Best James Lau Podcasts (2024)

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Sunday Baroque Conversations 125: ChamberQUEER 43:00

10d ago43:00

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ChamberQUEER highlights LGBTQIA voices in contemporary and historical music and reimagines the classical concert experience as a radically inclusive gathering space and musical community for the 21st century. Founded in 2018 by Jules Biber (cello), Danielle Buonaiuto (soprano), Brian Mummert (baritone), and Andrew Yee (cello), ChamberQUEER operates…

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Episode 160 feat. Andrea Signore, Charlotte de Witte, Eli Brown, John Summit, Kaskade, Layton Giordani, Space 92 1:02:36

28d ago1:02:36

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01. Layton Giordani: Freaks at Night [Drumcode] 02. Andrea Signore: Children of 79 [Made In Brussels] 03. Veerus: Airway [Le Club Records] 04. Soolver: Rave [Set About] 05. Shay De Castro: Feel My Bass [mau5trap] 06. John Summit, Kaskade Feat. Julia Church: Resonate [Experts Only] 07. Marco Faraone: Remember the Music [Truesoul] 08. Push, Beico: En…

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Episode 159 feat. ARTBAT, Bart Skils, Black V Neck, Chocolate Puma, GENESI, Hannah Laing, Joyhauser, Martin Ikin, Sonny Fodera, SUDO, Tita Lau 1:13:55

2M ago1:13:55

1:13:55

01. Wade: Hurricane [Insomniac Records] 02. Marco Strous: In the Park [Black Book Records] 03. Raumakustik: Fastlane [ZEHN Records] 04. Black V Neck: Pump This Party [Retail Records] 05. GENESI: 'Slow Down' [Siona Records] 06. Sonny Fodera Feat. Blythe: Mind Still (Tita Lau Extended Remix) [SOLOTOKO] 07. Kapowsky: Selecta [Stashed] 08. Matt: One Mo…

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Sunday Baroque Conversations 124: Byron Schenkman 28:30

2M ago28:30

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Byron Schenkman is an American harpsichordist, pianist, and music scholar who specializes in baroque and early music. Along with violinist Ingrid Matthews, Byron Schenkman cofounded Seattle Baroque, which the two musicians directed until 2013. Suzanne spoke with Byron Schenkman -- who has performed on dozens of recordings -- about their current pro…

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Episode 158 feat. Adam Beyer, Airod, Anyma, Cassian, Innellea, John Summit, Layton Giordani, Massano, Matt Sassari, Oliver Heldens, Patrik Berg 1:08:15

2M ago1:08:15

1:08:15

01. VisionV, Flylo, Nathan Nicholson: Sign of the times (VIP Mix) [Virgin Records] 02. Loofy: Last Night (Anyma, Layton Giordani Remix) [Nervous] 03. Matt Sassari, BLR: Close Encounters [Truesoul] 04. Metodi Hristov Feat. Marie Vaunt: I Am Free (Oscar L Remix) [Set About] 05. Popof: Sync Out [Form] 06. WhoMadeWho ft. Blue Hawaii: Kiss Me Hard (Inne…

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Sunday Baroque Conversations 123: Ian Watson 22:49

3M ago22:49

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In 1982, a group of Early Music fans founded the Connecticut Early Music Society to present an annual festival of concerts every June. They feature a repertory of European music written before about 1800 and they focus on historically-informed performance practices, including the use of period instruments. Ian Watson is Artistic Director of the CT …

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Sunday Baroque Conversations 122: Wil B 22:40

3M ago22:40

22:40

Kevin Sylvester and Wilner Baptiste met as talented teenage music students in Florida, playing violin and viola respectively. They clicked as friends, and after pursuing their university training in music, the two classically trained instrumentalists formed their hip hop duo, Black Violin. Their performances are energetic, surprising, and captivati…

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274: Ella Feingold 1:42:20

3M ago1:42:20

1:42:20

Ella Rae Feingold is a guitar player, composer, orchestrator, educator and content creator. She has spent three decades devoted to the soulful side of the electric guitar, and has worked with an impressive list of artists, including Bruno Mars, Erykah Badu and Common, The Roots, Jay-Z, Janet Jackson, Alicia Keys, Jill Scott, Queen Latifah and many …

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273: Paula Cole 1:13:15

4M ago1:13:15

1:13:15

Paula Cole on her early success, dreaming big, her life and career, the power of “the beginner’s mind”, the distinction between being an artist and an entertainer, the feeling of being pregnant with song, speaking for those who cannot speak, navigating a life in the music business, learning from young people, and her new album, Lo. www.third-story.…

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Episode 157 feat. Adapter, ARTBAT, Charlotte de Witte, Chris Lake, deadmau5, James Hype, John Summit, Lilly Palmer, Marc Romboy, Meduza 1:18:52

3M ago1:18:52

1:18:52

01. Chris Lake, Nathan Nicholson, Sammy Virji: Summertime Blues [Black Book Records] 02. Benson & CERCA ft. Dakota: Super Model [Ultra Records] 03. John Summit: Eat the bass [Experts Only] 04. Adapter: Left Right [AETERNA Records] 05. Martin Ikin: In The Streets [STEREOHYPE] 06. Tony Romera, Crusy: The Unknown [Toolroom] 07. James Hype: Wild [STERE…

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272: Ben Sidran on Rainmaker 52:03

4M ago52:03

52:03

In a career spanning over fifty years and thirty five records, Ben Sidran has established himself as a philosopher poet. Equally celebrated for his precise, probing writing style as he is for his improvised spoken word jazz raps, he has carved out a truly unique space for himself. The Times of London aptly described Ben as “the world’s first existe…

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271: Shabaka 1:05:51

4M ago1:05:51

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Shabaka Hutchings grew up between the UK and Barbados. He started playing clarinet as a young boy in Barbados and eventually moved back to England to go to music school in the early 2000s. After college he began a period of working furiously on a kaleidoscopic range of projects and became an icon of the new sound of London jazz, which integrated Af…

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270: Jose James 1:06:20

5M ago1:06:20

1:06:20

Singer Jose James on his new record 1978, his professional and personal journey, the unique demands of being a jazz singer today, why he believes good art should be transformative, how he stays healthy, the creative challenges brought on by happiness and whether or not one needs to suffer in order to make good art. This episode is dedicated to the …

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Sunday Baroque Conversations 121: Tom Huizenga 31:20

4M ago31:20

31:20

If you are a fan of NPR's Tiny Desk concerts, you're in luck! Tom Huizenga is a long time NPR producer, editor and reporter whose work you've probably heard. Suzanne interviewed Tom about some of his favorite Tiny Desk performances and NPR interviews, and he shared stories about what it was like to meet some of his personal musical idols.…

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Episode 156 feat. Adriatique, Argy, CamelPhat, Einmusik, Fur Coat, Innellea, Jos & Eli, Mind Against, Rebuke, Tall Paul, Tinlicker 1:14:12

5M ago1:14:12

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01. Eran Hersh & Kasango: Ascension [Insomniac Records] 02. Mind Against & TSHA ft. NIMMO: OnlyL [Habitat Recordings] 03. Adriatique, The Element MT: The Echo [X Recordings] 04. Jos & Eli: They Are Coming [Simulate Recordings] 05. Einmusik & Zoot Woman: I Feel Magic' (Fur Coat Remix) [Embassy One] 06. Miss Monique: Bloom At Night [Tomorrowland Musi…

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Sunday Baroque Conversations 120: Simone Dinnerstein 2024 20:32

5M ago20:32

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Grammy-nominated pianist Simone Dinnerstein has a wide variety of musical passions, but music by Johann Sebastian Bach is an important part of her foundation. She believes Bach's music has it all – intelligence and heart – and her expertise inspired The New York Times to describe her as "an utterly distinctive voice in the forest of Bach interpreta…

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Sunday Baroque Conversations 119: Morgan Sullivan 29:16

5M ago29:16

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Morgan Sullivan came to singing later than many other professional singers do. Nevertheless she has achieved success as a freelance musician who has performed with numerous top tier ensembles, including Bach Collegium Japan, Folger Consort, and American Baroque Orchestra among many others. She has also recorded music by Brahms and Schutz with Yale …

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Sunday Baroque Conversations 118: Frederick Ballentine 29:16

6M ago29:16

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Frederick Ballentine is an American tenor whose awards include a Grammy for his recording of George Gershwin's PORGY AND BESS. The opera star exudes a sense of ease, confidence, and fun when it comes to his career as an in-demand collaborator on everything from classic operas, to cutting-edge contemporary works. Frederick Ballentine spoke with Suza…

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269: säje 1:10:15

7M ago1:10:15

1:10:15

säje, the vocal group made up of singers Sara Gazarek, Amanda Taylor, Johnaye Kendrick, and Erin Bentlage won their first Grammy on Sunday for their arrangement of “In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning”. They recorded it with one of the most admired musical minds today, Jacob Collier. And like much of what has happened with so far, that recording …

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Sunday Baroque Conversations 117: Shawn Okpebholo 27:00

6M ago27:00

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Award-winning musician Shawn Okpebholo earned his degrees at the prestigious University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. But he credits his start in music to The Salvation Army church, where he received free music lessons as a child, and to his mother's tenacious support. The breadth of Dr. Okpebholo's work is extraordinary: chamber wor…

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Episode 155 feat. Charlotte de Witte, Eli Brown, Layton Giordani, Mark Reeves, Mha Iri, Push, Space 92, The YellowHeads, Weska 1:17:32

7M ago1:17:32

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01. Nicolas Taboada: The Future [Strange Idols] 02. Celic, djseanEboy: Hestia (Zafer Atabey Remix) [Set Above] 03. Kaufmann (DE): Ibu 3000 (Metodi Hristov Remix) [Senso Sounds] 04. Ignacio Arfeli: Cerise [Terminal M] 05. Ramon Tapia: Turbulence [Say What?] 06. Benjamin Di Bora: Attracted to Me [Kraftek] 07. The YellowHeads, Space 92: Planet X [Relo…

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268: Ten Years of The Third Story - with Will Lee and Amanda Sidran 1:01:20

7M ago1:01:20

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Ten years ago, on a bit of a whim, I invited bassist Will Lee to come over to my home studio in Brooklyn to do an interview with me for a new project I was starting: a podcast. A year or two earlier, my friend Michael Fusco-Straub had turned me on to Marc Maron’s WTF podcast, and I was totally hooked on the concept of casual long form interviews am…

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267: Keyon Harrold 1:04:18

7M ago1:04:18

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Trumpeter/composer Keyon Harrold was born and raised in Ferguson, MO to a musical family. He is the son of pastors and one of 16 children. As a boy, a trumpet was placed in his hands, and the rest is history. He moved to New York to study at The New School in the 1990s and became part of a legendary generation of musicians associated with the neo s…

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266: Lau Noah 1:26:40

7M ago1:26:40

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Singer-songwriter Lau Noah grew up in the small Catalan city of Reus. She left Spain for America a decade ago, at age 19 and never really looked back. She makes celestial, dreamy music evocative of another era, yet influenced by her own very modern story. Lau Noah is both a realist and a magical realist. She is an uncompromising and determined indi…

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Sunday Baroque Conversations 116: BLKBOK 25:15

7M ago25:15

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From the time he was just a small child, Charles Wilson III – aka BLKBOK – showed extraordinary musical talent. The budding piano virtuoso's family nurtured his interests, which blossomed to include many genres of music: classical, hip-hop, rap, and much more. BLKBOK chose his name, in part, as a way to honor his admiration for Johann Sebastian Bac…

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Sunday Baroque Conversations 115: Jessie Montgomery 30:00

7M ago30:00

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"Being an artist is living a life of service." The words of Jessie Montgomery, who has earned acclaim, awards, and praise for her growing body of work as a composer, violinist, teacher, and activist. The musician credits her many teachers and mentors – and her parents – for opening up worlds to her. Jessie Montgomery shared stories about her experi…

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Episode 154 feat. Adam Beyer, Eli Brown, Harvey McKay, Heerhorst, Kos:mo, Mario Ochoa, NoNameLeft, Reinier Zonneveld, Space 92, Victor Ruiz 1:04:30

8M ago1:04:30

1:04:30

01. Procombo: Freaks [Second State Audio] 02. Adam Beyer, Raxon The Signal (Night Mix) [Truesoul] 03. Veerus: Cycle [Drumcode] 04. NoNameLeft: End Of Time [HILOMATIK] 05. Harvey McKay: Table for One [Systematic Recordings] 06. Mario Ochoa: The Dream [Tronic] 07. Victor Ruiz, Alex Stein: New Generation [VOLTA] 08. Christian Smith: Fire To Fire [Tron…

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265: Ani DiFranco 45:25

8M ago45:25

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Ani DiFranco began recording and self-releasing her music as a 20 year old in Buffalo, New York in 1990. 34 years later she is widely considered to be a feminist icon. But in many ways she emerged iconic, fully formed and fearless. A facile lyricist with a biting honesty, she played guitar with a virtuosic, rhythmic style. And she was ahead of her …

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264: brad allen williams 54:29

8M ago54:29

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brad allen williams is not only a great guitar player but also a serious recording engineer, and someone who understands both the technical and emotional sides to record making. Known for his work with Jose James, Nate Smith and Brittany Howard, he released his album œconomy on Pete Min’s Colorfield label earlier this year. Like all Colorfield rele…

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Sunday Baroque Conversations 114: Kellen Gray 33:00

8M ago33:00

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Scotland-based American conductor Kellen Gray is Assistant Conductor of the English National Opera and Assistant Conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. He's attuned to the orchestral repertory, including Bela Bartok, Antonin Dvorak, Aaron Copland, and Ralph Vaughan Williams. He's also passionate about championing African-diasporic comp…

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Episode 153 feat. ASY*S, Alex Stein, Bart Skils, Beico, Chris Avantgarde, Cosmic Boys, Eli Brown, Ellis Moss, Oscar L, Pleasurekraft, Victor Ruiz 1:15:08

8M ago1:15:08

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01. Rebuke: Rise [ERA] 02. Tommy Farrow: Her [Funfair Records] 03. Anyma, Chris Avantgarde: Simulation [Afterlife Records] 04. Skober: Quasar [Skull And Bones] 05. Ellis Moss: Calling [Experts Only] 06. Eli Brown: Fading to Black (Bart Skils Remix) [Arcane Music] 07. GHSTGHSTGHST, SELCO (BE): Circulate [STEREOHYPE] 08. Maxi Alvarado: Polaris [Say W…

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263: Pete Min 1:08:46

9M ago1:08:46

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Pete Min is a recording engineer, producer and label owner based in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles. His label Colorfield Records features artful collaborative explorations with musicians in unlikely configurations. Pete’s studio Lucy’s Meat Market has become one of the most in demand spots for recording among a subset of musical artists with LA ties rangi…

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Sunday Baroque Conversations 113: Brandon Patrick George 2023 27:06

8M ago27:06

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Grammy-nominated flutist Brandon Patrick George is a member of Imani Winds and has appeared as a soloist with soloist with the Atlanta, Baltimore, and Albany symphonies, American Composers Orchestra, and the Orchestra of St. Luke's, among others. He's also on the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music. Suzanne spoke with Brandon Patrick George ab…

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Sunday Baroque Conversations 112: Melvin Chen 36:30

9M ago36:30

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As a music lover, you may be familiar with Melvin Chen for his recordings of piano music by Dmitri Shostakovich or Ludwig van Beethoven. He put his double degrees from The Juilliard School to work as Professor in the Practice of Piano at Yale School of Music and is Director of Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, which is Yale's Summer School of Music. …

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Sunday Baroque Conversations 111: Mahan Esfahani 34:30

9M ago34:30

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Acclaimed harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani - the first and only harpsichordist to be named a BBC New Generation Artist, and the youngest ever recipient of the Wigmore Medal – is an outspoken and passionate advocate for his instrument. Although the harpsichord is most closely associated with baroque music, Mahan Esfanai’s repertory is large and diverse…

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262: Clyde and Gracie Lawrence 1:34:26

9M ago1:34:26

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Siblings Clyde and Gracie Lawrence have been making music together since they were little kids. They say there was never a moment when it switched from something they did for fun to something they did professionally. It has been a long, steady climb for them. Along with the other members of their band, Lawrence, they have been diligently chipping a…

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Episode 152 feat. Anyma, Argy, Black Hertz, Danny Avila, Dok & Martin, Innellea, Jats, Kolsch, Teenage Mutants, Spektre 1:09:41

9M ago1:09:41

1:09:41

01. Black Hertz, HOZHO: Superego [Flipthepickle] 02. Jats: The Perfect Sky [Purified Records] 03. Fatum: Thade [mau5trap] 04. Hollt: World's Perception (Enai Remix) [Simulate] 05. Sevenn, Silver Panda: Welcome The Night [Experts Only] 06. Anyma, Argy, MAGNUS: Higher Power [Afterlife / Interscope] 07. Innellea: Hatred Human [Distorted Youth / [PIAS]…

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