For this New Sounds, mutantrumpeter/composer Ben Neill joins John Schaefer in the studio. Lately, he’s been working together with filmmaker Bill Morrison and singer Mimi Goese on a staging of the Persephone myth – Demeter’s daughter taken by Hades to the underworld against her will. The multimedia music theatre work, which will be staged at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) next week, is informed by rock, layered with electronica and silent film projections, and is reimagined as a 19th century theatre troupe’s “antidote to irony.” We’ll hear songs from Persephone and catch up with Ben Neill.

Interesting article from Kurzweil AI on how our brains process music

We are excited about the way our collaboration with Simon Draper and Habitat for Artists is developing for the limited edition package of Songs For Persephone.

On the Merits of Face Time and Living Small by Andy Revkin

We are collaborating with Hudson Valley artist Simon Draper on a special package for Songs for Persephone. See a prototype here