Program 822: American Palimpsest
KALW Broadcast Date: April 20, 2025 | Host: Blaine Todd
On this edition of Music from Other Minds, Blaine Todd presents Melville’s Marginalia by Susan Howe and David Grubbs, Roxy Gordon‘s An Open Letter to Illegal Aliens, Terry Allen‘s Dugout, and Philip Glass and Allen Ginsberg’s Hydrogen Jukebox. Each piece is a testament to the power of place, the complexities of identity, and the ways in which borders and margins shape our understanding of history and culture.
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Title: Melville’s Marginalia
Composers: David Grubbs & Susan Howe
Performers: Susan Howe, voice & David Grubbs, piano, samples, field recordings
Recording Title: Thiefth
Record Label: Blue Chopsticks
Catalog Number: bc15
Title: An Open Letter to Illegal Aliens
Composer: Roxy Gordon
Performers: Roxy Gordon, voice & Brad Bradley, keyboard
Recording Title: Crazy Horse Never Died
Record Label: Paradise of Bachelors
Catalog Number: PoB-068
Title: Dugout
Composer: Terry Allen
Performers: Richard Bowden, fiddle, mandolin, cello, trumpet; Lloyd Maines, pedal steel guitar, guitar, dobro; Terry Allen, voice, keyboards; Jo Harvey Allen, voice; Katie Koontz, voice
Recording Title: Pedal Steal + Four Corners
Record Label: Paradise of Bachelors
Catalog Number: PoB-045
Title: Hydrogen Jukebox
Composer: Philip Glass & Allen Ginsberg
Performers: Gregory Purnhagen & Nathaniel Watson, baritones, The Philip Glass Ensemble; Carol Wincenc, flute; Martin Goldray, keyboards, conductor; Mary Ann Hart, mezzo-soprano; Allen Ginsberg, narrator; Frank Cassara & James Pugliese, percussion; Martin Goldray & Miles Green, synthesizer programming; Andrew Sterman, soprano saxophone & bass clarinet; Elizabeth Futral & Michele Eaton, sopranos; Richard Fracker, tenor
Recording Title: Hydrogen Jukebox
Record Label: Electra Nonesuch
Catalog Number: 7559-79286-2
