Artist of the Week
The Jack Straw Artist of the Week Podcast highlights work created through the Artist Residency Programs at Jack Straw Cultural Center.-
Different Drummer - Take Five
Different Drummer – bassist Anna Doak, fiddle player Brandon Vance, and tap dancer Mark Mendonca – produced their new self-titled album through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program. Gretchen Yanover plays cello on this track, the group’s version of Paul Desmond’s “Take Five,” made famous by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. Information on the group and the album is available here.
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Jack Straw New Media Gallery Interview: Andy Behrle
Jack Straw New Media Gallery resident artist Andy Behrle talks with Steve Rowland about his installation Luminous Soundscape.
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Eric Rynes - Crossing the Threshold
Jack Straw Resident Artist Eric Rynes‘s Mikka and Other Assorted Love Songs, a collection of diverse virtuosic works for solo violin and violin with electronics, was recently released on Albany Records. “Crossing the Threshold” was composed by Michael Alcorn.
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Cherie Hughes and Roberto Limon - A La Una
Cherie Hughes and Roberto Limon’s Jack Straw Artist Support Program project, an album of works inspired by the music of Spain and the Sephardic Jewish diaspora, was recently released on Origin Classical. This piece is from Matilda Salvador’s cycle “Endechas Y Cantares de Sefarad.” More information on this release here.
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Steve Peters - Licoes Dos Antepassados (Lessons from the Ancestors)
An excerpt of the soundscape composed by Steve Peters for his Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation Licoes Dos Antepassados (Lessons from the Ancestors).
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Sharon Nyree Williams - I Miss Going to the House
This track is from Sharon Nyree Williams‘s album The Consciousness of Love, produced through Jack Straw’s Artist Support Program.
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Stephen Cohen - Human Animal
“Human Animal” is from Stephen Cohen‘s Jack Straw artist residency project, a soon-to-be-released EP called Talk to Me. Stephen will perform and talk about his project at a Jack Straw artist event on Friday, December 18th at 7pm at Jack Straw Cultural Center.
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Jack Straw New Media Gallery Interview : Gabriela Denise Frank
Gabriela Denise Frank was a resident artist in Jack Straw’s New Media Gallery. In this interview with Shawn Wong she discusses her installation UGLY ME.
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Wes Weddell - The Stance
Wes Weddell‘s new album Nobody’s Flag was produced through Jack Straw’s Artist Support Program. Wes wrote “The Stance” inspired by the work of Jack Straw Writer Nick Wong, for the Bushwick Book Club’s 2012 Jack Straw Writers show.
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Martin Koenig - Oro Od Alo Toncov/Ramnoto
This piece, performed by Alekso “Alo” Toncov, Mustafa Eminov, Trajce Nasev, and Zdrave Stafilov, is featured on the album Music of Macedonia: Playing ‘Til Your Soul Comes Out, produced by Jack Straw resident artist Martin Koenig. Join us at Jack Straw on Friday, October 23rd at 7pm, as we celebrate the album’s release with a presentation by Martin and a performance by Dragi Spasovski and his Macedonian All Stars band. Visit here for more information on this collection.
