Paradigms

Maetar is Itai Disraeli on bass, Hagai Lev-Shalem Izraeli on horns, and Richard Fultineer on percussion.  Each player is an established musician in their own right and with other bands. As a trio they have released a double album Love Dub and The Abstract One Drop , 21 tracks of music that is really an event to listen to. The conversation between Baruch and the band goes into the making of this mu...

Steven Gellman is an award winning songwriter, a self-taught musician, and a performer.  He performs in musical venues and also in homes for the elderly.  His songs are smart poignant warm poetically, musically sophisticated and very accessible. The new record All You Need is a very enjoyable listen that will make you think and feel. This is Steven’s 10th album!  He is prolific, and brings t...

Andy Milne is a two-time Juno Award winning Pianist and composer.  He has studied and played with Oscar Peterson, played in Steve Coleman’s bands, performed with Cassandra Wilson, to name just a few. Andy composes soundtrack for film and TV , and teaches full time at the University of Michigan. The new record Time Will Tell is 10 tracks of music expressing Andy’s personal feelings about expe...

Brenda Earle Stokes is a pianist, singer, and composer from Canada.  Currently living in New York City, Brenda’s new record is Motherhood , an homage to, and inside-view of, motherhood.  The songs are both amusing and serious, offering both release and insight into some of the challenges faced by mothers across boundaries of culture and time. Brenda and Baruch had a lively discussion about m...

Sarah Jerrom is a composer and a singer.  Her latest project is Magpie , a Suite in 8 movements that takes the listener into a mythic story of Jerrom’s creation. The music is complex, powerfully melodic, performed by players of great skill and talent.   The inspiration is the grief of miscarriage, pregnancy loss. The topic is one which is often avoided in the public arena, pregnancy loss, bu...

Diane Coll returns to Paradigms to share her new album Old Ghosts , a collection of original songs exploring themes of coming to terms and letting go. Diane is exploring her songwriting and musicianship with a calm kind of passion, bringing in more instruments, vocally adventurous; the poetry is personal and there is even some whimsy. This record is very relatable and engaging. Diane has always be...

David First with his band New Party Systems, and Yvette Massoudi , have collaborated on a song Next of Kin which is a call for Peace. David First has been writing songs and making music since he was a teenager, finding his way as a young adult to the experimental music scene in New York. He works with a number of bands including New Party Systems and is highly regarded as a composer of contemporar...

Michael Gaulden returns to Paradigms to share his new book for children Hello Neighbor! which addresses the issue of homelessness. In his new book Michael explains homelessness, homeless encampments, and more, by anthropomorphizing cats as the main characters and going on a tour of a city where there are homeless “cats.”  The book is beautifully illustrated by Rod Flower . Michael&#821...

Chris McKhool and Marc Meriläinen , along with many others, have just collaborated on a powerful new record Indigenous Collaborations with Sultans of String Walking Through the Fire . The songs and music are inspired by the experiences of Indigenous people in Canada, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission , and Indigenous culture and tradition. The conversation between Marc, Chris, and Baruch, is...

Nick Justice , originally from the Bronx, has been playing music since he was a kid.  He’s been part of the San Diego cow punk music scene for decades, as a solo artist, with a band, and as a sideman. Nick writes about the human condition. Informed by his own life, and what he sees, Nick tells stories about real people, with a little artistic license thrown in for good measure. The new recor...

Denin Slage-Koch is a Jazz Guitarist, Composer, Arranger and Professor at the University of Tennessee Knoxville . His new album is It Comes In Waves which is a collection of mostly original compositions with one outstanding cover. Denin is one of those people whose life is completely intertwined with his instrument. He talks about the role of music in his life, and how powerfully music has enriche...

Amy Wagenfeld is an Occupational Therapist.  She works as a  design consultant, educator, researcher, and author. She is a faculty member in the Boston University Post-Professional Occupational Therapy Doctoral program and Principal of Amy Wagenfeld Design . Amy’s love of nature led her to the realization that nature is healing, restorative, and can benefit everyone, but especially people de...

Scott Free has been composing and performing music for decades.  He was inducted into the City of Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame in 2010 for his political work. Scott runs a queer Indie Radio Station Alt Q Radio .  The new record Songs to Fight Oppression is a collection of protest songs.  If you’ve protested in the US in the last 3 decades, some of these will be familiar to you. Singi...

Caroline Lavelle is a musican through and through; a cellist who plays with people like Peter Gabriel, Radiohead, Mary Black, The Chieftains, and many others. Caroline regularly records and tours with Loreena McKennitt. Caroline’s most recent solo album is The Raven .  Recorded in a caravan in a meadow overlooking the sea in North Cornwall, these songs give us a taste and a feel for Caroline...

Bernard O’neill has been working on the Syriana project for many years, with numerous iterations of the music being released to the public, most recently as a benefit for Syria, a country torn by war and violence both from within and from without. Syriana 1325 is the new record, which goes further both musically and in terms of telling the story of Islamic Scholar and Jurist Ibn Battuta. Bri...

Saïd Tichiti has been making music for most of his life.  Born in Morocco, he’s been living in Hungary for 25 years, resulting in a musical amalgam bringing together North African rhythms in the Gnawa tradition, with Amazigh and Hassani influences. The Baltic region has rich musical traditions which come into the mix with Hungarian inspirations and musicians. The band Chalaban has made 6 alb...

Diva Jazz Orchestra celebrates their 30th Anniversary with the release of the record Diva Jazz Orchestra “30” recorded live at Dizzy’s Club. Baruch is joined by bandleader Sherrie Maricle and some of her bandmates; Jennifer Krupa on Trombone, Jami Dauber on Trumpet, Noriko Ueda on Bass, Scheila Gonzalez on Saxophone, and Kellin Hanas on Trumpet. The conversation is largely about...

Allison Au ‘s new record Migrations is a suite of music that is an homage migrants.  Commissioned by the Royal Conservatory of Music in 2019, inspired by the stories of her grandparents from Eastern Europe and from Asia, Allison has created an epic musical poem which is comprised of her original compositions, combined with poetry by celebrated poets from a number of backgrounds and tradition...

George Mann returns to Paradigms fresh off an Australian tour, to share his new record This Chain , a collection of original songs and a few songs written by treasured friends. George has been involved with the labor movement and playing folk music for many years. He plays over 200 gigs a year, many in Veteran’s Homes and Homes for the elderly. The new record reunites George with longtime fr...

Muriel Mwamba is an award-winning singer-songwriter from Zambia. Her new record Lesa Alomfwa is a celebration of her faith and determination. Years in the making, with songs inspired by her life experiences, this album is Muriel’s first album, with hopefully more to come! Bringing together African, Brazilian and Jazz musical colors, this music can move you from the inside out. This record is...

Gino Jevdjevic is a musician from Bosnia whose band is Kultur Shock . Darek Mazzone is from Poland,, and his record label is Old Age Recording Co . They are long time friends and colleagues, and together they have just produced a new Kultur Shock album Acoustic Live . Kultur Shock has been making music for decades and has many albums.  They are a punk band, so this acoustic record is something dif...

Yungchen Lhamo is from Tibet. She has resided in the United States for 30 years. Yungchen has been celebrated on the international music scene since the mid 1990’s.  Recently she toured Australia with Peter Gabriel. Yungchen Lhamo’s seventh album is One Drop of Kindness , a song cycle of beautiful music which offers listeners a journey from wherever you are to a place of realization, a...

Carrie Newcomer ‘s album A Great Wild Mercy is a heartwarming foray into a world of possibilities and hope, while acknowledging the challenges of life.  The painful aspects of reality are not candy-coated in Newcomer’s stories, but beauty and aliveness are celebrated. The use of imagery and sense memory in her songs is crafted beautifully. Welcomed back to Paradigms after 7 years, the...

During the holiday season people get new toys, engage in winter sports, and party; all activities which can lead to injury.  This episode is intended to help people understand and prevent Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), a sort of “TBI 101.” Dr. Alexis Peterson works at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a researcher. She is currently working on the issue of TBI. Dr....

Oz Noy moved to New York City as a child, and now he’s a working musician, touring and recording.  He plays Jazz Guitar with a distinctly bluesy flavor. The Oz Noy Trio includes Dennis Chambers on drums and Jimmy Haslip on bass. Their new album Triple Play is really good music. Oz shares some of his story and his process.  He’s a very down to Earth pragmatic fellow, and music is what h...