Southcoast Artists Index
189 episodes - English - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe Artists Index podcasts offer up close and personal conversations with the makers, performers, supporters and cultural impresarios of this remarkable creative community.
Join us as we speak with and listen to the creative community’s living visual, performing and literary artists. We will also feature those seeking information on and, sharing what they have discovered about the Artists who have passed on that were a part of the creative community’s creative fabric in days gone by.
The Artists Index is putting Artists in their place – in history!
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Ep. 186: Ymelda Rivera Laxton
April 01, 2024 05:15 - 35 minutes - 48.1 MBWelcome, Ymelda Rivera Laxton, the Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art & Community Projects at the New Bedford Whaling Museum. Ymelda is the newest addition to the Whaling Museum's staff. She is a museum professional. Ymelda has worked at various cultural institutions in Washington, California, Texas, and Massachusetts. She has always been interested in cultural agency and representation in museums. As the Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art & Community Projects, she brings her experi...
Ep. 185: Trajic Montalvo
March 26, 2024 19:06 - 57 minutes - 79.5 MBWelcome Hip-Hop Artist, Trajic Montalvo (Andres Alexander Montalvo). He was born in Miami, Florida, and moved to New Bedford, Massachusetts because, as he says, he was, "surrounded by death by the time I was an early teen and found a way to get through my everyday struggles and pains. Trajic fell in in love with music. He has continued to write and rap at every chance he is presented with. Today he is releasing music consistently on all platforms. He also provides music videos on YouTube ...
Ep. 184: John Walker & Putnam Murdoch
March 18, 2024 04:14 - 58 minutes - 80 MBWelcome, to Podcast Episode 184 featuring John Walker and Putnam Murdock. They are friends and a singer-songwriter team who also work together as playwrights. John has, as he describes, "some experience writing screenplays" and Putnam is a seasoned singer-songwriter and teacher. Putnam Grafton Murdock has performed throughout the US and is a middle school music and theatre teacher at Friends Academy in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. They have completed one stage play “A Friend’s One Man Show”...
Ep. 183: NB Film Festival
March 11, 2024 11:49 - 41 minutes - 57.5 MBWelcome, once again, Alyssa Botelho from Podcast Episode 175 and Ethan de Aguiar, from Podcast Episode 173. They have teamed up to create the New Bedford Film Festival - which, "celebrates authentic cinematic stories, cultivates bold storytellers, and champions the city’s growing creative and diverse economy." The festival will take place in New Bedford (as of this posting) in the South Coast of Massachusetts from April 18 to 21, 2024, their inaugural year. The New Bedford Film Festival e...
Ep. 182: Chris Page
March 04, 2024 07:55 - 52 minutes - 72.5 MBWelcome, Chris Page, an artist and painter who spent most of his adult life in the Amherst-Northampton area of Massachusetts. Chris just recently moved to Somerset and has a studio in the Hatch Street Studios in New Bedford, Massachusetts. His work, although grounded in abstract painting is as he says, "based on walking and being present in the landscape." Chris Page is currently walking the area of Horseback Beach and Gooseberry Neck in Westport, Massachusetts as a specific exploration. ...
Ep. 181: Roots & Branches
February 26, 2024 09:46 - 49 minutes - 67.4 MBWelcome, once again, Jeff Angeley from Podcast Episode 122 and Chris Camarao, from Podcast Episode 135. They have teamed up to create the New Bedford Roots & Branches Festival - Everything Acoustic By and For the People! Their inaugural year was last July (2023) with a promise to bring, "a new kind of acoustic music festival... to downtown New Bedford!" The Festival is, according to their website, "a free, one-day, acoustic music festival by and for the people." It is free to all and it i...
Ep. 180: Kat Knutsen
January 29, 2024 09:43 - 54 minutes - 75.1 MBWelcome, once again, painter/muralist/art instructor, and production artist on Loving Vincent, Katherine “Kat” Knutsen! She has been our guest on In-Focus Podcast Number 73 and last time, she spoke with our intrepid Indie Music Host – Scott Bishop about her musical side In-Focus Podcast Number 131! This time, she speaks with The Artists Index’s cofounder, documentarian, and podcast host, Ron Fortier, once again, about her background, passions, and future. She is a whirling dervish of gr...
Ep. 179: Mary Monteriro
January 22, 2024 09:33 - 56 minutes - 78.1 MBWelcome, Mary Monteiro, who says she, "was not exposed to art growing up so I latched on to the only creative endeavor I had been exposed to, sewing." After high school, her interest in creating with fabric led her to pursue a degree in fashion design. It was well-intentioned but short-lived. After her first foundation drawing class at S.M.U. (Southeastern Massachusetts University) which evolved into the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Mary Monteiro, had found her true passion. He...
Ep. 178: Beth Ann Gallagher
January 15, 2024 08:21 - 47 minutes - 65.7 MBWelcome Fairhaven native, Beth Ann Gallagher, film buff, historian, and the founder of the film and television blog Spellbound with Beth Ann (2008). The blog offers, "featured productions and creatives that often come from the silent and classic film eras, but not entirely." Beth Ann expanded her coverage to include contemporary film and television in 2020. She is an admitted lifelong film fanatic and TV viewer and attributes it to, "growing up an only child in wintry New England" which,...
Ep. 177: Pamela Hoss
January 08, 2024 05:51 - 48 minutes - 66.3 MBWelcome, Pam Hoss, aka Pamela L. Hoss, who often uses herself as a vehicle of expression. According to her, "Some of my portraits are intimate investigations, while others, using full body postures, are theatrical large-scale narratives. Both elucidate my life as a woman in the roles I have played as a daughter, mother, artist, teacher, and wife." Self-portraiture has allowed Pam Hoss to uncover what could not easily be perceived. Documenting the past with the present, she looks at hersel...
Ep. 176: Patricia Thomas
January 01, 2024 09:27 - 41 minutes - 56.4 MBWelcome, Patricia A. Thomas, aka Patty Thomas, performer, director, writer, and teacher. Throughout her career, Patty has directed theatre and music projects in many communities and different parts of the world. As the artistic director and co-founder of Culture*Park Theatre, along with Rebecca Schade, she has fostered new and emerging plays and playwrights, curating and presenting nearly 400 short plays for the Short Plays Marathons. Patty is the author/editor of Two Portuguese-American ...
Ep. 175: Alyssa Botelho
December 18, 2023 09:34 - 50 minutes - 69.4 MBWelcome, Alyssa Botelho a writer, director, producer, and actor. She was born and raised in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. Her passion for unearthing untold stories from the past and breathing life into them through the art of filmmaking is what drives her to create. Alyssa's style is a blend of suspense, mystery, and existentialism. It's all woven together with a thread of humor that provides a multi-dimensional richness to her narratives. She first learned filmmaking at Fairhaven High School...
Ep. 174: Troy Henriksen
December 11, 2023 06:37 - 50 minutes - 69.1 MBWelcome, Troy Henriksen, a New Bedford native, is a self-taught visual artist, writer, and musician who has been living and working successfully in Paris, France since 1998. Troy Henriksen is known for his colorful, bold, and optimistic paintings. He has over a thousand collectors and is represented by Galerie W Paris. He has written three books; New Man New Identity (Critéres Editions France ), Let’s Get Wasted (Galerie W Editions, Paris ), and The Journey Of Johnny Vincent (Beacon Publi...
Ep. 173: Ethan de Aguiar
December 04, 2023 10:23 - 55 minutes - 75.6 MBWelcome, Ethan de Aguiar, who self-describes as a self-proclaimed artrepreneur. He is a New Bedford native and an experienced filmmaker. Ethan de Aguiar focuses on the art of storytelling and brings the essence of the subject matter to life with cinematic visuals that create a unique experience for audiences. He has built long-term working relationships with notable local organizations such as New Bedford Creative, Destination New Bedford, DATMA, the SouthCoast Community Foundation, YMCA...
Ep. 172: Paul Bielatowicz
November 20, 2023 14:48 - 46 minutes - 63.8 MBWelcome, Paul Bielatowicz, born in Burnley, Lancashire, England. As a child, he was obsessed with gymnastics, but around the age of 7, he began expressing an interest in playing the guitar. Paul Bielatowicz's dad had always played guitar and the two would often sing songs together. His parents bought him a child-sized nylon-strung acoustic guitar for Christmas and he started taking classical guitar lessons. He has now spent the past two decades recording, playing, and touring with some of...
Ep. 171: Eric Baylies
November 13, 2023 10:02 - 1 hour - 83.8 MBWelcome, Eric Baylies of the Baylies Band, a local music performer who's been associated with Bad Motherfucker, Temple Of Bon Matin, Club Math, Free Jazz Now, Psychedelic Jazz Trio, and Minibeast with Peter Prescott of Mission Of Burma. He's toured with Pere Ubu and performed with Wire, Weird Al Yankovic, Macaulay Culkin's Pizza Underground, Godsmack, Staind, Carnivore, Lizzie Borden, Ralph Nader, Vanessa Carlton, Swans, Blue Oyster Cult, Psychic TV, Andrew WK, Volcano the Bear, The Yeah ...
Ep. 170: Donna Gagnon
October 16, 2023 05:07 - 1 hour - 94.1 MBWelcome, Donna Gagnon, Artist, and Painter, AKA, Donna Sylvia Gagnon, who as a child was always interested in drawing, so much so that her parents sent her to the Swain School of Design summer program classes. After graduating from Fairhaven High School, Donna attended S.M.U. (Southeastern Massachusetts University), now the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, where she majored in Visual Design. Donna Gagnon then worked at various advertising agencies, printers, and civil engineering firm...
Ep. 169: Sarah Athanas
October 09, 2023 09:54 - 45 minutes - 62.2 MBWelcome, Sarah Athanas, the Co-Founder and Chief Community Builder at Groundwork. Sarah grew up on Cape Cod and studied Art as an undergrad at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her concentration was primarily in video and installation art. Upon graduation, Sarah pivoted towards pursuing documentary filmmaking. Sarah Athanas later directed, edited and produced the documentary Tracking Patagonia while living in Coyhaique, Chile. To fund the post-production of the film, she accept...
Ep. 168: Allie Copeland
October 02, 2023 13:52 - 48 minutes - 66.5 MBWelcome, Allie Copeland, AKA Alexandra Copeland, the Art Curator for the New Bedford Free Public Library. Allie grew up in northeast Connecticut and went to school in Boston. She holds a bachelor's in Art History and a Master's of Library and Information Science with a concentration in cultural heritage. Both degrees are from Simmons College. Prior to this position, Allie Copeland was working as a collections manager and registrar for the Rye Historical Society in Rye, New York. She has ...
Ep. 167: Hendrick Hernandez
September 25, 2023 16:04 - 1 hour - 88.7 MBWelcome, Hendrick Hernandez, AKA Hendrick Hernandez-Resto a Latinx creative who was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico, and raised in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Hendrick is an emcee, beat maker, producer, mix engineer, audio director, model, videographer, photographer, sketch artist, and creative specialist. He is a self-described multidisciplinarian and an enthusiastic participant in all forms of creativity. Hendrick is also the founder of Sleepless In New England, a creative collective of a...
Ep. 166: Seth Rainville
September 18, 2023 21:02 - 1 hour - 91.9 MBWelcome, Seth Rainville, who was once an aspiring painter and printmaker turned ceramicist. Seth John Rainville came from a family of creatives. His self-described journey began as a painter and printmaker but, he ended up with a degree in Ceramics from The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (UMD) in 1996. Shortly after, he made his way to Phoenix Arizona where his career took off. Then, he became the head of Ceramics for the Phoenix Center for the Arts. He was nominated to the Artist A...
Ep. 165: Donna Dodson
September 11, 2023 08:59 - 56 minutes - 77.4 MBWelcome, Donna Dodson, a sculptor and a Resident Scholar at the Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis University. But wait, there's more! Donna Dodson may be the only Fulbright US Scholar we've had on the podcast. She is also a Fellow at the St Botolph Club and a member of the Boston Sculptors Gallery. By the way, she currently (as of the date of this post) has a new show at the Boston Sculptors Gallery - DONNA DODSON: SHEROES. Donna has exhibited her work, received favorable revie...
Ep. 164: Marina Dawn Wells
September 05, 2023 15:57 - 59 minutes - 81.1 MBWelcome, Marina Wells, who joined the New Bedford Whaling Museum for a two-year Photography Fellowship in the Fall of 2022. She holds a B.A. in English Literature and Art History from Colby College and is currently a Ph.D. candidate in American & New England Studies at Boston University. Marina has completed fellowships at the Mystic Seaport Museum, Nantucket Historical Society, and the Winterthur Museum & Library, among others. The Artists Index co-founder and host, Ron Fortier, talks to...
Ep. 163: Sarah Mulvey
August 28, 2023 07:31 - 1 hour - 84.9 MBWelcome, Sarah Jane Mulvey, a poet, writer, and editor working a full-time job in the non-profit arts world. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Communications, Journalism, and Media from Bridgewater State University. She immediately abandoned her dreams of being a journalist because, although she had no formal training, she'd been writing creatively and dabbling in poetry since childhood. Then, around 2014, she started seriously writing and performing her poems. It was then, as she says, ...
Ep. 162: Sheila Oliveira
August 21, 2023 08:08 - 52 minutes - 72.3 MBWelcome, Sheila Oliveira who earned her Bachelor's & Master's in Studio Art from the Department of Graphic Design at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. She was granted a teaching assistantship and remained at the University on the adjunct faculty of the CVPA teaching analog and digital photography for over 20 years. Sheila Oliveira took digital design courses at Mount Ida College for several years. She served as President and Curator of the Greater Fall River Art Association for t...
Ep 161: Kyle DeCicco-Carey - Albertus van Beest
August 14, 2023 08:06 - 56 minutes - 77.4 MBWelcome, Kyle DeCicco-Carey to In-Focus Podcast Number 161! Kyle is the Library Director at the Millicent Library in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, and speaks with us on the fifth and last episode of this series about famous Fairhaven artists. This episode is about Albertus van Beest. Our five-part series of conversations on celebrated Fairhaven artists from days gone by with Kyle have included: Podcast Episode 132 - William Bradford Podcast Episode 133 - Lemuel Eldred Podcast Episode 146 ...
Ep. 160: Immuter
August 07, 2023 09:31 - 55 minutes - 76.6 MBWelcome, Immuter, an American indie band from South Coast Massachusetts that fuses elements of classic rock with the sound of influential modern acts such as Muse, The Strokes, and Radiohead. The band frequents colleges and venues throughout the East Coast and has played alongside performers such as Jeremy Zucker and The Concept. Immuter talks with The Artist Index performing artists host, Scott Bishop, about their background, music, travels, and lots more. This episode was recorded in Sc...
Ep. 159: Roger Kizik
July 31, 2023 08:15 - 50 minutes - 69.4 MBWelcome, Roger Kizik, to In-Focus Podcast Number 159. Painter Roger Kizik was born in Boston, and raised in Medford, Massachusetts. He was in the US Navy between 1964 and 1968. He “transitioned joyfully” to MassArt where he attended from 1968 to 1972. Roger has exhibited widely in New England, New York marginally, and elsewhere around the US. He was also the preparator at the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis for 25 years. He says the job was, “tailored to suit my painting life” He has also be...
Ep. 158: Taylor Hickey
July 24, 2023 12:30 - 58 minutes - 80.9 MBWelcome, Taylor Hickey, to In-Focus Podcast Number 158. Taylor is an interdisciplinary visual artist. She is primarily a printmaker, bookmaker, and sculptor. She was born and raised in Southeast Texas and received a BA in Drawing/Printmaking from McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and earned an MFA in Printmaking from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (UMass) in 2021. Taylor now lives and works in New Bedford, Massachusetts after relocating in 2018. Taylor Hick...
Ep. 157: Mark Furtado
July 17, 2023 08:13 - 52 minutes - 72.5 MBWelcome, Mark Furtado who was born and raised in New Bedford and, “surrounded by art”. Mark went to Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School GNBVT) for Business Technology and is currently a student at Bristol Community College (BCC) in Fall River, Massachusetts for Office Administration. He is an artrenpreneur and started his artisanal brand, The Artisan NB, in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic*. Mark started his business as a pilot program to test the marketplace. H...
Ep. 156: Stephen D. Rogers
July 03, 2023 04:32 - 1 hour - 83.7 MBWelcome, Stephen D. Rogers, to In-Focus Podcast Number 156. Stephen is our first published mystery writer! His current book is Shot to Death. His new book is available on Amazon along with several of his others. Stephen is also the author of the Three-Minute Mysteries, Books 1-3, available as ebooks on Amazon, and more than 900 shorter pieces. The Artist Index co-founder and host, Ron Fortier talks to Stephen D. Rogers about his background and his passion for writing. The Artists Index ...
Ep. 155: William Kennedy
June 26, 2023 08:44 - 1 hour - 85.8 MBWelcome, William Collin Kenedy, to In-Focus Podcast Number 155. We first spoke with him on In-Focus Podcast Number 119. Since then, William has been very busy in his first year as an emerging painter. He is a contemporary artist and graphic designer. He has developed an impressive portfolio with his many years in the design industry. William Collin Kennedy was born in Washington, DC, where his creativity started at a young age. He simply began drawing any and everything around him. As a ...
Ep. 154: David Reis
June 19, 2023 05:46 - 51 minutes - 71.3 MBWelcome, Mr. David Domingo Reis, AKA – Dave Reis who, among other his accomplishments, spent nearly 26 years as a Jazz radio show host. That’s right, an original DJ who worked at the former WUSM which became WUMD radio station, 89.3 FM, on the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus. Reis just wanted to promote Jazz musicians. WUMD signed off around noontime on a Monday in June of 2017 after 42 years of broadcasting. According to a Fall River Herald article, on “May 1, the Federal Co...
Ep. 153: Kayla Conner
June 12, 2023 06:28 - 44 minutes - 61.4 MBWelcome, Kayla Conner, AKA Kayla Conchinha Conner (the Little Seer Shell). She is a watercolor artist, tarot reader, and lifelong resident of New Bedford, Massachusetts. "Conchinha" is Portuguese for "little shell." In 2012, Kayla obtained her Bachelor’s in Philosophy from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, had her first child, and received her first deck of tarot cards. Little Seer Shell was started in September 2020. After a hip replacement at 30 years of age fixed a longstandi...
Ep. 152: Kyle DeCicci-Carey (Charles Henry Gifford)
June 05, 2023 04:13 - 57 minutes - 79.2 MBWelcome, Kyle DeCicco-Carey to In-Focus Podcast Number 152! Kyle is the Library Director at the Millicent Library in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, and will speak with us for the fourth time about Charles Henry Gifford. In our last conversation with Kyle on In-Focus Podcast Number 146, he spoke about Robert Swain Gifford, also known as R. Swain Gifford. Kyle’s first visit was Episode 132 about William Bradford. His second was Episode 133 about Lemuel Eldred. This is a five-part series on celeb...
Ep. 151: Wendy Hall
May 29, 2023 06:45 - 58 minutes - 79.9 MBWelcome, Wendy Ann Hall, AKA Wendy Hall, the Executive Producer for New Bedford Festival Theatre and who has also produced The Best of Times, The Last Five Years, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, and last December’s (2022) highly acclaimed Irving Berlin’s White Christmas as well as several online performances and interviews. She also had the privilege of presenting Evita Loca, starring John Michael Dias, as the first live performance back at the Z - Zeiterion Performing Arts Center in June ...
Ep. 150: Lindsay Compton
May 22, 2023 09:36 - 48 minutes - 66.2 MBWelcome, Lindsay Compton, Supervisory Park Ranger and Visitor Experience & Community Engagement Volunteer Coordinator at the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park. Lindsay has a background in studio art, public land management, and education. She has worked toward bridging the gap between public art and national parks for the last 13 years. Lindsay Compton created Artist in Residence programs at Congaree National Park in South Carolina and San Antonio Missions National Historical P...
Ep. 149: Neenah Cruz
May 15, 2023 06:04 - 58 minutes - 80.1 MBWelcome, Neenah Cruz, AKA Miss Neenah. She is a dancer, choreographer, and the founder/director of the New Bedford Performing Arts Center. Miss Neenah has been dancing since the age of two when she soon discovered her love for the performing arts. Throughout that time she has received influential training from several local dance schools, but The most impactful in her career was her time at Hope Spechts School of Dance. Neenah has worked and trained with numerous choreographers throughout...
Ep. 148: Mercy Bell
May 08, 2023 04:21 - 45 minutes - 62.8 MBWelcome, Mercedes Bell, a queer Filipino American folk singer-songwriter better known as Mercy Bell. Her writing and experience span multiple genres, including country, pop, rock, and musical theatre. She has independently released 3 albums: “All Good Cowboys”, “Mercy Bell”, and “Golden Child”. Her music has been featured on NPR, in Paste Magazine, American Songwriter, Rolling Stone Country, and more. She’s been an official showcase artist at Americanafest, SXSW, Nashville Pride, and Miss...
Ep. 147: Kate Frazer Rego
May 01, 2023 05:08 - 51 minutes - 70.7 MBWelcome, Kate Frazer Rego, an artist, and educator living in the South Coast of Massachusetts. She attended the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth College of Visual and Performing Art, where she earned a BFA in Sculpture. Kate went on to earn her MFA from Boston University’s College of Fine Art. She has shown her work nationally and is currently in several private collections. Kate Frazer Rego was included in the group show, “Beyond Binary” (February 2 - April 6, 2023) at Bristol Comm...
Ep. 146: Kyle DeCicco - R Swain Gifford
April 24, 2023 05:17 - 57 minutes - 78.4 MBWelcome, Kyle DeCicco-Carey to In-Focus Podcast Number 146! Kyle is the Library Director at the Millicent Library in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, and will be speaking with us for the third time about Robert Swain Gifford, also known as R. Swain Gifford. Kyle’s first visit was Episode 132 about William Bradford. His second was Episode 133 about Lemuel Eldred. This is a five-part series on celebrated Fairhaven artists from days gone by. It is supported in part by a grant from the Fairhaven Cul...
Ep. 145: Chloe Costa
April 17, 2023 06:30 - 25 minutes - 35.5 MBhttps://theartistsindex.com/podcast-episode-145-chloe-costa/ Welcome, Chloe Costa, a South Coast Massachusetts 13-year-old artist who just recently displayed her work for the very first time in public at The New Bedford Light Fine Arts Club event in March 2023. She says she’s, “been doing art practically all my life, and I really enjoy it. Thanks to the Covid pandemic, I was able to get myself back into art, which I had stopped doing only a few years prior.” Chloe, an outgoing, focused...
Ep. 144: Naomi Slipp
April 10, 2023 08:20 - 45 minutes - 62.9 MBWelcome, Dr. Naomi Slipp, the Douglas and Cynthia Crocker Endowed Chair for the Chief Curator and Director of Museum Learning at the New Bedford Whaling Museum. Dr. Slipp oversees collections, curatorial, and museum learning across the museum, and manages 14 staff and about 100 volunteers. Prior to her arrival at the Museum, she was the Associate Professor of Art History at Auburn University at Montgomery, Alabama where she taught art history from the Renaissance to Modern Art. Naomi also...
Ep. 143: Carl Simmons
April 03, 2023 06:12 - 52 minutes - 72 MBWelcome, artist Carl Simmons to In-Focus Podcast Number 143. He finds inspiration in local history, folklore, and preservation. Carl spoke with The Artists Index co-founder and podcast host, Ron Fortier on Podcast Episode 106. Carl is a New Bedford, Massachusetts musician, visual artist, performance artist, and the South Coast’s default local historian! Don Wilkinson, Art Beat columnist wrote in Southcoast Today, that Carl is “… a local historian much concerned with preserving the past b...
Ep. 142: Sam Babineau
March 27, 2023 06:33 - 1 hour - 94.7 MBWelcome, Sam Babineau a songwriter and fiddle player. She hails from the South Coast of Massachusetts. Sam enjoys engaging with personal narratives that echo the storytelling found in traditional folk music, blended with a modern zest. Sam's introduction to playing Irish music began with her involvement in Irish step dancing at the age of 10. Since then, Sam Babineau has adapted her background in fiddle music to support her songwriting. The Artists Index Music Podcast Host, Jeff Angeley...
Ep. 141: Jason Smith
March 20, 2023 07:38 - 58 minutes - 80.4 MBWelcome, Jason Smith, AKA Jazzbo Smitty. He's a drummer, songwriter, and guitarist. Jason lives in New Bedford, Massachusetts. He says he was self-taught for, " the first twenty or so years of playing music. About 15 years ago, I started taking formal guitar lessons." Jason Smith started playing music in front of audiences during college in Ohio; first as a drummer. He was a songwriter for the punk band, The Johnny Depps, then with the classic rock band Maxwell’s Demon, then acoustic guit...
Ep. 140: Brian Cass
March 13, 2023 09:48 - 53 minutes - 73.5 MBWelcome, Brian Cass, a guitarist, producer, and professor. Brian spends most of his time teaching Electronic Production and Music Technology at Berklee College of Music in Boston. He is a resident of Fairhaven on the South Coast of Massachusetts. Brian performs regularly with his rock and roll group – Brian & The Cassettes. He also records and performs with The Overclock Orchestra, exploring more electronic and experimental trajectories. Having spent many years away from New Bedford, Br...
Ep. 139: Dana Smith
March 06, 2023 09:45 - 54 minutes - 74.9 MBWelcome, Dana Smith, a national and international-level photographer/illustrator! Dana lives in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. His photos have appeared in publications such as The New York Times Magazine, Time, Bloomberg, Stern, MIT Technology Review, Nature, Boston Globe, and Yankee. Dana was born in nearby New Bedford, Massachusetts. He has accrued a vast editorial background with an additional 10 years of newspaper photojournalism experience behind him. He was also affiliated with the legen...
Ep. 138: Chris Donovan
February 27, 2023 06:57 - 55 minutes - 76.5 MBWelcome, Chris Donovan, a shoe designer! Chris lives in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, and has had a passion for shoe design since high school. Chris says, that he never thought, "it was a feasible career for me." So, Chris Donovan did the "sensible thing" and got a job at the phone company. He worked there as a repairman for 25 years. However, he says that "all those years I never stopped sketching shoes." At 50 Chris was diagnosed with cancer but it was caught early and cured. He says, "It...
Ep. 137: Dana Morris
February 20, 2023 10:13 - 55 minutes - 75.6 MBWelcome, Dana Morris, a Jack of many visual art trades and disciplines! Dnan Lives on Buzzard’s Bay. A great deal of his current photography is based on images of the bay and Vineyard Sound. “Light is a critical element in all of my paintings and photographs, and I return to the same locations, so have created decades of views from the same point, in different weather, seasons, and times of the day,” Dana says. He attended Framingham State College for Fine Arts. Dana studied with Fosco ...