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Ep59: Ben Goldberg & The Back References

Season 1, Ep. 59
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Frank reads out Chapter 2 of the future phenomenon, The Man Who Gets Things Wrong.

 

There’s a special appearance by Prannay from Kalika, introducing the band’s newest release, Made Up: https://kalikaband.bandcamp.com/track/made-up

 

This week’s guest is prolific jazz musician and composer, Ben Goldberg, who talks about his latest project, Plague Diary, which sees him releasing a new piece of music on a daily basis throughout lockdown. Ben also talks about various other musical projects including his band New Klezmer Trio, the experimental live experience, Brainchild, and the album, Orphic Machine.

 

This episode features the Ben Goldberg tracks, ‘June 18th 2020’ and ‘The Inferential Poem’.

 

Plague Diary is here: https://ben-goldberg--bag-production-records.bandcamp.com/album/plague-diary

Morisson Bedroom Experiment (created by Ben’s students, mentioned in the show): https://morissonbedroomexperiment.bandcamp.com/album/cool-it

More about Ben’s work: http://www.bengoldberg.net/

 

Frank’s website: www.frankburton.co.uk

Frank’s email: fjb79@hotmail.com

 

Other music on this episode:

Cagey House – I Stand With The Ghosts: https://archive.org/details/Jnn126Gnomic

Theme tune: ProleteR - April Showers: https://proleter.bandcamp.com


This week's cover image is by Molly Barker

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