Slow?” an album by the…
Teaching Resistance
By John NoMaximum RockNRoll It is now midsummer, 2020, and the entire United States – where lives are precarious to…
Malawi Mouse Boys: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert on NPR
NPR Tiny Desk Home Concerts July1 st, 2020 The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing…
Radio Pulled Violent Songs Off Air After 9/11 — But It Won’t Reckon With Race
Amid national conversations about racial injustice, radio stations are struggling to respond appropriately in their programming. What goes and what…