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Amirtha Kidambi is invested in the creation and performance of subversive, anti-hegemonic music, from free improvisation and avant-jazz, to Indian carnatic and devotional, experimental bands, electronic music, noise and new music. She is an educator, activist and organizer working to challenge systems of white supremacist, colonial, capitalist, patriarchy, and is co-founder and co-organizer of South Asian Artists in Diaspora and Musicians Against Police Brutality. As a bandleader and composer, she is the creative force behind the incendiary protest group Elder Ones. She is also the host of Outernational, a podcast that explores the relationship between music and revolution, featuring discussions with musicians who are using their music and platforms to grapple with the intersecting global crises of our times.
(Photo Credit: Acudus Aranyian)

Amirtha Kidambi

Music

Outernational: Amirtha Kidambi and Greg Saunier (Deerhoof) Talk DIY, Spotify, AI, and More

Greg Saunier heard &#8220;Start Me Up&#8221; when he was 13 and from that day forward has devoted his life to rock music. He is the drummer for Deerhoof as well as a composer and producer.

Greg Saunier

Deerhoof’s New Record is the Antidote For All Our Troubles

Woodstock ’99, or How To Do a USA in Late Capitalism

Ani Ivory-Block, Lily Konigsberg, and Nina Ryser met while attending Bard College and formed Palberta in 2013. My Pal Berta (2013) and Shitheads in the Ditch (2014) were both released by Feeding Tube Records. Bye Bye Berta (2016) was their first album for Wharf Cat Records and it was followed by 2018’s Roach Goin’ Down, both recorded by Paco Cathcart (The Cradle). These albums were surrounded by a slew of EPs and split releases as well as frequent touring of the United States and Canada. Palberta opened for Bikini Kill at Brooklyn Steel in 2019 and were set to tour the UK and Europe for the first time in April of 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Their fifth album, Palberta5000, was preceded by the stand-alone single “Something in the Way” and will be released on January 22, 2021. When they can safely do so, they look forward to touring the USA, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Europe.

Palberta

Palberta and Deerhoof, At Their Bests

Your favorite musicians, filmmakers, and other creative minds one-on-one. No moderator, no script, no typical questions. The Talkhouse Podcast offers unique insights into creative work from all genres and generations. <a href="https://pod.link/Talkhouse" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Subscribe now</a>, and explore more illuminating shows on the <a href="https://talkhouse.com/category/podcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Talkhouse Podcast Network.</a>

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Deerhoof Talks with Wadada Leo Smith on the Talkhouse Podcast

The Way We Get By: Deerhoof’s Greg Saunier on Voivod’s Angel Rat

Hard to know how to sum up the 56-year career of a legend such as Al Kooper. Just don&#8217;t leave out coining that timeless organ riff on Bob Dylan&#8217;s &#8220;Like a Rolling Stone&#8221;; producing best-selling albums by Lynyrd Skynyrd; and adding keyboards, guitar, arrangements, singing,&nbsp;French horn and wisdom to recordings by the Rolling Stones, George Harrison, the Tubes, Tom Petty, the Blues Project, Child Is the Father to the Man, B.B. King, Donny Hathaway, Gary Lewis, Gene Pitney and&#8230; Al&nbsp;Kooper. (Photo credit: Susan Monosson)

Al Kooper

Al Kooper (Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, etc.) Talks Finding New Music

Eleanor Friedberger formed the Fiery Furnaces in 2000 with her brother Matthew.  They released nine albums between 2003 and 2009.  Since 2011, Ms. Friedberger has released two solo albums, Last Summer and most recently Personal Record.  She&#8217;s recently been seen playing guitar in Late Night with Seth Meyers&#8216; 8G Band. You can follow her on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/EleanorOnly">here</a>.

Eleanor Friedberger

Eleanor Friedberger (the Fiery Furnaces) Talks Yusuf’s Tell ‘Em I’m Gone

Esteemed musician, the force behind Talking Heads and creator of the highly regarded record label Luaka Bop, David Byrne has published and exhibited visual art for decades, including photography, filmmaking and writing. Recognition of his various works include Obies, Drama Desk and Lortel awards for Here Lies Love and an Oscar for the soundtrack to The Last Emperor. You can visit his website <a href="http://davidbyrne.com" target="_blank">here</a>. (Photo credit: Catalina Kulczar)

David Byrne

David Byrne Talks Barry Manilow’s My Dream Duets

Steven Drozd is a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist for the Flaming Lips since 1991. He is also a vocalist and guitarist for the Electric Würms, a Lips offshoot. His children&#8217;s psychedelic pop record with Steve Burns, Stevensteven, will be released early 2015. Drozd started playing drums in his father&#8217;s polka band at age 10 and was playing piano in a honky-tonk band at age 18. He loves all music from the &#8217;70s. He was born June 11, 1969, the same day that David Bowie&#8217;s Space Oddity was released. Just sayin&#8217;. You can find Steven on <a href="https://twitter.com/stevendrozd" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://instagram.com/stevendrozd" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/steven.drozd.9?fref=photo" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, and Flaming Lips’ website is <a href="http://flaminglips.com/?frontpage=true" target="_blank">here</a>.