Artist of the Week Podcast

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The Jack Straw Artist of the Week Podcast highlights work created through the Artist Residency Programs at Jack Straw Cultural Center.

  1. LaVon Hardison – 28 Days (Live at Jack Straw)

    3D AGO

    LaVon Hardison – 28 Days (Live at Jack Straw)

    LaVon Hardison performed her song “28 Days” as part of her set with Cyd Smith at the Jack Straw Artist Showcase in April 2023. The whole showcase is archived on Jack Straw’s YouTube channel. The post LaVon Hardison – 28 Days (Live at Jack Straw) appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

    3 min
  2. William Chapman Nyaho – Silk Hat and Walking Cane (Price)

    FEB 4

    William Chapman Nyaho – Silk Hat and Walking Cane (Price)

    This recording of Florence Price’s “Silk Hat and Walking Cane” is included on William Chapman Nyaho’s album Kete: Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora, produced through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program and released in 2020 on MSR Classics. The post William Chapman Nyaho – Silk Hat and Walking Cane (Price) appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

    3 min
  3. Christian Swenson – Good Walking

    JAN 21

    Christian Swenson – Good Walking

    Performer Christian Swenson produced Off-Road Vocals, an album of vocal improvisations, as part of his 1999 Jack Straw Artist Support Program residency. The post Christian Swenson – Good Walking appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

    6 min
  4. Alex Keller – The Four Hundred Boys

    JAN 7

    Alex Keller – The Four Hundred Boys

    Alex Keller recorded his electro-acoustic work The Four Hundred Boys, based on the Mayan Book of Creation, as part of his 1998 Jack Straw Artist Support Program residency. The post Alex Keller – The Four Hundred Boys appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

    16 min
  5. Robert Francis Flor – The Christmas Snow Globe

    12/24/2025

    Robert Francis Flor – The Christmas Snow Globe

    Robert Flor produced radio adaptations of a number of his plays through his Jack Straw Artist Support Program residency. In The Christmas Snow Globe, a young, wheelchair-bound Filipino girl accidentally drops the family’s snow globe, which held her favorite ice skater and inspiration, breaking it. Her mother seeks to repair the family heirloom. Link: Robert’s […] The post Robert Francis Flor – The Christmas Snow Globe appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

    24 min
  6. Maya Nguyen New Media Gallery Podcast

    12/10/2025

    Maya Nguyen New Media Gallery Podcast

    Jack Straw artist Maya Nguyen talks with Carlos Nieto about her Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation huh ugh uh hm mhm. The post Maya Nguyen New Media Gallery Podcast appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

    18 min
  7. Randal Bays – The Traveller’s Return / Josie O’Neill’s

    11/26/2025

    Randal Bays – The Traveller’s Return / Josie O’Neill’s

    Randal Bays‘s new album Trad and True, produced in part through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program, is a collection of Irish traditional music and original tunes, recorded in Ireland and the US over the last few years with contributions from Susan Waters, fiddle; Willie Bays, flute; Owen Bays, concertina; Geraldine Cotter, piano; Mick Kinsella, […] The post Randal Bays – The Traveller’s Return / Josie O’Neill’s appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

    2 min
  8. Sheila Bristow and Ellaina Lewis – The Want of You

    11/12/2025

    Sheila Bristow and Ellaina Lewis – The Want of You

    “The Want of You” is from a new song cycle based on the poetry of Harlem Renaissance writer Angelina Weld Grimké by composer/pianist Sheila Bristow and soprano Ellaina Lewis, recorded through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program. On November 21st at Jack Straw, Sheila and Ellaina will perform the songs and discuss the joys and […] The post Sheila Bristow and Ellaina Lewis – The Want of You appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center.

    1 min
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The Jack Straw Artist of the Week Podcast highlights work created through the Artist Residency Programs at Jack Straw Cultural Center.

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  • Creator
    Jack Straw Cultural Center
  • Years Active
    2009 - 2026
  • Episodes
    293
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    Copyright © Jack Straw Cultural Center 2020
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