Episodes

On this Live N" Local podcast we welcome Louise Rogers and composer and pianist, Mark Kross of Jazz Wahi. Legendary jazz critic, Nat Hentoff, has praised Louise’s work as "the most joyously encouraging way of expanding the audience for jazz." Recently, Louise was named a 2021 “Jazz Hero” by the Jazz Journalists Association. Pianist, composer, educator, and bandleader Mark Kross has composed over 120 works for jazz ensembles of all sizes and shapes, from solo piano to orchestra with chorus. In 20...

On this Live N" Local podcast we welcome Louise Rogers and composer and pianist, Mark Kross of Jazz Wahi. Legendary jazz critic, Nat Hentoff, has praised Louise’s work as "the most joyously encouraging way of expanding the audience for jazz." Recently, Louise was named a 2021 “Jazz Hero” by the Jazz Journalists Association. Pianist, composer, educator, and bandleader Mark Kross has composed over 120 works for jazz ensembles of all sizes and shapes, from solo piano to orchestra with chorus. In 20...

On this Live N" Local podcast we welcome Louise Rogers and composer and pianist, Mark Kross of Jazz Wahi. Legendary jazz critic, Nat Hentoff, has praised Louise’s work as "the most joyously encouraging way of expanding the audience for jazz." Recently, Louise was named a 2021 “Jazz Hero” by the Jazz Journalists Association. Pianist, composer, educator, and bandleader Mark Kross has composed over 120 works for jazz ensembles of all sizes and shapes, from solo piano to orchestra with chorus. In 20...

We're turning our spotlight on Broadway music copyist and local Inwood historian, Don Rice. Don has made a distinguished career as a music copyist on and Off Broadway, and well beyond. His projects have included: Jelly’s Last Jam, Beauty and the Beast, The Producers, Frozen, and many other theater, film and television productions. In addition, Don is local historian for the Inwood community. He serves as President of the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum Alliance, and his co-author of "Lost Inwood."

We're turning our spotlight on Broadway music copyist and local Inwood historian, Don Rice. Don has made a distinguished career as a music copyist on and Off Broadway, and well beyond. His projects have included: Jelly’s Last Jam, Beauty and the Beast, The Producers, Frozen, and many other theater, film and television productions. In addition, Don is local historian for the Inwood community. He serves as President of the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum Alliance, and his co-author of "Lost Inwood."

We're turning our spotlight on Broadway music copyist and local Inwood historian, Don Rice. Don has made a distinguished career as a music copyist on and Off Broadway, and well beyond. His projects have included: Jelly’s Last Jam, Beauty and the Beast, The Producers, Frozen, and many other theater, film and television productions. In addition, Don is local historian for the Inwood community. He serves as President of the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum Alliance, and his co-author of "Lost Inwood."

Since 2000, Inwood-based singer-songwriter and guitarist, Chris Way has been making and recording a mix of folk, lo-fi pop, classical guitar, ambient, & improvisational guitar works. In 2009 he released "Needle Out" - a raw, melodic set of ten songs about growing up in Florida. 2010 saw a change in direction with the release of a collection of lo-fi, improvised and semi-improvised works entitled "Los Caracoles: Improvisations for Solo Guitar & Voice, Vol. 1." His latest release, "White Hidden Fl...

Since 2000, Inwood-based singer-songwriter and guitarist, Chris Way has been making and recording a mix of folk, lo-fi pop, classical guitar, ambient, & improvisational guitar works. In 2009 he released "Needle Out" - a raw, melodic set of ten songs about growing up in Florida. 2010 saw a change in direction with the release of a collection of lo-fi, improvised and semi-improvised works entitled "Los Caracoles: Improvisations for Solo Guitar & Voice, Vol. 1." His latest release, "White Hidden Fl...

Since 2000, Inwood-based singer-songwriter and guitarist, Chris Way has been making and recording a mix of folk, lo-fi pop, classical guitar, ambient, & improvisational guitar works. In 2009 he released "Needle Out" - a raw, melodic set of ten songs about growing up in Florida. 2010 saw a change in direction with the release of a collection of lo-fi, improvised and semi-improvised works entitled "Los Caracoles: Improvisations for Solo Guitar & Voice, Vol. 1." His latest release, "White Hidden Fl...

This Live N' Local episode features Inwood resident and the director of both Taikoza and East Winds Ensemble, Marco Lienhard. Marco lived and performed in Japan for 18 years as a member of the legendary Taiko group Ondekoza under director Tagayasu Den (who instigated the renaissance of Taiko). In Ondekoza, he mastered the Taiko, the Shinobue, the Noh flute and the Shakuhachi under Katsuya Yokoyama. Marco has performed as a soloist at Carnegie Hall, Suntory Hall, Osaka Festival Hall, among others...

This Live N' Local episode features Inwood resident and the director of both Taikoza and East Winds Ensemble, Marco Lienhard. Marco lived and performed in Japan for 18 years as a member of the legendary Taiko group Ondekoza under director Tagayasu Den (who instigated the renaissance of Taiko). In Ondekoza, he mastered the Taiko, the Shinobue, the Noh flute and the Shakuhachi under Katsuya Yokoyama. Marco has performed as a soloist at Carnegie Hall, Suntory Hall, Osaka Festival Hall, among others...

This Live N' Local episode features Inwood resident and the director of both Taikoza and East Winds Ensemble, Marco Lienhard. Marco lived and performed in Japan for 18 years as a member of the legendary Taiko group Ondekoza under director Tagayasu Den (who instigated the renaissance of Taiko). In Ondekoza, he mastered the Taiko, the Shinobue, the Noh flute and the Shakuhachi under Katsuya Yokoyama. Marco has performed as a soloist at Carnegie Hall, Suntory Hall, Osaka Festival Hall, among others...

We're turning our spotlight on writer, editor, filmmaker, and photographer, Brian Mihok. His novel The Quantum Manual of Style was published by Aqueous Books in 2013 and his work has appeared in The Disconnect, Vol 1 Brooklyn, Everyday Genius, and elsewhere. He is also the editor and co-founder of “matchbook literary magazine” and associate editor of “sunnyoutside.” As a filmmaker, Brian created “Birdhouse Films” to “create small films and quick heart beats.” His shorts “Parachutes” and “Three T...

We're turning our spotlight on writer, editor, filmmaker, and photographer, Brian Mihok. His novel The Quantum Manual of Style was published by Aqueous Books in 2013 and his work has appeared in The Disconnect, Vol 1 Brooklyn, Everyday Genius, and elsewhere. He is also the editor and co-founder of “matchbook literary magazine” and associate editor of “sunnyoutside.” As a filmmaker, Brian created “Birdhouse Films” to “create small films and quick heart beats.” His shorts “Parachutes” and “Three T...

We're turning our spotlight on writer, editor, filmmaker, and photographer, Brian Mihok. His novel The Quantum Manual of Style was published by Aqueous Books in 2013 and his work has appeared in The Disconnect, Vol 1 Brooklyn, Everyday Genius, and elsewhere. He is also the editor and co-founder of “matchbook literary magazine” and associate editor of “sunnyoutside.” As a filmmaker, Brian created “Birdhouse Films” to “create small films and quick heart beats.” His shorts “Parachutes” and “Three T...

John Albin is a blues and jazz guitarist, composer, and vocalist who has been playing in and around NY since the early 1980s. John has appeared at many of the City's blues, jazz, and rock venues, and can most often be heard in a jazz guitar duet with Mike Melkonian. The two have been regulars (pandemic permitting) at Kismat Indian Restaurant in Washington Heights and Bettola Italian Restaurant on the Upper West Side. John also performs with his jazz-influenced original blues band Blue Food, most...

John Albin is a blues and jazz guitarist, composer, and vocalist who has been playing in and around NY since the early 1980s. John has appeared at many of the City's blues, jazz, and rock venues, and can most often be heard in a jazz guitar duet with Mike Melkonian. The two have been regulars (pandemic permitting) at Kismat Indian Restaurant in Washington Heights and Bettola Italian Restaurant on the Upper West Side. John also performs with his jazz-influenced original blues band Blue Food, most...

John Albin is a blues and jazz guitarist, composer, and vocalist who has been playing in and around NY since the early 1980s. John has appeared at many of the City's blues, jazz, and rock venues, and can most often be heard in a jazz guitar duet with Mike Melkonian. The two have been regulars (pandemic permitting) at Kismat Indian Restaurant in Washington Heights and Bettola Italian Restaurant on the Upper West Side. John also performs with his jazz-influenced original blues band Blue Food, most...

Melissa Moschitto is a director, writer and producer, and the Founding Artistic Director of The Anthropologists – a theater group dedicated to the collaborative creation of investigative theatre that inspires action. Melissa holds a B.A. in Theater from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and has led devising workshops for Hofstra University, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, the Berkshire Fringe, and among many others. For more information visit www.theanthropologists.org

Melissa Moschitto is a director, writer and producer, and the Founding Artistic Director of The Anthropologists – a theater group dedicated to the collaborative creation of investigative theatre that inspires action. Melissa holds a B.A. in Theater from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and has led devising workshops for Hofstra University, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, the Berkshire Fringe, and among many others. For more information visit www.theanthropologists.org

Melissa Moschitto is a director, writer and producer, and the Founding Artistic Director of The Anthropologists – a theater group dedicated to the collaborative creation of investigative theatre that inspires action. Melissa holds a B.A. in Theater from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and has led devising workshops for Hofstra University, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, the Berkshire Fringe, and among many others. For more information visit www.theanthropologists.org

Chris Whittaker’s musical language of classical, jazz, pop, and gospel music melds genres and brings people together. He started playing piano by ear and writing songs when he was around 6 years old which began a journey that eventually led him to study composition at the Peabody Institute the John Hopkins University, then on getting his masters in conducting at the University of Michigan. In 2015, he co-founded the Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra, a non-profit performing arts organization ...

Chris Whittaker’s musical language of classical, jazz, pop, and gospel music melds genres and brings people together. He started playing piano by ear and writing songs when he was around 6 years old which began a journey that eventually led him to study composition at the Peabody Institute the John Hopkins University, then on getting his masters in conducting at the University of Michigan. In 2015, he co-founded the Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra, a non-profit performing arts organization ...

Chris Whittaker’s musical language of classical, jazz, pop, and gospel music melds genres and brings people together. He started playing piano by ear and writing songs when he was around 6 years old which began a journey that eventually led him to study composition at the Peabody Institute the John Hopkins University, then on getting his masters in conducting at the University of Michigan. In 2015, he co-founded the Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra, a non-profit performing arts organization ...