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8/3/2017
Interview: Suzanne CianiSuzanne Ciani could be my grandmother, and maybe yours too. No other interview of mine has been preceded by so much genuine interest in my career plans, how I'd liked school, whether I had a girlfriend - an inversion of the usual interview dynamic that would've been uncomfortable in almost any other scenario. Then again, Suzanne Ciani doesn't exactly go by the book.
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7/6/2017
Interview: LaraajiA few strange things happened during my conversation with Laraaji. First, about halfway through (at the part where he's talking about Switzerland), he smoothly transitioned into clipping his toenails without ever breaking eye contact. Afterwards, in my car, he spent several minutes questioning me intently about the protective capabilities of some Magic: the Gathering cards that I had left in a cupholder.
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6/8/2017
Interview: Laetitia SadierLaetitia Sadier refuses to be pigeonholed. While most famous as the voice of Stereolab (and thus, the 1990's in general), she's spent twenty-odd years exploring the full spectrum of collaborative (with Deerhunter's Bradford Cox, Common, and Tyler, The Creator) and individual (albums from 2010's The Trip onwards) creative dynamics, leaving behind a broad body of work united by a single constant: her unmistakable voice.
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11/8/2016
Interview: Sam AmidonYou started playing the fiddle at 3 – was that a family tradition or something that you just picked up?
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11/7/2016
Interview: Nico MuhlyDo you think there are infrastructural barriers to entry for young people interested in opera or more classically-minded original composition?
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