IMC's Creative About Music Podcast
23 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago -A series of conversations about creativity with players from the Irish jazz and improvised music scene from Improvised Music Company (IMC) www.improvisedmusic.ie
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Falling in love with the jazz guitar, with Joe O’Callaghan & guest host Matthias Winkler
July 04, 2022 10:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MBIn this episode, IMC’s director Kenneth Kileen and guest host Matthew Winkler caught up with jazz guitarist Joe O’Callaghan. Matthew is a Dublin-based guitarist and has been running a YouTube channel with a series called Dublin Guitar Duets, and Joe - who was mostly self-taught guitar - has played with many leading Irish and international jazz musicians. Joe O’Callaghan is a genuine force in Irish jazz guitar, his playing characterised by extended tasteful lines, contemporary chord shapes a...
Out of the Shadows - talking improvisation with US pianist Craig Taborn
June 28, 2022 11:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBIn this episode, IMC’s director Kenneth Killeen sat down with US pianist Craig Taborn to discuss all things improvisation prior to his triumphant Dublin concert. Craig was kicking off his European tour in support of his latest ECM solo release, “Shadow Plays” - released 10 years after his first offering, “Avenging Angels.” In this wide ranging conversation, they talked about Craig’s approach to improvisation and how it forms his distinctive process of spontaneous composition; Taborn is fam...
Afrobeat in focus: Culture, message, and identity in Afrobeat music with Segun Akano & Uché Gabriel Akujobi of Yankari Afrobeat Collective
January 07, 2022 13:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBIn this episode, IMC’s Kenneth Killeen caught up with Segun Akano & Uché Gabriel Akujobi from Yankari Afrobeat Collective at The Sugar Club. They talked about what makes Afrobeat - the culture, rhythm, & message that’s essential to it, and about identity, and transforming identities bringing cultures together. We also got a great insight into Yankari’s creative process, and how they work together making music. Die-hard Fela fans, Dublin-based band Yankari, aspire to advance the original Afr...
Afrobeat in focus: Being a Congolese musician in Ireland, and developing a guitar obsession - Niwel Tsumbu on IMC's Creative About Music Podcast
December 31, 2021 00:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBAt The Sugar Club before a vibrant performance by Niwel Tsumbu’s Hearbeat (with special guest Shayan Coohe), IMC’s Kenneth Killeen caught up with Niwel in a long chat about musical explorations while growing up in Congo, falling in love with the guitar, meeting and collaborating with Irish-based musicians, and more. Since arriving in Ireland in 2004 from the Congo, Niwel Tsumbu has developed an enviable reputation as a masterfully elegant and fluent guitarist, vocalist, musician, collabora...
Poetry in music, international careers and returning to Ireland with Christine Tobin & Phil Robson
December 24, 2021 00:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBAt the Sin É before a beautiful performance, IMC’s Kenneth Killeen caught up with singer Christine Tobin and guitarist Phil Robson in a long chat about returning to Ireland, approaches to creating music from poetry, working together and influence on each other’s work, jazz scenes in NY and the UK, and some words of advice for young musicians. Christine Tobin Renowned for her kaleidoscopic musical palette, she can be a junkyard blues philosopher, snappy beat seductress, a conduit for exqui...
IMC's Creative About Music Podcast with Jim Black
November 16, 2021 12:00 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBKenneth Killeen of IMC caught up with legendary Detroit-born drummer Jim Black amidst his pan-European tour as a mentor of a musical laboratory, Criss Cross Europe. Jim is currently coaching the band of six rising stars of the European jazz scene, whose tour stops in Dublin at the Freemasons’ Hall on Thursday 9th December 2021. https://www.improvisedmusic.ie/events/details/criss-cross-dublin Berlin-based American drummer Jim Black - is one of the most influential voices in contemporar...
IMC's Blind Date Jazz Episode 6: Meilana Gillard & Chris Guilfoyle
September 22, 2021 15:00 - 33 minutes - 22.7 MBWelcome to the sixth Blind Date Jazz episode of IMC’s Creative About Music Podcast. For this musical blind date, we paired up guitarist Chris Guilfoyle with tenor saxophonist Meilana Gillard. Each episode in Blind Date Jazz is a new encounter between 2 artists , playing ‘blind’ with no knowledge who the other person is, no advance preparation or even an indication of instrumentation. Halfway through we drop the curtain and they suddenly see who their new improvising partner is - can you hea...
IMC's Blind Date Jazz Episode 5: Sean Carpio + Colm O'Hara
August 30, 2021 10:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBWelcome to the fifth Blind Date Jazz episode of IMC’s Creative About Music Podcast. For this musical blind date, we paired up percussionist Sean Carpio with trombone players Colm O’Hara. Each episode in Blind Date Jazz is a new encounter between 2 artists , playing ‘blind’ with no knowledge who the other person is, no advance preparation or even an indication of instrumentation. Halfway through we drop the curtain and they can see who their new improvising partner is -can we hear a change i...
IMC's Blind Date Jazz Episode 4: Hugh Buckley + Derek Whyte
August 22, 2021 23:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MBWelcome to the second Blind Date Jazz episode of IMC’s Creative About Music Podcast. For this musical blind date, we paired up guitarist Hugh Buckley with bassist Derek Whyte. Each episode in Blind Date Jazz is a new encounter between 2 artists , playing ‘blind’ with no knowledge who the other person is, no advance preparation or even an indication of instrumentation. Halfway through we drop the curtain and they can see who their new improvising partner is -can we hear a change in the musi...
IMC's Blind Date Jazz Episode 3: Mike Nielsen + Cathal Roche
August 15, 2021 23:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBWelcome to the second Blind Date Jazz episode of IMC’s Creative About Music Podcast. For this musical blind date, we paired up guitarist Mike Nielsen and saxophonist/clarinetist Cathal Roche. Each episode in Blind Date Jazz is a new encounter between 2 artists , playing ‘blind’ with no knowledge who the other person is, no advance preparation or even an indication of instrumentation. Halfway through we drop the curtain and they can see who their new improvising partner is -can we hear a cha...
IMC's Blind Date Jazz Episode 2: Izumi Kimura + Lina Andonovska
August 08, 2021 23:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MBWelcome to the second Blind Date Jazz episode of IMC’s Creative About Music Podcast. For this musical blind date, we paired up pianist Izumi Kimura with flautist Lina Andonovska. Each episode in Blind Date Jazz is a new encounter between 2 artists , playing ‘blind’ with no knowledge who the other person is, no advance preparation or even an indication of instrumentation. Half way through we drop the curtain and they can see who their new improvising partner is -can we hear a change in the m...
IMC's Blind Date Jazz Episode 1: Matthew Jacobson + Olesya Zdorovetska
August 01, 2021 23:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBWelcome to the first Blind Date Jazz episode of IMC’s Creative About Music Podcast. For this musical blind date, we paired up vocalist and pianist Olesya Zdorovetska with percussionist Matthew Jacobson. Blind Date Jazz brings listening and creative improvisation into focus, with some of Ireland’s leading improvisers coming into the studio to create an exciting, new, musical conversation. The twist? Neither musician has any idea who they are playing with. Hear the musicians reflect on wh...
IMC's BAN BAM Podcast Ep 10 with Sarah Raine
June 14, 2021 12:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBWelcome to a new episode of IMC’s weekly BAN BAM podcast, where we explore creative work from inspiration to execution, through conversations with a host of women working in jazz and creative improvised music today. Our guest today is researcher and author Dr. Sarah Raine. We talk about her roots in anthropology and museum work, dance, and her interest in the experiences of women in music. She shares thoughts about women, and the representation of women in different roles in jazz, from th...
IMC's BAN BAM Podcast Ep 9 with Emilie Conway
June 08, 2021 11:00 - 46 minutes - 31.8 MBWelcome to a new episode of IMC’s weekly BAN BAM podcast, where we explore creative work from inspiration to execution, through conversations with a host of women working in jazz and creative improvised music today. Our guest today is jazz singer, composer and lyricist Emilie Conway from Dublin. We chat about how music has been a guiding light for her throughout her life, as a person with serious visual impairment. She shares about her interdisciplinary approach to creativity and recent p...
IMC's BAN BAM Podcast Ep 8 with Catherine Sikora
May 31, 2021 09:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MBWelcome to a new episode of IMC’s weekly BAN BAM podcast, where we explore creative work from inspiration to execution, through conversations with a host of women working in jazz and creative improvised music today. Our guest today is Catherine Sikora, a powerful saxophonist and improviser born and raised in West Cork, and based in New York for over 20 years. We chat about her teenage determination to learn the saxophone, despite many obstacles. The gently discipline of her creativity - a...
IMC's BAN BAM Podcast Ep 7 with Izumi Kimura
May 24, 2021 18:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBWelcome to a new episode of IMC’s weekly BAN BAM podcast, where we explore creative work from inspiration to execution, through conversations with a host of women working in jazz and creative improvised music today. Our guest today is Izumi Kimura, a celebrated pianist, improviser and collaborator based in Co. Wicklow. We explore her musical background, from strict classical training to free improvisation, as well as her reverse compositional approach that is reflective of her intuitive ...
IMC's BAN BAM podcast: Episode 6 with Lina Andonovska
May 17, 2021 00:00 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBWelcome to the sixth episode of IMC’s weekly BAN BAM podcast, where we explore creative work from inspiration to execution, through conversations with a host of women working in jazz and creative improvised music today. Our guest on the show today is Lina Andonovska, a flautist, improviser, composer and collaborator born in Serbia, raised in Australia and who now calls Ireland home. We talk about the importance of capturing moments of inspiration, be it words, melody or collaborative ide...
IMC's BAN BAM Podcast Ep 5 with Meilana Gillard
May 09, 2021 20:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBWelcome to the fifth episode of IMC’s weekly BAN BAM podcast, where we explore creative work from inspiration to execution, through conversations with a host of women working in jazz and creative improvised music today. Our guest on the show today is Meilana Gillard, an impressive tenor saxophonist and composer, originally from Ohio but based in Northern Ireland since 2012. We talk about her multi-instrumental approach to composing, her early experience of playing in a big band in her Ju...
IMC's BAN BAM podcast: Episode 4 with guest Ríona Sally Hartman
May 01, 2021 13:00 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MBWelcome to the fourth episode of IMC’s weekly BAN BAM podcast, where we explore creative work from inspiration to execution, through conversations with a host of women working in jazz and creative improvised music today. My guest on this show is Ríona Sally Hartman, a vocalist, composer and educator from Dublin. Ríona is also a board member of IMC as a representative of the Irish musician community, and a collaborator with IMC in developing the BAN BAM initiative to support women in jazz. ...
IMC's BAN BAM podcast: Episode 4 with guest Ríona Sally Hartman
May 01, 2021 13:00 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MBWelcome to the fourth episode of IMC’s weekly BAN BAM podcast, where we explore creative work from inspiration to execution, through conversations with a host of women working in jazz and creative improvised music today. My guest on this show is Ríona Sally Hartman, a vocalist, composer and educator from Dublin. Ríona is also a board member of IMC as a representative of the Irish musician community, and a collaborator with IMC in developing the BAN BAM initiative to support women in jazz. ...
IMC's BAN BAM Podcast Ep3 with Úna Monaghan
April 26, 2021 00:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBWelcome to the third episode of IMC’s weekly BAN BAM podcast, where we explore creative work from inspiration to execution, through conversations with a host of women working in jazz and creative improvised music today. Our guest on the show today is Úna Monaghan, a harpist, sound artist and composer from Belfast, and one of three recipients of the BAN BAM commissioning award in 2020. We talk about the exciting new work she is developing for the BAN BAM commission award, and the parallels...
IMC's BAN BAM Podcast Ep 2 with Cora Venus Lunny
April 19, 2021 00:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MBWelcome to the second episode of IMC’s weekly BAN BAM podcast, where we explore creative work from inspiration to execution, through conversations with a host of women working in jazz and creative improvised music today. Our guest on the show today is Cora Venus Lunny (they/them), an acclaimed composer and violinist, known for their incredible technical skill and daring improvisation, and one of three recipients of the BAN BAM commissioning award in 2020. We talk about the development of ...
IMC's BAN BAM podcast: Episode 1 with guest Sue Rynhart
March 26, 2021 17:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBWelcome to the first episode of IMC’s weekly BAN BAM podcast! Improvised Music Company (IMC)'s new BAN BAM podcast will explore creative work from inspiration to execution, through conversations with a host of women working in jazz and creative improvised music today. Throughout the series you’ll get an insight into different musicians’ approaches to the creative process and their work over the course of a career, along with deep-dives into some particular works, inspirations and areas tha...