Scott Scholz
- Username: scottscholz
- PRX Member
- Role: Producer/Reporter: Station-Based
Recent Pieces from Scott Scholz
Transfigured New York
(27:36)
From: KZUM
On this episode, we talked about the book "Transfigured New York," which features interviews with NYC experimental musicians of the 1980s, first featured on WKCR radio back ...
3 Shades of Blue
(26:57)
From: KZUM
In this episode, we talked about the new book "3 Shades of Blue," which discusses the careers of Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans, and their confluence around the ...
EDM in America
(28:30)
From: KZUM
On this episode, we talked about the book "The Underground is Massive," which charts the foundation and development of Electronic Dance Music (EDM) in the United States. From ...
Subcontinental Synthesis
(28:52)
From: KZUM
On this episode, we talked about the book "Subcontinental Synthesis," a collection of essays that document a brief period where a Moog Synthesizer became the heart of the ...
Byzantine Chant
(27:24)
From: KZUM
On this episode, we talked about the book "The Past is Always Present," which documents Orthodox chant practices among the monasteries of Mount Athos in Greece. We listened ...
David Bowie
(27:45)
From: KZUM
On this episode, we talked about a recent book that gathers all of David Bowie's interviews with BBC television and radio into one handy and very readable reference, ...
The Art of Noise: Influence of Futurism on Music
(28:27)
From: KZUM
On this episode, we traveled back in time to early 20th. C. Italy, where the Futurists were dropping manifestos and proposing exciting new ideas that affected all of the ...
Squeeze This! A Cutural History of the Accordion in America
(28:28)
From: KZUM
On this episode, we discussed the book "Squeeze This! A Cultural History of the Accordion in America," which investigates the rise, fall, and return of the humble squeezebox ...
Well of Souls: The Hidden History of the Banjo
(29:32)
From: KZUM
On this episode, we talked about the new book "Well of Souls," which dives further into the earliest history of the banjo than anyone has gone before. We'll listen to some ...
