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The man behind Meridian Brothers on the highly organized method he uses to produce his scrambled takes on Latin American musical traditions.

Eblis Álvarez's music under the Meridian Brothers banner mines cumbia, salsa, and other traditions, but his outlandishly creative imagination and skill with electronics produces music that exists beyond any particular genre. 

Álvarez discussed "Mi Pregunto" from Mi Latinoamérica Sufre.His newest album is Ruido Tovar, a collaboration between Meridian Brothers and Mexican Institute of Sound.

Thanks to Osiris Media for marketing and distribution. 

Rearranged theme music composed and recorded by Lawrence Lanahan.

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We visit the composer's Peabody class on "Listening to Baltimore" and discuss his "intimate and epic" music.

Baltimore-based Judah Adashi brings the community into his compositions and into his classroom at the Peabody institute. We talk about his music, his city, and why marimbas sound like rain.

In this episode, we discussed Judah's compositions "my heart comes undone," "Art and the Rain," and a forthcoming recording of his "Broken Hallelujah" by the Atlantic Guitar Quartet.

Judah teaches composition at the Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute, including the courses "Art and Activism" and "Listening to Baltimore."

Visit rearrangedpodcast.com for pictures from my visit to Adashi's "Listening to Baltimore" class.

Thanks to Osiris Media for marketing and distribution. 

Rearranged theme music composed and recorded by Lawrence Lanahan.

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Clare and Olivier Manchon on their dedication to craft and never ever cutting corners in songwriting, arranging, and film scoring.Clare and Olivier Manchon met in a world of sound as students at the Berklee College of Music. Over the last couple decades they've brought the world many rich arrangements, both in their band Clare and the Reasons, and on arrangements and film scores. In this episode, they discuss their dedication to craft--and to "never ever cutting corners."In this episode, Clare and Olivier discuss their songs "The Lake" and "The Mauerpark" from the Clare and the Reasons album KR-51, as well as their arrangement of "Great, Great Day" by John Legend.Clare and Olivier also discussed scoring the documentaries Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World and Turn Every Page. Thanks to Osiris Media for marketing and distribution. Rearranged theme music composed and recorded by Lawrence Lanahan.https://www.olivierandclaremanchon.com/https://www.olivierandclaremanchon.com/purchase-music/kr-51https://www.sonyclassics.com/film/turneverypage/https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/mary-oliver-documentary/37967/https://music.apple.com/us/song/great-great-day-bonus-track/1764420444

How the prolific songwriter and composer draws on intuition and orchestration to create his musically and emotionally compelling songs and concert music.

Gabriel Kahane discusses his arranging approach for his own vast and varied catalog as well as for other artists, writing orchestrally for piano accompaniment, and what it's like to hear a jazz musician interpret one of his songs.Gabriel Kahane's newest recording is Elevator Songs, a collaboration with the vocal music ensemble Roomful of Teeth.

Thanks to Gabriel and Jeffrey Kahane, and to Dumbarton Oaks, for letting me gather tape backstage.

In the episode, Gabriel discussed "Baltimore" from Book of Travelers and "Empire Liquor Mart" from The Ambassador. Links are below.

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Georgia Anne Muldrow and Brandon Ross talk about their collaboration on the new Harriet Tubman album Electrical Field of Love and how their bandmates create in the moment by supporting each other through their musical "it's alright, go ahead" moments.

Thanks to Susan Valot for recording Georgia Anne Muldrow in L.A. and Good Studio for recording Brandon Ross in Brooklyn.

Thanks to Osiris Media for distribution and marketing.

Discover the Harriet Tubman's Electrical Field of Love at Bandcamp or Pi Recordings.Rearranged theme music composed and recorded by Lawrence Lanahan.

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