Drummer Kassa Overall is steeped in jazz and has played with some of the greats, but he also came of age with hip-hop, and his polyglot solo work reflects a mix of those traditions. In this episode, he discusses how music by Ahmad Jamal, Digable Planets, and John Coltrane guided his art.

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

Drummer Kassa Overall is steeped in jazz and has played with some of the greats, but he also came of age with hip-hop, and his polyglot solo work reflects a mix of those traditions. In this episode, he discusses how music by Ahmad Jamal, Digable Planets, and John Coltrane guided his art.
Essential Tremors is produced by Matt Byars and Lee Gardner and distributed by Your Public Studios.

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Essential Tremors

Kassa Overall (Big Ears Festival Performer)

Los Angeles-based folk troubadour Jessica Pratt's intimate, moody, carefully-crafted songs have helped her reach an ever-growing audience over the course of her four studio albums, the most recent of which is Here in the Pitch, which was released in May of 2024.

In this episode, she talks about how songs by The Slits, Laura Nyro and Sly and the Family Stone helped her forge her musical path.

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

Los Angeles-based folk troubadour Jessica Pratt's intimate, moody, carefully-crafted songs have helped her reach an ever-growing audience over the course of her four studio albums, the most recent of which is Here in the Pitch, which was released in May of 2024.
In this episode, she talks about how songs by The Slits, Laura Nyro and Sly and the Family Stone helped her forge her musical path.
Essential Tremors is produced by Matt Byars and Lee Gardner and distributed by Your Public Studios.

Jessica Pratt

Singer/songwriter Bruce Hornsby may be best known for his rootsy hits (and a few subsequent hip-hop samples of same), but his restless creativity has kept him experimenting into the 21st century.

In this episode, he discusses how songs by Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Paul Brady shaped his own work.

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

Singer/songwriter Bruce Hornsby may be best known for his rootsy hits (and a few subsequent hip-hop samples of same), but his restless creativity has kept him experimenting into the 21st century.
In this episode, he discusses how songs by Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Paul Brady shaped his own work.
Essential Tremors is produced by Matt Byars and Lee Gardner and distributed by Your Public Studios.

Bruce Hornsby

Composer Arnold Dreyblatt has carved a unique course through contemporary music, combining just intonation with a vigorous self-devised approach to 20th-century minimalism.

In this episode, he discusses how Mexican folk music, Tony Conrad and Robert Ashley shaped his work.

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

Composer Arnold Dreyblatt has carved a unique course through contemporary music, combining just intonation with a vigorous self-devised approach to 20th-century minimalism.
In this episode, he discusses how Mexican folk music, Tony Conrad and Robert Ashley shaped his work.
Essential Tremors is produced by Matt Byars and Lee Gardner and distributed by Your Public Studios.

Kassa Overall (Big Ears Festival Performer)

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