web02.fireside.fm Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:12:53 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) SoundLives - Episodes Tagged with “Interviews” https://soundlives.fireside.fm/tags/interviews Thu, 01 Jun 2023 12:30:00 -0400 SoundLives, a NewMusicBox podcast, is brought to you by New Music USA, the resource for adventurous creators and listeners in the US and beyond. This program is funded in part by: the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs – and listeners like you. en-us episodic SoundLives, a NewMusicBox podcast, shares insights and stories from people who dedicate their lives to new music. Frank J. Oteri SoundLives, a NewMusicBox podcast, is brought to you by New Music USA, the resource for adventurous creators and listeners in the US and beyond. This program is funded in part by: the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs – and listeners like you. no Frank J. Oteri box@newmusicusa.org Episode 22: Brandee Younger: A Hip-Hop Baby Transforms the Harp https://soundlives.fireside.fm/22 41afc1b9-5733-48a6-a759-b5e2e9099844 Thu, 01 Jun 2023 12:30:00 -0400 Frank J. Oteri full Frank J. Oteri Brandee Younger has carved out a very unlikely music career for herself, a classically-trained harpist who went from making her jazz debut over a decade ago to being an in-demand leader and collaborator in a wide range of musical genres. 45:36 no Brandee Younger has carved out a very unlikely music career for herself, a classically-trained harpist who went from making her jazz debut over a decade ago to being an in-demand leader and collaborator in a wide range of musical genres. How she has transformed this instrument seems without precedent. But a huge role model for her was Dorothy Ashby, a jazz and later R&B harpist and composer who, in the years since her death, has become one of the recording artists most heavily sampled on hip-hop tracks. Brandee Younger's latest album, Brand New Life, plays tribute to Dorothy Ashby, by taking her poly-stylistic inclinations even further. NewMusicBox, SoundLives, interviews, conversations, harp, jazz, hip-hop, R&B, collaboration Brandee Younger has carved out a very unlikely music career for herself, a classically-trained harpist who went from making her jazz debut over a decade ago to being an in-demand leader and collaborator in a wide range of musical genres. How she has transformed this instrument seems without precedent. But a huge role model for her was Dorothy Ashby, a jazz and later R&B harpist and composer who, in the years since her death, has become one of the recording artists most heavily sampled on hip-hop tracks. Brandee Younger's latest album, Brand New Life, plays tribute to Dorothy Ashby, by taking her poly-stylistic inclinations even further.

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