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.-
Jack Straw New Media Gallery Interview : Robert Millis
Robert Millis’s installation Fragments of the Story is in the Jack Straw New Media Gallery through April 22, 2011.
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John Osebold - Magic Mouth
John Osebold recorded this song during his 2001 Jack Straw artist residency. Osebold currently performs as Jose Bold and with the band Awesome, among many other artistic endeavors.
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Jason Parker Quartet - Day Is Done
The Jason Parker Quartet is preparing to release Five Leaves left, a jazz tribute to Nick Drake, recorded through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.
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Jac Nelson - Drifting
For Malic Amalya’s recent Jack Straw artist residency, Jac Nelson created the soundtrack to Amalya’s 16mm film Drifting. This is an excerpt of that soundtrack as performed live by Nelson at Jack Straw’s Composer Spotlight on January 12th, 2011.
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James Whetzel - Theme to the Rhythm
The drums and percussion on this song by James Whetzel were recorded at Jack Straw through the Artist Support Program.
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Ensemble Electra - Sonata I in D Minor: Adagio by Francesco Barsanti
Recorder player Vicki Boeckman and Ensemble Electra recently released a collection of Sonatas by the composer Francesco Barsanti, produced through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.
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Johnny Moses - Traveling Song
This song, performed by Johnny Moses, was recorded as part of Greg Fields‘s 2010 Artist Support Program project: a series of recordings with songs, cultural knowledge, and biographical information from two Coast Salish culture-bearers, Moses and Pauline Hillaire.
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Amy Denio - La Tessatura delle Nonnette
Trimpin’s 2003 installation in the Jack Straw New Media Gallery, Klavier Nonette, contained nine coin-operated, electromechanically played toy pianos capable of playing 41 different pieces, included this composition by Amy Denio.
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The Radost Folk Ensemble - Cupurlika
Orkestar RTW’s performance of Cupurlika appeared on the 2001 Radost Folk Ensemble album Heirloom, produced through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.
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Kinski - A CLEAR DAY AND NO MEMORIES
This is a short excerpt from Kinski’s soundtrack to the Jim Hobbs installation A CLEAR DAY AND NO MEMORIES, opening in Jack Straw’s New Media Gallery on Friday, December 3rd. The full soundtrack is available for purchase as a limited edition vinyl LP.
