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Essential Tremors

A show in which musicians and other creators talk about the songs that shaped who they are. Produced by Matt Byars and Lee Gardner.

Copyright: © 2024 WYPR Baltimore

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Stephen O'Malley of Sunn0))) (Live at Big Ears Festival) Jul 28, 2023

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Stephen O'Malley is best known as a guitarist for drone-metal band Sunn0))), but his musical practice spans composing, collaborations with a host of contemporary artists and a span of other groups, such as electronic duo KTL and dirge-metal legend Khanate.

In this episode, recorded live at the Big Ears Festival, he discusses how music by Fugazi, Pita and Iancu Dumitrescu influenced his work.

Essential Tremors is produced by Matt Byars and Lee Gardner and distributed by Your Public Studios.

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Brandee Younger (Live at Big Ears Festival) Jul 19, 2023

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Harpist Brandee Younger is blazing a trail for her instrument across jazz, soul, and many stops in between.

In this episode, she discusses how music by Alice Coltrane, Tank and the Bangas, and Dorothy Ashby shaped her work.

Essential Tremors is produced by Matt Byars and Lee Gardner and distributed by Your Public Studios.

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June Tabor (Guest Host: Will Oldham) Jun 21, 2023

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Singer/songwriter and former Essential Tremors guest Will Oldham guest hosts this episode featuring a conversation with June Tabor, whose long career belies the simple label "folk singer."

They discuss Danny Kaye, Anne Briggs, learning to sing, Frank Sinatra and Robert Plant.

Essential Tremors is produced by Matt Byars and Lee Gardner and distributed by Your Public Studios.

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William Parker (Live at Big Ears Festival) Jun 05, 2023

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Bassist William Parker has spent 50 years at the heart of jazz, as a collaborator with many of the music's greats and as a composer and bandleader in his own right.

In this episode, recorded live at the Big Ears Festival in 2023, he discusses how Duke Ellington, Don Cherry and Cecil Taylor shaped his work.

Essential Tremors is produced by Matt Byars and Lee Gardner and distributed by Your Public Studios.

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Green Gartside (Scritti Politti) May 11, 2023

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Under the name Scritti Politti, Green Gartside has been making smart, cutting-edge pop for decades, on his own terms and his own schedule. On this episode, he discusses how tracks by the Paragons, Robert Wyatt, and the Albion Country Band shaped his work.

Essential Tremors is produced by Matt Byars and Lee Gardner and distributed by Your Public Studios.

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Bill Orcutt (Big Ears Festival Performer) Mar 23, 2023

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Guitarist Bill Orcutt has gone from noise artist to an iconoclastic solo guitarist who redefined his own relationship with the instrument, deconstructs American standards, and now composes music for larger groups.

In this episode, he discusses how music by Jimi Hendrix, Judy Garland, and Joseph Spence shaped his course.

Essential Tremors is produced by Matt Byars and Lee Gardner and distributed by Your Public Studios.

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James Brandon Lewis (Big Ears Festival Performer) Feb 23, 2023

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Saxophonist James Brandon Lewis has carved out a career as an instrumentalist, composer, bandleader, and collaborator who has played with a spread of artists within and beyond the jazz world, including instrumental power trio Messthetics.

In this episode, he discusses how tunes by Ornette Coleman, Archie Shepp and Abdullah Ibrahim, and Sonny Rollins influenced his playing.

Essential Tremors is produced by Matt Byars and Lee Gardner and distributed by Your Public Studios.

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Mary Halvorson (Big Ears Festival Performer) Jan 26, 2023

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Mary Halvorson is often classified as a jazz guitarist, but her work — fluid, soulful and inventive — pushes boundaries, having been described as "the most future-seeking guitarist working right now" by NPR and "an unflinching original who has revealed new possibilities within the music" by The New York Times.

Hear how songs by Jimi Hendrix, Yusef Lateef and Robert Wyatt guided her musical development.

Essential Tremors is produced by Matt Byars and Lee Gardner and distributed by Your Public Studios.

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caroline (Big Ears Festival Performers) Dec 29, 2022

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Outsized British group caroline has grabbed attention with an expansive sound that mixes elements of folk, postpunk, and choral music to create a surging, emotional effect.

In this episode, members Jasper Llewellyn and Mike O’Malley discuss the music that shaped the band’s sound.

Essential Tremors is produced by Matt Byars and Lee Gardner and distributed by Your Public Studios.

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Billy Bragg Dec 08, 2022

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Even after over four decades-long career, English songwriter and working class provocateur Billy Bragg still stands as one of the most influential artists of the era of U.K. punk.

Hear how songs by Smokey Robinson, Little Feat, and The Who have played significant roles in his life.

Essential Tremors is produced by Matt Byars and Lee Gardner and distributed by Your Public Studios.

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