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Carl Thiel

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/11763743/height/100/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/630696/custom-color/5fc1c9″ height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] In feature films, documentaries and episodic television, the word “eclectic” only begins to describe music from composer Carl Thiel.For the new Netflix animated series, Seis Manos, Carl cross-pollinatesfolkloric Mexican influences, traditional Chinese instruments and retro Seventies sounds to accompany the story of three orphans… Continue Reading

Danny Kortchmar

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/11597288/height/100/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/630696/custom-color/5fc1c9″ height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Even if you don’t know his name, you know his sound: you’ve heard Danny Kortchmar’s magical guitar on tracks with legends like James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Carole King, and Bob Dylan. As a songwriter, he’s collaborated with Don Henley and Jackson Browne, and he’s… Continue Reading

Doreen Ringer – Ross

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Miriam Cutler & Terence Blanchard – Composer Profiles

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/11128697/height/100/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/630696/custom-color/5fc1c9″ height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Emmy nominated composer Miriam Cutler works exclusively on socially relevant Emmy winning, Sundance and Oscar nominated documentaries including RBG, a story of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg.  With over forty film scores, six-time Grammy-winning composer, trumpeter and recording artist Terence Blanchard received his first Academy… Continue Reading

Brian Kehew

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/10592924/height/100/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/630696/custom-color/5fc1c9″ height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Concluding our third Storyophonic season is Brian Kehew, a musician, producer and keyboardist with golden ears and extraordinary skills. A one-man audio excavation team, he explores deep musical vaults, mining hidden gems for bonus tracks and remasters by Fleetwood Mac, Aretha Franklin and hundreds… Continue Reading

Rachel Stilwell

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Laura Karpman

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Don Murry

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Lynne Earls

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/10007321/height/100/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/630696/custom-color/5fc1c9″ height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] A producer-engineer-mixer-composer and player: Irish-born, Liverpool-educated Los Angeles transplant Lynne Earls’ credits include recording K.D. Lang, Calexico, Rumer, Lizz Wright, Wayne Shorter and many others. In this conversation, she compares recording to photography, instinct and intuition guide her as she captures the authentic soul… Continue Reading

Bonnie McKee At Storyophonic Studios

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/9957911/height/360/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/630696/custom-color/5fc1c9″ height=”360″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Artist, songwriter and producer Bonnie McKee might be best known from her multiple award winning collaborations with Katy Perry, as a recording artist, or as a guest vocalist with dance provocateurs Kygo and Armin Van Buuren. If you listen to pop music, you have… Continue Reading