Feathers and energy with Matana Roberts
In this interview Matana Roberts and host Josh Thorpe, we discuss and listen to some excerpts of Roberts’ new release on...
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Horse harps, games, and Rhodri Davies
Welsh harpist Rhodri Davies speaks with host Josh Thorpe about the telyn rawn, a horse-hair harp Davies made and performs. We...
A Great Mess with Linda Catlin Smith
Josh Thorpe and composer Linda Catlin Smith listen to and discuss unusual music. We hear two of Smith’s recent works for...
Groove and multiplicity with Semay Wu
Cellist, improviser, and composer Semay Wu makes exciting sounds with her cello and amplified objects. We listen to three of her...
Music like weather with Eric Chenaux
Josh revisits ideas and sounds from Canadian/Swiss guitarist, songwriter and composer Eric Chenaux. These include Eric’s own fried balladry, Richard Youngs‘...
Strange sounds from Counterflows Glasgow
This episode Josh Thorpe listens to a few recordings from musicians and artists discovered at Glasgow’s Counterflows festival. Artists include an...
Asad Raza on Dan Graham, the religion of rock, comedy, the body, and untidiness
Josh Thorpe and Asad Raza discuss Dan Graham, a radical American artist who died last year around this time. We listen...
Powerdove: humpbacks, tap shoes, and ancient Greece w/ Lewandowski and Bonvalet
Josh Thorpe speaks with Annie Lewandowski and Thomas Bonvalet. We listen to their unusual duet Powerdove, which combines austere melodic singing...
Blank out w/ Eric Chenaux
In this episode Josh Thorpe interviews Eric Chenaux, a composer, songwriter, guitarist living in France. Eric makes strange and lovely long...
Guayaveras in the winter
This episode we take a break from chat. Instead we listen to almost an hour of quiet music. It’s Ryan Driver...
Interview w/ viola player Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh
Ailbhe joins me to listen to the viola, the violin, some guitars, a horse-hair harp, some outside jazz and a sewing...
Martin Arnold on subtle arts
New radio show with ResonanceFM. First episode is a collage of previous exchanges with Martin Arnold on the Codex Chantilly, Sublime...
“Crushingly horrible, hilarious, and stupid” w/ Raven Chacon and John Dieterich (Endlings)
A special session with Endlings (Ravon Chacon + John Dieterich [of Deerhoof]). Endlings have performed a work specially for Unusual Music...
Punkish w/ Martin Arnold and Jaye Kovach
In this episode Josh and Martin listen to Lemon Kittens, Shaggs, Junko, and the Kyoto Imperial Court Orchestra. After the break...
We love trippy: Listening with Renée Lear
This episode is with video artist Renée Lear, who has taken an unusual interest in unusual music. We listen to and...
Psychedelic & wonderful listening with Martin Arnold
Listen to the music of Martin Arnold, Rudolf Komorous, Archie Shepp, Jessie Mae Hemphill, and Nightjars. Martin is a brilliant thinker...
An hour of Unusual on Clyde Built Radio
An eclectic radio show on Glasgow’s Clyde Built Radio. We listen to a song of mine, Sonic Youth, composer Allison Cameron,...