Meet Neon Buddha – Michael Dylan Welch

November 10, 2010

Michael Dylan Welch explores haiku and longer poetry, as well as his own spirited take on the traditional Japanese haiku. He uses Allen Ginsberg’s haiku-derived form of American Sentences to record his family’s witticisms, and he’s written hundreds of haiku-like “neon buddha” poems as “a surreal sort of personal mythology.” Music by the St. Helens […]

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Rachel Matthews – Circle

November 10, 2010

This performance of Jack Straw Resident Artist Rachel Matthews‘s Circle was recorded at Composer Spotlight at Jack Straw on April 14, 2010.

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Something Tiny – Marjorie Manwaring

November 3, 2010

Through her writing, Marjorie Manwaring explores her fascination with the tiny. Keenly observant and uniquely funny, Manwaring creates a sense of nostalgia for gumball machines and tiny dolls. Her short poems lead listeners into the often overlooked world of miniscule things. Music by Matt Weiner and Del Rey, produced as part of the Jack Straw […]

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Seattle Percussion Collective – Interstice

November 3, 2010

Dale Speicher’s composition Interstice, recorded during his recent Jack Straw Artist Residency, can be found on the Seattle Percussion Collective’s new album , available from Present Sounds Recordings.

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Jesse Canterbury – Long Walk

October 27, 2010

Jesse Canterbury‘s album Vertigo, recorded during his 2009 Jack Straw artist residency, is now available here. In addition to Canterbury on clarinet and bass clarinet, it features Chris Stover on trombone, Joanne DeMars on cello, and Tom Baker on guitar. Applications for 2011 residencies are due November 1st!

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Golden Tree Story – Free Again

October 20, 2010

This song was performed live by Golden Tree Story during Composer Spotlight at Jack Straw Productions on June 9, 2010. Applications for 2011 residencies are available now!

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Documenting with Care – Esther Altshul Helfgott

October 13, 2010

Poignant and painful, Esther Altshul Helfgott documents the Alzheimer’s experience through poetry. Her writing fragments play a somber melody, both moving and beautiful. While her Jack Straw project focuses on illness, her writing covers a broad range of subject matter, with a penchant for history. Music by Tamara Friedman, produced as part of the Jack […]

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