Spotlight On

Today, the Spotlight shines On Dave Wish, founder and Chief Vision Officer for Music Will. This nonprofit organization funds and runs one of the largest instrumental and vocal music programs in US pu…

Today, the Spotlight shines On musician and producer Daniel Ögren.

Daniel is one of the artists propelling Sweden’s contemporary new music scene. He has an extensive body of work as a solo artist and …

Today, the Spotlight shines On Mareike Wiening.

Mareike is a drummer and composer who joined us on the occasion of the release of her third record as bandleader, Reveal, out on Greenleaf Music. Featur…

Today, the Spotlight shines On music impresario Jonathan Shank, the CEO and Founder of Terrapin Station Entertainment.

Jonathan is known for his instincts and successes in sniffing out unique opportun…

Today, the Spotlight shines On multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator, and performer Brendan Grey of the Canadian hip-hop group Super Duty Tough Work.

In addition to his duties as MC, drummer, and …

Today, the Spotlight shines On the innovative pedal steel guitar player Susan Alcorn.

While Susan got her start playing in country & western bands in Texas, she has taken the pedal steel into new and …

Today, the Spotlight shines On Grammy-winning pianist and composer Kris Davis.

Kris joined us in the wake of the September 2023 release of her album Live at the Village Vanguard, out on her own Pyrocl…

Today, the Spotlight shines On pianist and composer Angelica Sanchez, who joined us late last year to discuss her latest record, Nighttime Creatures, out on Pyroclastic Records.

Since moving to New Yo…

Today, the Spotlight shines On composer, improviser, and master percussionist Adam Rudolph.

A global performer - and global citizen - Adam has been called "a pioneer in world music" by the New York Ti…

Today, the Spotlight shines On trumpet virtuoso and international superstar Ibrahim Maalouf.

Ibrahim is exactly the type of artist we love hosting - sensitive, open and unwilling to be limited by genr…

Today, the Spotlight shines On Roberto Di Gioia of the German Jazz supergroup Web Web and his group’s collaborator, the songwriter and producer Max Herre. WEB WEB’s fifth album is also their second w…

Today, the Spotlight shines On James McKeown, the Bristol, UK-based artist who releases music under the name Hawksmoor. 

James first created Hawksmoor five years ago, inspired by the six 18th-century …

Today, the Spotlight shines On Diana Pasulka, religious studies professor and the author of two books I have really enjoyed in the last few years: 2019’s American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology a…

Today, the Spotlight shines On downtempo electronic music godfather and Thievery Corporation co-founder Eric Hilton.

Eric joined us a few weeks after the September release of Corazón Kintsugi, his alb…

Today, the Spotlight shines On saxophonist and composer Javon Jackson. 

Javon sat with us in early October to talk about his film score for the art-world documentary With Peter Bradley, music which ca…

Today, the Spotlight shines On freelance journalist and author Tea Krulos.

Tea wrote two books that I enjoyed this year: Heroes in the Night: Inside the Real Life Superhero Movement from 2013 and 2020…

Today, the Spotlight shines On Danish saxophonist, composer, and best-selling author Benjamin Koppel.

Benjamin joined us to discuss his July 2023 release Perspective, the latest work from KCB Collecti…

Today, the Spotlight shines On Kerry O’Brien and William Robin, co-authors of the book On Minimalism: Documenting a Musical Movement from University of California Press.

Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Ter…

Today, the Spotlight shines On drummer and sound artist Simon Berz. 

The impetus for our conversation was the release of Simon’s collaboration with American bassist and sonic wizard Bill Laswell and t…

Today, the Spotlight shines On author, entrepreneur, and teacher Seth Godin. 

I recently watched an interview with Seth wherein he was describing a discussion he had with someone asking him for career…