TRILLOQUY

Garrett and Scott wrap up the year discussing the Met Opera's budget woes, call-out of a Black opera singer coined as "the op", and music by Mongo Santamaría, Counting Crows, Black Thought & Danger Mouse, and more. Special guest Vijay Iyer joins in the third movement. Support for TRILLOQUY comes from Salastina: salastina.org.

Show Notes

Playlist
 
·      Paul Williams – “Ain’t No Hole in the Washtub”
·      perf. Scatman Crothers and Redd Foxx – “All of Me” 
·      Sean O’Louighlin – “Imani” 
·      Paul Moravec – “The Shining” 
·      perf. Babatunde Akinboboye – Nigerian National Anthem 
·      Mongo Santamaria – “Afro Blue”
·      Counting Crows – “Long December” 
·      Vijay Iyer – “Optimism” 
·      Vijay Iyer – “Human Archipelago” 
·      Danger Mouse & Black Thought – “Identical Deaths” 

More
 
·      Salastina: https://www.salastina.org
·      Vijay Iyer: https://vijay-iyer.com
·      “Human Archipelago”: https://newmusicusa.org/events/vijay-iyers-human-archipelago-illinois-philharmonic-orchestra/
·      Pandemic Woes Lead Met Opera to Tap Endowment and Embrace New Work:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/26/arts/music/metropolitan-opera-endowment-contemporary.html
·      Babatunde Akinboboye Calls Out Morris Robinson: https://www.facebook.com/babatundehiphopera/videos/881981389503164
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Creators and Guests

Host
Loki Karuna
"I spent years pursuing excellence: what classical music is all about. Now it's dedicated to freedom; that's far more important." -Nina Simone #NamMyohoRengeKyo
Host
Scott Blankenship

What is TRILLOQUY?

CLASSICAL MUSIC has been misappropriated as a musical genre and a culture rooted in the aesthetics of Western Europe.
TRILLOQUY is the weekly podcast built to DECOLONIZE the traditional definitions and conversations surrounding CLASSICAL MUSIC.