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Ukrainian Field Notes / 8 October 2026 / with walakos Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re Tracklist: walakos - 1,74B COPAnton Slepakov / Andrii Solokov (warнякання) - втратиAnton Slepakov / Andrii Solokov (warнякання) - Тарантіно ЛісNosaj Thing - My Soul or Something (Instrumental)Mariia&Magdalyna and Bunht - Earth is a beautiful placeSI Process & Dennis Adu - Just to be a human

Ukrainian Field Notes / 10 September 2026 / with Daryna - Aza Nizi Maza Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re Tracklist: headachee – хедейкСоня Хедекель – УнісонSadSvit – Той, хто пісню гравREGINA COLLAGE – ГоризонтХЖВИ – Они всеnearr – КалендарСТРУКТУРА ЩАСТЯ – Лесбіянство (не) модноZhadan, Ojra, Kiritchenko – ЧорнотропDirtbag Loris – Праска

The final installment of a five-part pilgrimage to the 2026 BIG EARS festival.  At Big Ears, the Polish pianist and composer moved between two modes: the orchestral expansiveness of her piano concerto Non Fiction with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, and the arpeggiated synth patterns of her solo electronic alter ego Chilling Bambino—a love letter to her Prophet 8 and a chance to escape the rigor of classical composition for smaller, weirder rooms. She discusses why she created the alias ("people who don't know Hania Rani can just enter with curiosity"), the value of creating space to think in an overscheduled world, and the festival's ethos of genre refusal, where listening means staying with what you don't yet understand. Sound Propositions should be available wherever you get your podcasts, so please keep an eye out and subscribe (and rate and review, it helps others who might be interested find us). You can support Sound Propositions on Patreon if you are so inclined, or send a one-time donation via PayPal. The first two seasons are also available on Bandcamp. I’m very grateful for any support, which will help ensure future episodes. Interview recorded in Knoxville, 29 March 2026 Produced and mixed in St Louis, July 2026 Episode 41: THE PILGRIMAGE - Part 5: WAITING ROOM  - with Hania Rani LINKS Hania Rani Bandcamp Sheet Music Non Fiction Sonic Liberation Front / Radio alHara Big Ears TRACKLIST ARTIST – “TITLE” (ALBUM, YEAR) Hania Rani,  “I.III Meno Mosso” (Non Fiction - Piano Concerto in Four Movements, 2025) SP INTRO Hania Rani presents Chilling Bambino, [excerpt] (Live at Tivoli Vredenburg 2025-11-09) Patrick Watson, “je te laisserai des mots (instrumental)” (2010) Hania Rani, “II.II Presto” (Non Fiction - Piano Concerto in Four Movements, 2025) Portico Quartet, “With, Beside, Against (Hania Rani Remix)” (Portico Quartet / Hania Rani, 2021) Hania Rani presents Chilling Bambino, [excerpt] (Live at Tivoli Vredenburg 2025-11-09) Hania Rani, “IV. Semplice” (Non Fiction - Piano Concerto in Four Movements, 2025) Hania Rani presents Chilling Bambino, [excerpt] (Live at Tivoli Vredenburg 2025-11-09) Hania Rani, “Struggle” (On Giacometti, 2023) Hania Rani, “There Will Be Hope” (Inner Symphonies, 2021) Hania Rani, “Waiting” (Music for Film and Theatre, 2021) —-Sound Propositions is written, recorded, mixed, and produced by Joseph Sannicandro.

The fourth installment of a five-part pilgrimage exploring the 2026 BIG EARS festival. The drummer of LA quintet SML, Booker Stardrum reflects on the group’s remarkable six-set residency, where groove-based improvisation pivoted from dance party to delicate texture, fueled by the rare alchemy of strong personalities who refuse to dominate. Stardrum also discusses Close-up On The Outside, his deep new solo album for We Jazz, a quiet meditation that showcases his unique compositional voice apart from his collaborators. Against the backdrop of a festival that felt like a love letter to LA’s rise as a gravitational center for contemporary music, he notes the cross-pollination on display: “When we lock in, we lock in. It’s an honor to play with musicians of that talent.” Sound Propositions should be available wherever you get your podcasts, so please keep an eye out and subscribe (and rate and review, it helps others who might be interested find us). You can support Sound Propositions on Patreon if you are so inclined, or send a one-time donation via PayPal. The first two seasons are also available on Bandcamp. I’m very grateful for any support, which will help ensure future episodes. Interview recorded in Knoxville, 28 March 2026Produced and mixed in St Louis, July 2026 SOUND PROPOSITIONS podcastEpisode 41: THE PILGRIMAGEPart 4: IN RESIDENCE - with Booker Stardrum LINKS Booker Stardrum (Bandcamp)SML (Bandcamp)Cloud Becomes Your HandInternational AnthemWe JazzJoyful NoiseBig Ears TRACKLISTARTIST – “TITLE” (ALBUM, YEAR) [Greg Saunier soundchecking for Joyful Noise]SP INTROBooker Stardrum, “Inside Sounds” (Close-up On The Outside, 2026)Cloud Becomes Yours Hand, “Doggy Paddle (Bogart the Sorghum)” (doggy paddle, 2011)Cloud Becomes Yours Hand, “Third Avenue Slime” (Rest in Fleas, 2016)Booker Stardrum, “Telluric (ft. Anna Butterss, Jeremiah Chiu, Logan Hone)” (Close-up On The Outside, 2026)Harry Partch and ensemble/Danlee Mitchell, “Castor & Pollux: A Dance for the Twin Rhythms of Gemini” (The World Of Harry Partch, 1968)Booker Stardrum & Chris Williams, “Ballast” (Relay, 2023)SML, “Plankton” (How You Been, 2025)Booker Stardrum, “Close-up On The Outside” (Close-up On The Outside, 2026)Booker Stardrum, “Dusk (ft. Chris Williams)” (Close-up On The Outside, 2026)Booker Stardrum, “Diorama” (CRATER, 2021)SML, “Rubber Tree Dance” (Small Medium Large, 2024)SML, “Moving Walkway” (How You Been, 2025)Gregory Uhlmann, “Back Scratch” (Extra Stars, 2026)Jeff Parker, Josh Johnson, Anna Butterss, Jay Bellerose “2019 07-08 I” (Mondays At The Enfield Tennis Academy, 2022) Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, "Freakadelic" (The Way Out of Easy, 2024) SML, “Window Sill Song” (Small Medium Large, 2024)SML, “Taking out the Trash” (How You Been, 2025)SML, “The Drums” (Spontaneous Music Live, 2026)SML XL (Jeff Parker and Mikel Patrick Avery), [excerpt] (Live from Greyhound at Big Ears, 28 March 2026)Play Time, “Open the Door, Joey” (Magic Object, 2026)Booker Stardrum and Evan Shornstein, “AND A GOOD MONDAY” (OOPS!, 2026)Booker Stardrum, “Five Finger Cloud” (‘Temporary etc.’, 2018)Booker Stardrum, “Drim Dram” (‘Dance And’, 2015)Booker Stardrum, “Phantom Near Interlude” (Flowers Not Bombs, 2026) —-Sound Propositions is written, recorded, mixed, and produced by Joseph Sannicandro.

The third installment of a five-part pilgrimage exploring the 2026 BIG EARS festival.  The harpist Mary Lattimore discusses her duo set with Julianna Barwick in a Knoxville church, where their ethereal songs took on added weight. She reflects on Tragic Magic, their recent full-length born from processing sadness while seeking sparkle, including a song written for them by Roger Eno and a cover of Vangelis' “Rachel's Song" bookended by field recordings of the first rain after the LA fires. She also discusses working with 18th century harps, scoring moving images, and why she likens the festival to summer camp. Sound Propositions should be available wherever you get your podcasts, so please keep an eye out and subscribe (and rate and review, it helps others who might be interested find us). You can support Sound Propositions on Patreon if you are so inclined, or send a one-time donation via PayPal. The first two seasons are also available on Bandcamp. I’m very grateful for any support, which will help ensure future episodes. Interview recorded in Knoxville, 29 March 2026 Produced and mixed in St Louis, July 2026 LINKS Mary Lattimore (Bandcamp) Julianna Barwick (Bandcamp) InFiné Big Ears TRACKLIST ARTIST – “TITLE” (ALBUM, YEAR) Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore, “The Four Sleeping Princesses” (Tragic Magic, 2026)SP INTROJulianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore, “Perpetual Adoration” (Tragic Magic, 2026)Julianna Barwick, “Oh Memory ft. Mary Lattimore” (Healing Is A Miracle, 2020)Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore, “Temple of the Winds” (Tragic Magic, 2026)Brian Eno and Roger Eno, “Spring Frost” (Mixing Colours, 2020)Mary Hopkin and Vangelis, “Rachel’s Song” [1982] (Blade Runner, 1994)Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore, “Rachel’s Song” (Tragic Magic, 2026)Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore, “Melted Moon” (Tragic Magic, 2026)Mary Lattimore + Laraaji + Mizu + Jamal Shakeri, “Midnight Moon Pool (Womb Of The Soul)” (Red Hot Org - TRAИƧA, 2024)Mary Lattimore & Meg Baird “Fair Annie” (7-Inches For Planned Parenthood, 2017)Mary Lattimore and Walt McClements, “The Poppies, the Wild Mustard, the Blue-Eyed Grass” (Rain on the Road, 2024)Mary Lattimore & Dave Mies, “Winter Wind” (2016-02-07 — Live at Trans-Pecos, 2016)Mary Lattimore & Jeff Zeigler, “The White Balloon” (Slant of Light, 2014)Mary Lattimore, “Silver Ladders” (Silver Ladders, 2020) —-Sound Propositions is written, recorded, mixed, and produced by Joseph Sannicandro.

The second installment of a five-part pilgrimage exploring the 2026 BIG EARS festival. The Welsh guitarist brought her "Welsh primitive" to a dive bar in Knoxville—Appalachian fingerpicking channeled through 90s punk energy, delivered barefoot and shredding by noon with thumb picks in hand. She discusses reinvention over preservation (tradition, she says, is just "good licks"), her first-ever pilgrimage to Appalachia (and its surprising links to Wales), last year's ACL-beloved Last Night I Heard the Dog Star Bark, her recent WFMU live album, and her surprisingly effective duo with the "diametrically opposed" Hayden Pedigo.Sound Propositions should be available wherever you get your podcasts, so please keep an eye out and subscribe (and rate and review, it helps others who might be interested find us). You can support Sound Propositions on Patreon if you are so inclined, or send a one-time donation via PayPal. The first two seasons are also available on Bandcamp. I’m very grateful for any support, which will help ensure future episodes.s Interviews recorded in Knoxville, 29 March 2026Produced and mixed in St Louis, July 2026LINKSGwenifer Raymond Bandcamp WFMU Big EarsTRACKLISTARTIST – “TITLE” (ALBUM, LABEL, YEAR) Gwenifer Raymond, “Worn Out Blues” (Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain, 2020)Orcutt Shelley Miller, “Unsafe At Any Speed” (Orcutt Shelley Miller, 2025)SP INTROGwenifer Raymond, “Bliws Afon Tâf” (Live at WFMU, 2026)Gwenifer Raymond, “One Day You’ll Lie Here But Everything Will Have Changed” (Last Night I Heard The Dog Star Bark, 2025)Gwenifer Raymond, “Requiem for John Fahey” (You Never Were Much of a Dancer, 2018)Gwenifer Raymond, “The Three Deaths of Red Spectre” (The Three Deaths of Red Spectre, 2018)Nirvana, “Where Did You Sleep Last Night” (MTV Unplugged in New York, 1994)Leadbelly [Huddie Ledbetter], “In the Pines” [1944] (Where Did You Sleep Last Night?(Lead Belly Legacy Vol. 1), 1996)[soundcheck]Mississippi John Hurt, “Frankie (And Albert)” (The Early Blues Roots Of Bob Dylan, 2020)Hayden Pedigo, “Smoked” (I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away, 2025)Gwenifer Raymond, “Eulogy for Dead French Composer” (Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain, 2020)Gwenifer Raymond, “Sometimes There’s Blood” (Sometimes There’s Blood, 2015)Gwenifer Raymond, “Bleeding Finger Blues” (You Never Were Much of a Dancer, 2018)Gwenifer Raymond, “Bonfire of the Billionaires” (Last Night I Heard The Dog Star Bark, 2025)—-Sound Propositions is written, recorded, mixed, and produced by Joseph Sannicandro.

The first installment of a five-part pilgrimage exploring the 2026 BIG EARS festival.  Chuck Johnson, known for his pedal steel work, talks about his sample-based solo drone set in St. John's Cathedral, a fitting stage to deliver tectonic, low-end rumbles and sustained harmonics, as documented on his live Caoine series. The episode also recaps the "Scoring the Story" panel, breaking down the grueling labor and ego-suspension required in film composing. Johnson also explains why this spacious, filter-driven shift felt like the next logical step for his practice, and how it has grown out of his recent practice as a DJ.  Sound Propositions should be available wherever you get your podcasts, so please keep an eye out and subscribe (and rate and review, it helps others who might be interested find us). You can support Sound Propositions on Patreon if you are so inclined, or send a one-time donation via PayPal. The first two seasons are also available on Bandcamp.  I’m very grateful for any support, which will help ensure future episodes. Interview recorded in Knoxville, 27 March 2026 Produced and mixed in St Louis, July 2026 SP* Episode 41: THE PILGRIMAGE - Part 1: TECTONIC PRAYERS - with Chuck Johnson  LINKS Chuck Johnson Bandcamp Soundcloud Big Ears Part 1: TECTONIC PRAYERS - with Chuck Johnson  TRACKLIST ARTIST – “TITLE” (ALBUM, LABEL, YEAR) Chuck Johnson, “Sunrise” (The Guestworker, 2015) SP INTRO Chuck Johnson, “Caoine 6 [excerpt]” (Caoine 6, 2025) Chuck Johnson, “Teleos” (Sun Glories, 2024) Chuck Johnson, “Ground Wave (ft. Clarice Jensen)” (Sun Glories, 2024) Chuck Johnson & Clarice Jensen, [excerpt]  (Live at Lodge Room, Los-Angeles, 2026) Chuck Johnson, Constellation (The Cinder Grove, 2021) Chuck Johnson, “More Surreal” (Music From Burden Of Proof, 2023) Chuck Johnson, “Open road and hard stories” (Somewhere South, 2020) Chuck Johnson x Koen Holtkamp, Labradorite Eye (Remix)” (CRXSSINGS, 2019) Chuck Johnson & JWPATON, “Tangled mirror yarn” (Tangled mirror yarn, 2022) Chuck Johnson, “Albion Source” (Live at La Vaca Azul, 2018) Chuck Johnson, “Spiralic” (Across The Horizon Vol. 2 Drop 4, 2026) Chuck Johnson, “The Pace” (Velvet Arc, 2016) —-Sound Propositions is written, recorded, mixed, and produced by Joseph Sannicandro.

Ukrainian Field Notes / 9 July 2026 / with Maksym Son, Dmytro Bereziuk and Vlad Pochebula Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re Tracklist: Svitlana Nianio – Кіпариси 2023Volyn Field – Перелітні ПташкиVolyn Field – Днини (Софі Янц)Turbinaria – SpirulariaМихайлове Чудо – сс. Галків і МанькиМихайлове Чудо – с. ГубаріDvaTry – Valsembased / TIM PACHE / 41th – DCBLxVYHORStÿr – Kontrabanda

Ukrainian Field Notes / 11 June 2026 / with Iriy Records Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re tracklist Cruel blu - Кучеряві шториSecond Sort - vivid dreamshuman margareeta -  fffffuuuuucccckkkkMertvi Dereva - 05 Отруйні Іклаnizhna - Tokyo Driftpants - Unrun CitizenAlexander Stratonov - The Sky in the Nets

Ukrainian Field Notes / 14 May 2026 / with Volodymyr Ponikarovskyi (Ptastvo) and Kateryna Karaptan Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del ReTracklist Ptastvo – Will (2025, unreleased) Ptastvo – North Saltivka Noire (2026, The Grit)Ptastvo – Shovels Dig Holes (2026, The Grit)Ptastvo – Trailer (She The War 2022)Ptastvo – Dina the Artist - The Road (She The War, 2022)Ptastvo – Yevhenia the Volunteer - Friend Soldier MIA (She The War 2022)Andrii Ponomarov – Kyiv soundscape by (natural flanger, Jericho trumpets)

Ukrainian Field Notes / 9 April 2026 / with Ilya Kovalenko Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re Tracklist: Monomonster – KillaAlex Pervukhin – صَبْرٌ DJ Sacred (ft. Re: Drum) – The GunFORCEGNG, 4ERDAK – COBRAПокам, Ласта, KLIM – МАЄМLostlojic, Cybermykola - Шаблячуєрізанину (Lostlojic Remix)

Ukrainian Field Notes / 12 March 2026 / with TĒMNA RÁDIST and äsc3ea  Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re Tracklist ROZPUSTA - Manic episode symptoms  NFNR - Dream 3  DARIALISM - Silence PARKING SPOT - Хоран IRIS FOREST - Anywhere I Go, Ghosts Are Following Me  TĒMNA RÁDIST - submerge/emerge/repeat

Ukrainian Field Notes – 12 February 2026 – with Symonenko and Lisa Stuzhuk Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re   Tracklist:   ·      Володар - Не розвивайсь дуб зеленой ·      maxandruh feat. Symonenko - Кіт і Михайло ·      Parking Spot & Oriole Nest - Сербен ·      Symonenko and DvaTry – ZACHEPYKHA ·      DvaTry - Dovbeshka ·      Symonenko - Весілля у Гуцулів ·      Symonenko and DvaTry – Tanets Svativ

Three years ago I interviewed my friend and occasional ACL contributor Gabe Bogart for Episode 29, our anniversary episode. We had such a good time we talked about doing a podcast called SLEPT ON IT, and so I sat on this episode for years, waiting for us to get off our asses and make it happen. No one ever asked why episode 30 was missing, so it feels right for an episode with this title to turn up years later. We discuss adventurous listening, the dangers of nostalgia, the hip hop renaissance of the 2020s, and much more. Happy Listening! Support: Patreon, PayPal, Bandcamp Episode 30: SLEPT ON IT - with Gabe Bogart (or, BEATS RHYMES AFTERLIFE) Interview recorded between Montreal and Seattle, January 2023 Produced and mixed in Montreal, June 2023 (and February 2026) LINKS Episode 29 - CRITICAL POSITIVITY Hip Hop Instrumentals Mix (Part I, Part II) Gabelicious Thee Most Delicious Mix Fart Un Mix Murcof ~ The Alias Sessions TRACKLIST ARTIST – “TITLE” (YEAR) Cannibal Ox (prod. by El-P), “Ox Out the Cage” (2002) SP INTROFranco Battiato, “Hey Joe” (2001) Os Mutantes, “Hey Joe” [1973] (1992) Robert Plant & Band of Joy, “Hey Joe (Live)” (2003) Lee Moses, Hey Joe (1971) Sparklehorse, “Hey, Joe” (1998) Jimi Hendrix, “Hey Joe” (1967) Armand Hammer (prod. Andrew Broder), “Frida (Instrumental)” (2023) Knxwledge (ft. Quelle Chris), “Ladibird” (2013) Jean Grae & Quelle Chris, “My Contribution To This Scam” (Everything’s Fine, Mello, 2018) Quelle Chris, “Peace & Pain” (Lullabies For The Broken Brain, Mello, 2016) Dday One, “Mouth 2 Mouth” (Journal, Content (L)abel, 2009) Open Mike Eagle (prod. Quelle Chris), “Burner Account (feat. Armand Hammer)” (Component System With The Auto Reverse, Auto Reverse, 2022) Indelible MC's (prod. by El-P), “The Fire In Which You Burn (Instrumental)” (Fire In Which You Burn / Collude Intrude, Rawkus, 1997) billy woods (prod by Preservation), “Versailles (ft. Despot)” (Aethiopes, Backwoodz, 2022) Armand Hammer (prod by Messiah Musik), “Pakistani Brain”  (Rome, Backwoodz, 2017) Armand Hammer (prod. By August Fanon), “Microdose (feat. Quelle Chris)” (Rome, Backwoodz, 2017) Armand Hammer (prod. By The Alchemist), “Chicharonnes (feat. Quelle Chris)”  (Haram, Backwoodz, 2021) Quelle Chris, “DEATHFAME” (DEATHFAME, Mello, 2022)Metal Fingers, “untitled (meditation)” (Special Herbs Volume 9 & 0, Shaman Work, 2005) Dak, “Hunch” (Standthis, Leaving, 2009)Goodie Mob, “Free” (Soul Food, LaFace, 1995) Aesop Rock, “Button Masher (Instrumental)” (Spirit World Field Guide (Instrumentals), RhymeSayers, 2022) Outkast, “Rosa Parks (Instrumental)” (Aquemini (Instrumental), LaFace, 1998) DAK, “Rosaparks Is 12th St” (Youstandit / Leftrecord, Leaving, 2012) Outkast, “Chonkyfire” (Aquemini (Instrumental), LaFace, 1998) Good Mob, “I Didn't Ask To Come” (Soul Food, LaFace, 1995) Dak, “lookup”  (Standthis, Leaving, 2009) Public Enemy, “Rebel Without A Pause (Instrumental)” (Rebel Without A Pause, DefJam, 1987) Public Enemy, “Bring The Noise (No Noise Instrumental)” (Bring The Noise (No Noise Version), DefJam, 1987) RJD2, “Big Game” (In Rare Form (Unreleased Instrumentals), Bustown, 2004) Gravediggaz, “6 Feet Deep” (6 Feet Deep, Gee Street, 1994) Wu-Tang Clan (prod. by RZA), “Bring the Ruckus (instrumental)” [1993] (Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Instrumentals, Loud, 2008) Raekwon Featuring Tony Starks  (prod. by RZA), “Criminology (instrumental)” (Criminology / Glaciers Of Ice, Loud, 1995) Viktor Vaughn (prod. By RJD2), “Saliva (Loop)”  (In Rare Form (Unreleased Instrumentals), Bustown, 2004) Deru, “I Don't Know You” (Trying To Remember, Merck, 2004) Deaf Center, “Time Spent” (Owl Splinters, Type, 2011) Svarte Greiner, “Devolve” (Devolving Trust, Miashmah, 2022) Murcof, “between thoughts” (The Alias Sessions, Leaf, 2021) Metal Fingers, “Camphor” (Special Herbs Vol. 7 & 8, Shaman Work, 2004) Blockhead, “Insomniac Olympics” (Music By Cavelight, Ninja Tune, 2004)

Ukrainian Field Notes - 12 January 2026 - with viixii and Clemens Poole Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re Tracklist: Група Б - Прозорі очі tape excerptнекрохолод - Kharkivviixii - I will be finePøgulyay - atttmaindddAxelrod Bering & Chloë Landau - Welcome to the Shopäsc3ca - If You Hear This, Wake UpBackground music: Volkean - Hva Ov...Volkean - Sang Om EvighetenVacDeca - moistweed420 - El chiste más largo de la historiaTegh & Adel Poursamadi - Bad’a بدع