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Inspiration from the Eastern Front
Inspiration from the Eastern Front

New albums from Ukrainian musician Tungu and Finnish guitarist Heikki Ruokangas remind us that great art can emerge from harsh and dangerous conditions. .

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Scott SchafferMarch 2, 2025improvised music, experimental music, guitar improvisation, electro-acoustic, dark ambient, free jazz
It's a Wrap: Right Brain Music Podcast Series Finale
It's a Wrap: Right Brain Music Podcast Series Finale

The Right Brain Music Podcast series has reached the station. Episode 51 is the finale. Link to this episode and a bunch of the highlights from the past six years.

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Scott SchafferJanuary 1, 2025experimental music, free improvisation, free jazz, world music
Podcast: Bill Horist's Underworlds
Podcast: Bill Horist's Underworlds

The new episode of the Right Brain Music Podcast features Bill Horist, master of the prepared guitar and acclaimed oceanic photographer. We meet Bill, hear lots of his recent work, and link to video and photography.

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Scott SchafferDecember 1, 2024prepared guitar, experimental music, avant-garde, free jazz, free improvisation
The Healing Power of Sound
The Healing Power of Sound

Episode 49 of the Right Brain Music Podcast features acclaimed sound healer, author and musician Vickie Dodd. We go in depth about this ancient art, her new book and her remarkable music.

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Scott SchafferSeptember 29, 2024#sound healing, #improvised music, #vocal improvisation, #earth music, free jazz, free improvisation
Going With the Flow
Going With the Flow

In episode 48 of the Right Brain Music Podcast we continue our discussion with neuroscientist and musician David Rosen along with the duo Bugs In The Basement, focusing on creative flow states from the inside point of view.

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Scott SchafferAugust 5, 2024improvised music, free improvisation, jamband, psychedelia
The Neuroscience of Right Brain Music
The Neuroscience of Right Brain Music

In Episode 47 of the Right Brain Music Podcast, we meet neuroscientist and musician David Rosen, who discusses leading edge research on the minds of creative musicians.

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Scott SchafferJuly 14, 2024improvised music, neuroscience, creativity, experimental rock music, jazz improvisation, psychedelics, creative flow state
Hidden Headspace of the Heartland
Hidden Headspace of the Heartland

In Episode 46 of the Right Brain Music Podcast we meet and hear three remarkable guitarist-composers who call the American Midwest home. they are Scot Ray, Cole Kempcke and Max Ridgway.

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Scott SchafferJune 8, 2024experimental music, improvised music, ambient music, dark ambient, jazz fusion, guitar, avant garde guitar, Midwestern composers
Sacred Sounds of Sweden
Sacred Sounds of Sweden

VARP is a unique classically-trained free improv trio that performs and records in ancient churches of Gotland. In episode 45 of the Right Brain Music Podcast we meet Polina, Nata and Richard and dive into the majesty of their music.

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Scott SchafferApril 3, 2024new classical, avant-garde, Sweden, Gotland
Matus and Barshay: New World Music with Old World Roots
Matus and Barshay: New World Music with Old World Roots

Jim Matus and Richie Barshay are established in jazz, progressive rock and world music circles. They could play it safe, but instead embrace freely improv and borrow unapologetically from everything around them. They reveals how and why - more precisely, why not?

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Scott SchafferJanuary 31, 2024world music, world fusion, percussion, laouto, free improvisation
Seattle Icons Reverberate in Time
Seattle Icons Reverberate in Time

Two iconic musicians came together in two iconic Seattle spaces to create remarkable new improvised music. Amy Denio and Bill Horist have a remarkable new album that unifies Church and State.

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Scott SchafferNovember 1, 2023#free improvisation, #avant-garde, #experimental music, #seattle
Aces of Basses: a Deep Dive into Low Frequencies with Matt Smiley and Mike Taylor
Aces of Basses: a Deep Dive into Low Frequencies with Matt Smiley and Mike Taylor

In this episode 42 of the Right Brain Music Podcast we take a deep dive into the bass. Our guests are two of best bassists we know: Matt Smiley and Mike Taylor. We find out what they're really thinking as they lead from behind in their essential but unsung role.

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Scott SchafferJuly 14, 2023# free jazz, #free improvisation, #experimental music, #bass, #bassists, #jazz fusion, #philadelphia, #denver
Two Trios and the Mysteries of Mind-Expansion
Two Trios and the Mysteries of Mind-Expansion

Two new albums by creative trios explore the mysteries of mind expansion. Gli Autopiloti’s Avalti! and Dodd-Hoskins-Lowe’s Komorebi bear close attention.

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Scott SchafferMay 31, 2023free improvisation, experimental music, world fusion, Denver, Seattle, Boulder Colorado, Rome, Roma
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