New Music, New Thoughts: Measure for Measure

SEAN NOONAN

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:30:49 -0500

Sean Noonan is not afraid to tackle major hurdles; from leading his multi-cultural band from behind the drum kit to learning to walk again after an accident. His latest innova release (after The Hub and cHiPS) is a potent brew, mixing storytelling traditions from Mali and Ireland.

HENRY BRANT

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:04:38 -0500

Henry Brant (1913-2008) took an idea and ran with it; having heard Charles Ives' "Unanswered Question" for spatially-distributed ensembles, Henry went out and did over 200 such works. In the pantheon of of rugged American individualists he holds his own among Cage, Partch, Ruggles, Harrison and the rest.

Recorded over speaker phone the year before he died, Henry talks about his life and the ongoing innova series dedicated to his work.

BELINDA REYNOLDS

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:33:16 -0500

Twin Peaks is known for its composers: not only Dan Becker but also Belinda Reynolds. Here she talks about the Common Sense Composers Collective and her work with music for children.

MARK APPLEBAUM

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:27:33 -0500

Mark has more than one talent; if he ever leaves Stanford he could get a job as a mouse-catcher. In the meantime though he makes instruments, plays them well, is a fiend at the piano, writes loopy (in the craziest sense) New Complexity acoustic works that make you think, and a whole lot more. He's a pistol, and an over achiever too. That's all good news for us.

MORTON SUBOTNICK 3

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:41:21 -0600

Composer/teacher Morton Subotnick has been at the forefront of new musical directions for decades, incorporating technological advances into fresh musical concepts. This wide-ranging talk is from the 2006 Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art at the University of Minnesota and is divided into three parts.

MORTON SUBOTNICK 2

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:35:26 -0500

MORTON SUBOTNICK 1

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:27:29 -0500

LINDA BOUCHARD

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:44:08 -0500

Linda Bouchard has one foot in Montreal, one in New York, and one in San Francisco. She composes, conducts, organizes, and may one day teach. Nexmap is her latest baby; a presenting organization for the very newest artistic uses of technology. Oh yes, she's a mom too. How does she do it all? (Not to mention, why?)

The Bay Area segments of Measure for Measure are brought to you with support from the Hewlett Foundation.

BETH CUSTER

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 10:40:16 -0500

Beth Custer is all about clarinets. And composing, improvising, organizing, touring, playing, teaching, and hustling... She has written film music like none other, and convened gaggles of instrument builders to play their collaborative music. How does she manage it?

The Bay Area segments of Measure for Measure are brought to you with support from the Hewlett Foundation.

JOAN JEANRENAUD 2

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:33:13 -0500

Joan Jeanrenaud plays the cello. Fearlessly. She did it for years with an outfit known as Kronos Quartet. Now she plies the freelance trade and her improvising experience has led her to dabble in composition too, even multi-media theater. Listen to the metamorphosis of a performer into an all-round high-caliber musician.

This interview is in two parts. The Bay Area segments of Measure for Measure are brought to you with support from the Hewlett Foundation.

JOAN JEANRENAUD 1

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:35:32 -0500

PAUL DRESHER 2

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:40:39 -0500

Paul Dresher is a Bay Area icon, institution, and one of the hardest working musicians around. He composes, performs, creates instruments, runs a non-profit, writes grants, works in opera, dance and a million different theatrical media, commissions and encourages young artists... His middle name is Collaborator.

If you want an example of someone who gives to the field and gets back in return, look no further. Listen as he discusses with Philip Blackburn his non-stop pursuit of a world that's better through new music.

This interview is in two parts. The Bay Area segments of Measure for Measure are brought to you with support from the Hewlett Foundation.

PAUL DRESHER 1

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:59:48 -0500

WALTER KITUNDU 2

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:50:25 -0500

Sometimes the most ardent efforts to build a successful arts career lead to nought. Sometimes simply doing your own thing leads to doors opening apparently wthout any effort. It's fickle.

Meet Walter Kitundu. Originally from Tanzania he brings magic to whatever he touches; phonograph needles attached to strings suggest a Post-Modern Kora, the concept of Turntable is extrapolated to the nth degree, his instruments are gorgeous additions to any gallery, and when he points his camera at a bird, people are fascinated.

Philip Blackburn talks with Walter in this two-part conversation about his charmed existence and life as a grand improvisation in the wilderness.

WALTER KITUNDU 1

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:18:29 -0500

AMY X NEUBURG

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:18:46 -0500

The musical equivalent of Platform 9.5, Amy X Neuburg's music falls through every crack in the known musical universe. And what an enjoyable fall. She makes intelligent pop songs (or maybe avant cabaret) and is no doubt a superstar in that other world. It is only a matter of time before she hits it big here too.

She talks with Philip Blackburn about her life as an independent un-pin-downable musician.

THE STANFORD SCHOOL

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:19:15 -0500

Stanford University composition department is a hotbed of new music making. Bright students from all over the world descend on the campus to spend time improving their craft in encouraging, even pleasant, surroundings. While palm-lined arcades are neither ivory nor towers, what kind of music gets made there? Is it different from the real world?

Philip Blackburn finds out from three current graduate composition students: Per Bloland, Bruno Ruviaro, and Juan-Cristobal Morales.

PAMELA Z 3

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:19:40 -0500

Pamela Z defines the independent, self-sufficient artist of the 21st century. Talented with vocal cords, laptop, and vision, she scoffs at the idea of working in one discipline. She's portable, creative, adaptable, and inspiring. She's immersed in the world of everyday technology and plays with the borders of jargon and reality, finding poetry in long URLs and automated voice message machines.

Philip Blackburn talks with Bay Area Pamela over the course of three episodes of Measure for Measure.

The Bay Area portion of Measure for Measure is supported by the Hewlett Foundation.

PAMELA Z 2

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:21:20 -0500

PAMELA Z 1

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:21:07 -0500

RICK REED

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:20:09 -0500

Ever heard of emusic.com? Of course. It's the biggest place to find (legal) indie downloads online. Ever wondered how it works or where that world is going to lead us? Meet Rick Reed, until recently, label rep for emusic.com.

Philip Blackburn taped this Emusic101 during a presentation at the Philadelphia Music Project.

CHINARY UNG

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:20:22 -0500

East has been meeting West for some time now, ever since Marco Polo and Debussy. The arrival of Chou Wen-Chung at Columbia and his magnetic attraction for generations of Asian composition students, though, has had a remarkable effect on the U.S. musical landscape. One of his first U.S. students turned out to be Cambodian Chinary Ung, now with a distinguished career at UC-San Diego and other institutions. Here he talks with Philip Blackburn about straddling cultures and the fundamental humanitarian enterprise known as music.

JOSHUA WERT 2

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:20:33 -0500

What specters awaken you at 3am? The decline of the CD industry as we know it? Welcome to the world of changing formats and the people who are investing in the musical infrastructure of tomorrow while servicing us dinosaurs of today.

Meet Joshua Wert, President of Copycats Media, a significant player in the bringing of indie artists to the shelves and bins of our paying audiences. In this two-part conversation with Philip Blackburn he shares what he knows about the current trends in recorded music and what might make his company useful and profitable in the musical world just around the corner.

JOSHUA WERT 1

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:20:52 -0500

ODEAN POPE, PHILLIP SCHROEDER AND LAURIE DES MARAIS

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:21:37 -0500

What do a jazz sax star, a post-Minimal composer, and a Deep Listener have in common? They once all served on a panel to decide commissioning grants for the American Composers Forum. Here they talk about life on the inside and dispel those tired myths about faceless bureaucrats deciding your future.

PHIL DADSON AND ANNEA LOCKWOOD

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:21:55 -0500

There's more to New Zealand than Kiwis, Xena, and the Shire. They even have composers down there as it turns out. Although Annea Lockwood has lived in New York (and sporadically Montana) for a while now, she and Phil Dadson share a love of the environment and the musicality of place. She has recorded sound maps of the Danube and Hudson rivers; he has invented gargantuan outdoor instruments (as well as the indoor From Scratch PVC pipe band).

ANNE BRODZKY AND TOM BICKLEY

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:22:08 -0500

In this second part of the interview we get into the radical aspects of the Cornelius Cardew Choir and seeing exactly how it can inspire a Socialist revolution.

Running a music series at a downtown art gallery is an exercise in passion, determination and perseverance. The Meridian Gallery in San Francisco has a long and distinguished track record of integrating music and art (they recently co-produced a major Pauline Oliveros retrospective). Their intern program in which underprivileged youth learn the ropes of museum culture is also an essential element in the mix.

To celebrate the opening of the gallery's new location Philip Blackburn talked with director Ann Brodzky and music curator, Tom Bickley. If you are in the Bay Area on May 9, 2007, drop in and hear the inaugural sounding event: Tom Bickley's "Generally Midair"

This interview is in two parts. The Bay Area series on Measure for Measure is funded by the generosity of the Hewlett Foundation.

ANNE BRODZKY AND TOM BICKLEY

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:22:20 -0500

Running a music series at a downtown art gallery is an exercise in passion, determination and perseverance. The Meridian Gallery in San Francisco has a long and distinguished track record of integrating music and art (they recently co-produced a major Pauline Oliveros retrospective). Their intern program in which underprivileged youth learn the ropes of museum culture is also an essential element in the mix.

To celebrate the opening of the gallery's new location Philip Blackburn talked with director Ann Brodzky and music curator, Tom Bickley. If you are in the Bay Area on May 9, 2007, drop in and hear the inaugural sounding event: Tom Bickley's "Generally Midair"

This interview is in two parts. The Bay Area series on Measure for Measure is funded by the generosity of the Hewlett Foundation.

ANNIE GOSFIELD, ROGER KLEIER, SUSIE IBARRA

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:22:34 -0500

How do you get to be a Downtown New York legend-in-the-making? Three of them spill the beans.

DAVID ROTHENBERG

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:22:47 -0500

If Dr. Doolittle played the clarinet and dabbled in experimental composition he'd have some things in common with David Rothenberg. He's a musician who collaborates with the untamed world; he even wrote the Book of Music and Nature. Here he talks with Philip Blackburn about why humans and other animals do it.

YOAV GAL AND YAEL KANAREK

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:22:58 -0500

Life is an exercise in collaboration. Yoav, Yael and their New York multi-media team have turned it into an artform. Their ongoing project, World of Awe, is an imaginary archetypal narrative that pops up in many manifestations: dance, song, web, poetry... Their latest CD, Bit by Bit, Cell by Cell, can be disorienting at times but strangely familiar; just like life.

ERDEM HELVACIOGLU

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:23:09 -0500

New music in the USA has developed along certain familiar pathways; but what about its evolution in a place like Turkey? The dynamics, culture and economy are different so how did the composing ecology change over time and where is it now?

In the 1960s Bulent Arel came to New York and became a pioneer of tape music; upon his return to Turkey his tape recorder was seized by customs. Now young laptop artist Erdem Helvacioglu is making up for lost time. He talked with Philip Blackburn during a stop in New York City.

NEW WORLD RECORDS

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:23:25 -0500

You've heard about the record industry. Well, new music is barely a crumb of that shifting pie but there are some giants keeping the flames alive: CRI (RIP), innova (of course), and New World Records.

Philip (also head of innova) convenes in micro summit of non-profit new music indies here by talking with NWR's Artie Moorhead and Paul Tai about the triumphs and pitfalls of making CDs these days. The talk was recorded on the very day Tower Records went under.

BRIAN CAMELIO

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:23:37 -0500

How do you value the creative process? In this age of product glut it may be the only thing left that's worth something. When Brian Camelio wanted to start a record label he asked some hard questions about the industry and came up with a revolutionary concept. Thus Artistshare was born. It redefines the role artists themselves play in making their work, puts them in productive touch with their fan base, raises funds in a person-to-person manner, and ensures tremendous buy-in from all participants. It's the patronage, career model and marketing of tomorrow, and something the big guys can't touch.

RICK BURKHARDT 2

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:23:48 -0500

What do Franz Schubert, billboards, Russian royalty, and compositional linguistics/theatrical music have in common? Ask Rick Burkhardt, head of the Nonsense Company. In this two-part interview Burkhardt talks about music, language, politics, and making art that matters.

RICK BURKHARDT 1

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:24:08 -0500

R CARLOS NAKAI 2

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:24:18 -0500

R.C. Nakai is a giant of the flute. His journey to bring recognition of the American Indian flute to the wider world parallels the struggles for acceptance of Native culture in general in the U.S.

In this two-part interview with Philip Blackburn he talks about his career as performer and composer, as well as his visions for music education.

R CARLOS NAKAI 1

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:24:29 -0500

DAVID ROSENBOOM AND STEVEN LAVINE 2

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:24:41 -0500

CalArts, founded by the visionary Disney family, is an extraordinary place to get an education. Students over the generations have proven to be some of the most adaptable, original and practical artists around. What makes this all tick? Is it something in the water or in the curriculum?

Philip Blackburn talks with composer David Rosenboom, Dean of Music, and Steven Lavine, President of CalArts in this two part interview.

DAVID ROSENBOOM AND STEVEN LAVINE 1

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:24:52 -0500

ALVIN LUCIER

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:25:02 -0500

Alvin Lucier has been at the forefront of new musical ideas for decades. He has pioneered the use of electronics and their connection to space, often recruiting acoustic phenomena to provide the conceptual content of his pieces. "I am Sitting in a Room," for instance, uses a tape delay system to transmogrify a voice into the unique resonance of a room's ambience.

Here, during a talk recorded at the 2006 Spark Festival, he reminisces about the good old days of experimental performances in the 1960s with some notable colleagues.

JOHN KILLACKY 2

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:25:12 -0500

John Killacky is every artist's hero; an administrator that cares. He has been a dancer, a filmmaker, a curator for major performing arts centers (eg The Walker, Yerba Buena Center...), a queer activist, an advocate for artists with disabilities, a foundation arts program officer (currently at the San Francisco Community Foundation), and a humanist with a passion for the ways in which art can strengthen communities.

Listen to wide ranging stories of Janis Ian, making art that matters, and where money and ideals fit into the picture. Second of two parts.

JOHN KILLACKY 1

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:25:23 -0500

MILFORD GRAVES 2

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:25:35 -0500

Milford Graves doesn't just play the drums. His life is one grand spiritual free improv that takes him from teaching at Bennington to performing with Albert Ayler, John Zorn, and at John Coltrane's funeral. His quest for meaningful music has taken him into the subtle pressures and beats of the heart muscle. Get beyond the Ba-Boom in the second of this two part interview with Philip Blackburn.

MILFORD GRAVES 1

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:25:47 -0500

CHARLES AMIRKHANIAN 2

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:26:01 -0500

Charles Amirkhanian's address book contains everyone in the new music world you wish you knew. He cut his teeth as music director at Berkeley's KPFA and moved on to Telluride, Djerassi, and Other Minds, championing forward-looking composers all the while (he is also one himself). He dragged Nancarrow out of obscurity and is doing the same for George Antheil. This interview is in two parts.

CHARLES AMIRKHANIAN 1

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:26:12 -0500

ROBIN RIMBAUD AKA SCANNER

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:26:29 -0500

English conceptual sound artist Robin Rimbaud is a new breed of musician. His live performances, sometimes with scanning devices that pick up phone conversations, installations, site-specific events and recordings all challenge us to rethink the role of sound in our musical lives. Does he offer the blueprint for all Post-Modern maestros?

FRANK J OTERI 2

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:26:41 -0500

Frank J. Oteri is a New York-based composer and the Composer Advocate/Founding Editor of NewMusicBox.org at the American Music Center. Philip Blackburn talked to him at the ASCAP ICreateMusic conference and the discussion covered many aspects of being a classical composer today; the parallel economies and the opportunities for the future despite being largely invisible to the bigger commercial industry. Second of a two-part interview.

FRANK J OTERI 1

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:26:51 -0500

JARON LANIER 2

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:27:03 -0500

Jaron Lanier is a composer, multi-instrumentalist (the emphasis on multi-) and computer scientist/philosopher teaching at UC-Berkeley. He is credited with coining the term "Virtual Reality." Today he talks with Philip Blackburn about young peoples' musical concepts in this age of technology. MIDI; friend or foe? This interview is in two parts. Second of a two-part interview.

JARON LANIER 1

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:27:12 -0500

ANNE LE BARON

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:27:22 -0500

Composer and radical harpist Anne Le Baron teaches at CalArts. Her class? Hyperopera. Mere "opera" not being sufficient to describe the collaborative multi-media working process of this genre. Each student composes a section, then gets involved as performer/producer in everyone else's. It's a model of a cooperative society from beginning to end.

Listen to Prof. LeBaron and the enthusiastic class talk about the process and listen to the resulting performance of "The Queen in Yellow".

KEN STEEN

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:27:32 -0500

Ken Steen is part of a trio of artists (along with Jeff Krieger and Gene Gort) working on a site specific collaborative composition called Reliquary of Labor (see reliquaryoflabor.org). Not only are they exploring the boundaries of what collaboration means but also using podcasting as an integral part of the process.

PETER GOLUB

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:27:42 -0500

Peter Golub is an active composer for theater, film, dance and concert settings. He talks with Philip Blackburn about what it takes to be a composer in each of these areas.

Peter is also the Director of the Sundance Composers Lab at Utah's Sundance Film Institute. There he introduces six composers each year to the fine art of film scoring and documentary music writing.

Get the inside scoop on the industry and see for yourself where the grass is greener.

DAN BECKER

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:27:53 -0500

Dan Becker is an active composer currently teaching at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He is a member of Common Sense Composers Collective and, while at Yale, he wrote a thesis on 20th Century composer-led organizations.

Here he talks with Philip Blackburn about the nitty gritty of bringing together composers to amplify their members' opportunities and bring their work to a wider public.

He serves on the board of the American Music Center.

SIMONE ANGEL

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:28:05 -0500

Simone Angel is best known for her 9-year stint as MTV Europe VJ. Simone was the host of many different programmes broadcast from various parts of the world, and was also the host of the MTV program Partyzone, where she presented dance music.

She is now a mother of two, living in Belize and running the Belize Jungle Dome resort (www.belizejungledome.com) with her husband Andy Hunt, former professional soccer player.

Simone is also working with charity through the Jaden Foundation, aimed at improving the education for the children of Belize.

Here she talks with Philip Blackburn about her life then and now, and the triumphs and pitfalls of making it really big in the musical world.

FRANK GARVEY 2

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:28:18 -0500

Frank Garvey IS the Omnicircus. Meet the Renaissance man of SoMa.
Part 2 of 2.

FRANK GARVEY 1

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:28:31 -0500

Frank Garvey IS the Omnicircus. Meet the Renaissance man of SoMa.

ALEX SHAPIRO 2

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:28:44 -0500

Malibu-based composer Alex Shapiro is an enthusiastic activist for new music. She has her finger in any number of musical pies and is highly visible in improving the lot for other composers across the nation. In this first of a two part interview listen to her expand on what motivates her and how she sees the field changing.

ALEX SHAPIRO 1

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:28:54 -0500

EPISODE ONE: THE OVERTURE

pblackburn@composersforum.org (Philip Blackburn) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:29:10 -0500

Take an advance peek at what we are going to get up to. This first show is a montage of some of the voices you will hear and issues to be discussed on the upcoming series. In addition to host Philip Blackburn, guests include (in no particular order): Alex Shapiro, Alvin Lucier, Bob Bellerue, Raven Chacon, Charles Amirkhanian, Dan Becker, Frank Garvey, Frank Oteri, Ann Le Baron, Jaron Lanier, John Killacky, Milford Graves, Peter Golub, Simone Engeln, David Rosenboom, and Steven Lavine. Music is by Mark Applebaum from "The Bible Without God" (innova.mu). Opening theme music for the series is by Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng: "Greetings" from AFRIJAZZ (innova 583)