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Award-Winning Interview with Saul Williams
DJ Matt Werner’s award-winning interview with the ground-breaking poet, musician, and actor Saul Williams was recorded on November 21, 2008 and originally aired on Fresh Air: The Alternative on December 9, 2008. Topics and ideas discussed in the … [Read more]
Interview transcript with Saul Williams
Saul Williams Interview with DJ Matt Werner on Fresh Air: The Alternative http://freshair.org.uk, http://mattswriting.com Phone interview recorded on November 21, 2008, show aired on December 9, 2008. Transcript by Korin McGinty, edited by DJ … [Read more]
Interview with hip hop artist Ise Lyfe
DJ Matt Werner’s interview with hip hop artist Ise Lyfe originally aired on Fresh Air: The Alternative on March 3, 2009. Ise Lyfe wrote and performed in the best play I saw in 2008, a one-man play entitled "Who's Krazy." Having followed Ise's … [Read more]
Interview with hip hop artist Dahlak Brathwaite
DJ Matt Werner’s interview with hip hop artist Dahlak Brathwaite originally aired on Fresh Air: The Alternative on November 18, 2008. In this 40-minute interview and feature on Dahlak Brathwaite, Dahlak discusses his Kanye West tribute album … [Read more]
Interview with beatboxer Kid Beyond
DJ Matt Werner’s exclusive interview with beatboxer, singer, live-looper, and voice actor extraordinaire Kid Beyond originally aired on Fresh Air: The Alternative on November 25, 2008. In addition to playing his live cover of Wandering Star by … [Read more]
Video of noted organist Matt Porter
I had the honor of meeting with accomplished University of Edinburgh organist Matt Porter as he practiced for an upcoming recital. Here is a video I captured of him playing part of Buxtehude's Prelude from Prelude, Fugue and Chaccone in C Major on … [Read more]