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The Tonearm

Lawrence Peryer

The Tonearm connects you with the people and ideas moving culture forward. Every episode is one conversation, free of format, going where it needs to go. Hosted by long-time music business executive, journalist and fan, Lawrence Peryer.

The Tonearm is for the listener who wants the work explained by the person who made it, not by someone interpreting it from the outside. If you're interested in inspiration, technique, process, and emotion, The Tonearm's for you.

Across hundreds of episodes since February 2020, the thing we do that's different is clear: We're a team of music listeners, readers, moviegoers, museum visitors, and cultural omnivores who understand art and artists and know what questions lead to meaningful conversations.

New episodes every week. Thanks for listening.

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S2026 · E309
June 14 · 52 min
Billy Polo: Audio Engineer as Archaeologist
From the Black Ark tapes buried in Lee Perry's yard to unreleased Dennis Brown sessions, Billy Polo on the forensic pleasures and urgent stakes of reggae's analog archive.
S2026 · E308
June 7 · 46 min
Stephen Emmer: Composing at the Edge of Silence
The Dutch composer joins Lawrence Peryer to discuss 'Asymmetrical Dot,' the album shaped by his mother's death, a grandson's birth, and four decades of learning which clichés to reject.
S2026 · E307
May 31 · 52 min
George Grella: The Time-Bending Art of Minimalist Music
George Grella joins the podcast to discuss his book Minimalist Music and argue that the genre has nothing to do with sparse materials and everything to do with time.
S2026 · E306
May 24 · 47 min
Meredith Bates: The Quiet Science of Sound Worlds
On ‘The Observer Effect’, Canadian composer Meredith Bates builds long-form sound worlds from violin, electronics, and the recordings of the natural world—and finds that art, love, and politics are harder to separate than they appear.
S2026 · E305
May 17 · 39 min
Nick Fraser: Still Screaming Into the Snare Drum
Toronto drummer Nick Fraser discusses 'Areas,' his long creative partnership with Kris Davis and Tony Malaby, and what committing to acoustic music costs when electronics define the contemporary sound.
S2026 · E304
May 10 · 55 min
Maria Schneider: Composing in the Age of Curated Rage
Composer, bandleader, birder, and unapologetic alarm-sounder, Maria Schneider brings 'American Crow' to The Tonearm for a conversation about listening as both artistic practice and civic obligation.
S2026 · E303
May 3 · 49 min
Caroline Davis: The Saxophone Reimagined in the Fallows
Armed with a saxophone, an Organelle, and an aluminum can, Caroline Davis spent a month in Wyoming making her debut solo record—and thinking about freedom in all its forms.
S2026 · E302
April 26 · 50 min
Miho Hazama: The Conductor Who Leads with Love
The Grammy-nominated composer and chief conductor of the Danish Radio Big Band discusses her new album Frames, the death of her mentor Jim McNeely, and why love is the only honest reason to make music.
S2026 · E301
April 19 · 53 min
Tomeka Reid: The Low Seat, the Long Haul, and 'dance! skip! hop!'
Cellist and composer Tomeka Reid joins the podcast to discuss dance! skip! hop!, the fourth Tomeka Reid Quartet album, and why photographs of her grandmother's Wyoming life keep finding their way onto her record covers.
S2026 · E300
April 12 · 50 min
Ben Wendel: Assembling the Mallet Avengers
The Grammy-nominated saxophonist and Kneebody co-founder joins us for episode 300 to discuss his new album BaRcoDe, a project built around four of the most inventive mallet players working today.
S2026 · E299
April 5 · 48 min
Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore: Like Tears in Rain
Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore join The Tonearm to discuss 'Tragic Magic,' their debut collaboration recorded in nine days at the Philharmonie de Paris using instruments pulled directly from the museum's historic collection.

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