Why Play Music

I’m thrilled to share this episode featuring the great Brooklyn based singer, songwriter, and  bluegrass flatpicker Christian Apuzzo. Christian is a leader in the new york bluegrass scene. In addition to his bands, The Christian Life and Cole Quest and the City Pickers, Christian is involved with all levels of the New York music scene. In addition to teaching voice and guitar, Christian also leads...

Melissa Kaitlyn Carter is a Brooklyn, NY based singer-songwriter, guitar player, producer, and educator. In addition to her solo project, Hattie ( instagram.com/hattie.wav ), Melissa writes and performs with the indie rock group Rosalind( rosalindband.com ). *correction - the first song we perform is called The Furniture and the final song is called Nobody. Like the show? You can support Why Play...

Sam Talmadge is a New York based guitar player, vocalist, bandleader, and songwriter.

This episode features Henley Douglas Jr. Henley is an incredible saxophone player, band leader, and composer from Massachusetts. In addition to his musical accomplishments, Henley serves as an honorary patriarch for many players in the Boston music scene. As a young bass player, Henley gave me many opportunities to be on stage with him and his incredible band. He has recently started SOSS records....

My guest today is Aidan Scrimgeour. Aidan is a terrific jazz pianist, composer, poet, and songwriter from Brooklyn, NY. We chat about music education, our shared musical upbringing, basketball and much more.

J.M. Clifford is a songwriter, guitarist, and educator from Brooklyn, NY. In addition to being a terrific musician, J.M. is also a deep thinker and passionate teacher. In this conversation we talk about our love of Norman Blake and other bluegrass guitar players, songwriting, meditation, and much more. I hope you enjoy my performance and conversation with JM Clifford. Note, throughout the show I r...

Derek Dupuis is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter living in Brooklyn, NY. Originally from Salem, MA, Derek is a graduate of Berklee College of Music and has toured the world with the Videogame Orchestra. Derek and I have known each other for eight years, playing in many different musical projects together. Hope you enjoy our conversation. 

Bobby Spellman is a New York based jazz trumpet player, composer, and educator. Bobby is the leader of the Revenge of the Cool Nonet, a 9 piece band that performs original music with the instrumentation of the Gil Evans and Miles Davis Birth of the Cool band. Bobby performs as a sideman in jazz, rock, funk, and afrobeat projects. I hope you enjoy this episode of Why Play Music.