Artist of the Week
The Jack Straw Artist of the Week Podcast highlights work created through the Artist Residency Programs at Jack Straw Cultural Center.-
The Bird Tribe Orchestra - Danza Venusia
The Bird Tribe Orchestra’s album Palace of the Birds was recorded during their 2004 Jack Straw artist residency.
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Jes Raymond - House of Bliss
Jes Raymond recently released the album Even the Trees, recorded during her 2008 Jack Straw Artist Residency.
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Cynthia Mullis - Isfahan
Isfahan appears on Cynthia Mullis’s jazz album Inside Job, which was recorded during her 2000 Jack Straw artist residency.
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Jim Page and Artis the Spoonman - Who Pays for this War
The album Folkpunch was a collaboration between folk singer Jim Page and spoon player Artis; it was recorded during their 2006 Jack Straw artist residency.
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Grand Hallway - Napoleon's Left Shoe
This song appears on the album Yes Is the Answer, recorded during Grand Hallway’s 2006 Jack Straw artist residency.
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Seattle Kokon Taiko - Matsuri Taiko
Matsuri Taiko is from Quiet No More, the album Seattle Kokon Taiko recorded during their 1996 Jack Straw artist residency.
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Amanda Cole - A Manha de Serracao
Mezzo-Soprano Amanda Cole recorded her album Saudade – a collection of 20th century Portuguese art songs – with pianist Sandra Cranshaw during her 2008 Jack Straw artist residency.
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Greg Williamson and the Pony Boy Large Ensemble
Greg Williamson and the Pony boy Large Ensemble recorded Conversations and Deconstructions: Jazz Traditions during Williamson’s 2005 Artist Residency. The album is a recording of a live performance mixing new jazz compositions with sampled interviews of jazz pioneers.
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Reptet - Snow Leopard
Reptet recently released Agendacide, a 7″ record recorded during Samantha Boshnack’s 2008 Jack Straw artist residency.
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Sandy Diamond and Quasimodo and the Bellringers - Twenty Years
Sandy Diamond’s album with Quasimodo and the Bellringers, Still Life, was recorded during their 2005 Jack Straw Residency.
