Jazz Ready: 15 Minutes (more or less) of Unexpected Pleasure.

Episode 131. S2. Magdalena Gómez, Poet. "Death of a Dictator" 04.08.2020 6:01 ↓

Poetry is a tool not only of expression, but of healing and resistance.

Episode 130. S2. Rethabile Masilo. Poet. Some Poets Study Biology. 02.08.2020 8:02 ↓

Rethabile Masile, left his native Lesotho as a refugee in 1981, and has lived in France for over thirty years.

Episode 129. S2. María Souza Hogan reads from her memoir: "Club of Stars, a Samba of Survival in the Slums of Brazil" 01.08.2020 14:05 ↓

An unfiltered book that speaks to the depths of our humanity, sharing a story that is raw and real, without apology.

Episode 128. S2. Election Day, 2008. Written and Read by Magdalena Gómez. Poet. 30.07.2020 4:21 ↓

"The master's house has burnt to the ground; we dip fingers into the ashes of histories we must never forget." From Election Day, 2008.

Episode 127. S2. Tantra Zawadi. Performance Poet and Anderson Soares, House Music Pioneer. 28.07.2020 10:46 ↓

Get ready to dance!

Episode 126. Fred Ho Honors Sam Furnace. "Suite Sam Furnace." Fred Ho and the Afro Asian Music Ensemble. 26.07.2020 25:56 ↓

A beautiful grieving.

Episode 125. Season 2. Kevin Kiely, Musician and Visual Artist. ¡Presente! Circa, 1976. Remembering Kevin. 25.07.2020 10:43 ↓

Kevin Kiely was a member of the Punk band the Mumps. Get energized with a cut from Kevin's demo tape with the Mumps.

Episode 124. S2. Magdalena Gómez. A Poem for the City of Springfield, Massachusetts 23.07.2020 6:45 ↓

Dedicated to Magaly Cardona for a lifetime of offering sacred space to so many. 

Episode 123. Time to Reflect. 22.07.2020 7:51 ↓

A Jazz Ready Moment; La Sirena Just Lets It Flow.

Episode 122. S2. María José Giménez. Poet Laureate. Translator. Editor. A Bilingual Reading in Spanish and English. Episodio Bilingüe. 20.07.2020 11:47 ↓

Este episodio es bilingüe. María José Giménez es Poeta Lauread@ de Easthampton, MA. USA

Episode 121. S2. Cornelius Eady. Pulitzer Nominated Poet. 20.07.2020 12:05 ↓

Cornelius Eady sings with the Cornelius Eady Trio.

Episode 120. S2. Nina Kennedy. Concert Pianist. Conductor. Author. 19.07.2020 20:24 ↓

A Gershwin work arranged and performed by Nina Kennedy. 

Episode 119. S2. Martin F. Jones. Musician. Saxophonist. Some Springfield, MA History! A Jazz Trifecta Played by Springfield Teens in 1988. 17.07.2020 16:43 ↓

Martin F. Jones went through his music archives for Jazz Ready Listeners. Springfield teens tear it up at the Big Apple Festival in New York City, 1988!

Episode 118. S2. Emma E. Shooshan, Poet, Filmmaker, Student. Ign!te the M!c in the House! 16.07.2020 9:01 ↓

Emma reads an original three-part poem.

Episode 117. S2. Ruth Margraff, Librettist. Part Two. Excerpts from her opera, "Passion of Leyla." 15.07.2020 16:00 ↓

Ruth Margraff, Libretto/Lyrics; Richard Marriott, Composer and Conductor. Isabella Marriot, Louise Cloutier: Leyla. Erik Bagger: Joseph. Fahimeh Mehrabkani, Amy Mendon, Dina Zarif: Fatima. Ric Louchard, Piano; Sirvan Manhoubi, Oud; Mohammad Ghaffari, Dramaturg; Ravand Samaeekia, Santour.

Episode 116. S2. Ruth Margraff. Playwright. Librettist. Musician. Performer. Sometimes the Magician's Wand is a Pen. 14.07.2020 10:24 ↓

You will experience three selections of an interdisciplinary theater work inspired by the work of Farid ud-Din Attar. Featuring Composer, Graham Haynes; Vocals, Haleh Abghari; Lyrics, Ruth Margraff; Choreography, Peggy Choy.

Episode 115. S2. María Luisa Arroyo. Poet. Scholar. Professor. Reads from her book, "Destierro Means More than Exile". 13.07.2020 13:14 ↓

Poet and Polyglot, María Luisa Arroyo shares her work in three languages. Her books are available on Amazon.

Jazz Ready. Episode 114. S2. Ilhan Braxton; Sol Braxton. Poets, Scholars, Arts Activists. Ign!te the M!c in the House! 12.07.2020 11:00 ↓

Siblings, Sol and Ilhan Braxton, share their voices from the glorious mountains of Puerto Rico!

Episode 113. S2. Janet E. Alfs, Poet and Martial Artist. Sometimes Poets are 7th Degree Black Belts. 10.07.2020 12:46 ↓

Original poems read by the artist.

Episode 112. S2. Ernesto Cardenal. Poet-Priest. Nicaraguan Liberation Theologian. (20 January 1925 – 1 March 2020) ¡Presente! 10.07.2020 6:08 ↓

From Wikipedia: Ernesto Cardenal Martínez (20 January 1925 – 1 March 2020) was a Nicaraguan Catholic priest, poet , and politician. He was a liberation theologian and the founder of the primitivist art community in the Solentiname Islands, where he lived for more than ten years (1965–1977).

Episode 111. S2. Why I Became a Loud Puerto Rican 09.07.2020 7:41 ↓

An intimate, living room version.

Episode 110. S2. Azwan: Musician; Singer-Songwriter; Filmmaker; Visual Artist. 06.07.2020 11:04 ↓

Azwan shares two very different styles of his original songs. Thank you Amherst Media for introducing me to Azwan and his creative work some years ago. This badass artist started young!

Episode 109. S2. Mina Atif, Poet. Ign!te the M!c in the House! 06.07.2020 8:21 ↓

You met Mina in episode 31, "Some Poets Study Medicine." In this episode she shares new work and reflections as she prepares to move to Ireland next month, where she will be based.

Episode 108. S2. Taproots featuring Hip Hop Artist, Catalyst. on "Hands Up", an intergenerational musical work of unity and resistance. 04.07.2020 14:46 ↓

Building new narratives of Liberty and Justice among generations.

Episode 107. S2. The Covid 19 Fog. You Know What I'm Talking About...You're Not Alone. 04.07.2020 8:39 ↓

One Flag, Two Sides. A poem by Magdalena Gómez