Spotlight On

Today, the Spotlight shines On composer and pianist Robin Holcomb and cellist Peggy Lee.

These two musicians have been creating music together for the better part of two decades. Their new album, Reno…

Today, the Spotlight shines On bestselling author and journalist Larry Tye.

Larry's latest book, The Jazzmen, tells the story of how Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie transformed Americ…

Today, the Spotlight shines On tenor saxophonist Rico Jones.

Rico's new album BloodLines captures something you don't hear much anymore—a live recording that feels like a complete story. Recorded at B…

Today, the Spotlight shines On musician, software engineer, and plug-in developer Aqeel Aadam.

Aqeel's got deep roots in Philadelphia's music scene—his grandfather was a jazz musician who gifted him h…

Today, the Spotlight shines On guitarist and composer Rez Abbasi.

Rez's new album with his Acoustic Quintet, Sound Remains, puts steel-string acoustic guitar at the center of a deeply personal meditat…

Today, the Spotlight shines On someone we have not spoken to in a while…

Over the years, we have periodically turned the tables by having friends and colleagues interview me, most notably in episode 1…

Today, the Spotlight shines On saxophonist and composer Sean Imboden.

Sean spent years touring with Broadway shows and working as a sideman, but something was missing. He stepped away from a lucrative…

Today, the Spotlight shines On clarinetist Glenn Dickson and electronic musician Bob Familiar.

When a cutting-edge klezmer artist meets a former rock synthesist, you might expect creative tension. Ins…

Today, the Spotlight shines On drummer and composer Gustavo Cortiñas

Gustavo's latest album, The Crisis Knows No Borders, tackles climate change head-on through music that's both urgent and beautiful.…

Today, the Spotlight shines On guitarist and composer Kim Perlak.

Kim chairs the guitar department at Berklee College of Music, where she's spent over a decade expanding from classical performance int…

Today, the Spotlight shines On Terence Hannum.

Terence wears many hats. He is a visual artist, professor, and one-third of the experimental trio Locrian. It's the 15th anniversary reissue of Locrian's…

Today, the Spotlight shines On guitarist Knox Chandler.

Knox's name might ring a bell from his work with The Psychedelic Furs, Siouxsie and the Banshees, or maybe from his string arrangements on Depec…

Today, the Spotlight shines On John Andrew Fredrick of The Black Watch.

After thirty-seven years of making indie rock, the band’s latest album, For All the World, boasts an energy and vitality that su…

Today, the Spotlight shines On saxophonist and composer Ingrid Laubrock.

Ingrid's just released Purposing The Air, a double album that sets 60 brief poems by Erica Hunt to music through four different…

Today, the Spotlight shines on clarinetist and composer Kinan Azmeh.

Earlier this year, Kinan released Live in Berlin, his fourteenth album with his CityBand quartet. The album captures music he wrote…

Today, the Spotlight shines On guitarist and composer Tal Yahalom.

Tal has built a reputation in New York's creative music scene for weaving post-bop, classical, and South American influences into a u…

Today, the Spotlight shines On Claire Cope. This British composer crafts music that combines the freedom of jazz with the precision of classical music, drawing inspiration from women whose stories ar…

Today, the Spotlight shines On Mike Scott, founder of The Waterboys.

In 2014, Mike stumbled upon Dennis Hopper’s photography in a London gallery and fell into a rabbit hole that led to Life, Death and…

Today, the Spotlight shines On Craig Mod, a writer, photographer, and walker who's spent the last 20 years making Japan his home.

Random House has just released Things Become Other Things, a walking m…

Today, the Spotlight again shines on media artist Tamiko Thiel, in the second of our two-part conversation.

In our first talk, we explored Tamiko's journey from designing the world's first AI supercom…