New Amsterdam Presents: Reverberations with Majel Connery
Reverberations is a new podcast that extends the genre-fluid spirit of New Amsterdam Records from music to conversation. Hosted by musicologist and performer Majel Connery, the podcast is a series of probing discussions with NewAm's family of musical artists on the connection between life and craft. Each episode is rooted in musical exploration, while ranging freely into the big ideas that drive us and that shape our creative lives.
Episodes
8 episodes
Peni Candra Rini: 'Wulansih' and 'Wani'
On this episode of Reverberations, host Majel Connery and Peni Candra Rini discuss her double album, 'Wulansih' and 'Wani.' Candra Rini, who is from Indonesia, talks about her stylistic flexibility, vocal abilities, and the di...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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19:16
Charlotte Jacobs: a t l a s
This episode of Reverberations features a t l a s, by Belgian-born Charlotte Jacobs. For Jacobs, music is a map and a personal mythology. a t l a s is not just the figure that holds up the world ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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23:19
Ellen Reid: Big Majestic
In this episode of Reverberations, we feature Ellen Reid’s "Big Majestic," which originated from Reid’s "Soundwalk," a multi-year sound installation that has traveled to city parks around the world. The album version of "Big Majestic" has been ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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23:59
Darian Donovan Thomas: A Room With Many Doors: Night (ARWMD)
In this episode of Reverberations, host Majel Connery speaks with Darian Donovan Thomas about the double album "A Room with Many Doors." Discussing the second album (but first release) titled "Night," they talk about brutal honesty, mapp...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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22:14
Wild Up: Julius Eastman Vol. 4: The Holy Presence
This episode of Reverberations centers on the Los Angeles-based chamber orchestra Wild Up, and their album Julius Eastman Vol. 4: The Holy Presence. The Holy Presence is the fourth in an ongoing ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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31:03
Mazz Swift: The 10000 Things: PRAISE SONGS for the iRiligious
This episode of Reverberations features Mazz Swift’s new album, The 10000 Things: PRAISE SONGS for the iRiligious. Mazz and host Majel Connery discuss a series of dualities: spirituality for the irreligious; connection an...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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31:27
Alex Sopp: The Hem & The Haw
This episode of Reverberations features Alex Sopp’s new album, The Hem and the Haw. Alex and host Majel Connery talk about penny whistle freak-outs and landscape painting; Alex’s emergence as a singer and what she calls “the paralysis of potent...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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23:33
Claire Dickson: The Beholder
In this episode Claire Dickson and host Majel Connery chat about Dickson’s album, The Beholder, with forays into “princess music” (a.k.a. “pop” influences), demo love, broken madrigals, and the love triangle between performance, improvisation, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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24:43
