AudPod Audrey Q. Snyder

Nashville-based sound artist and improvising multi-instrumentalist Jayve Montgomery (also known as Abstract Black) talks about how deep listening has informed the sounds on his new tape, Breathing With Each Ear (Hour 3).
The piece included at the end of this episode is Montgomery's “Where There Is No Sun To Light The Way,” available now to stream and/or purchase at jayvemontgomery.bandcamp.com.
jayvemontgomery.com
IG: @abstractblack

Amanda Beaune (violin), Zaira Castillo (piano), and Isidora Nojkovic (cello) of the recently-formed, Chicago-based Codex Trio discuss their upcoming September 12 program for New Music Chicago's Impromptu Fest.
Codex Trio's performance at Impromptu Fest takes place 6:00pm Tuesday, September 12, at Epiphany Center for the Arts.
The audio excerpt at the end of this episode is the first movement from Codex's springtime Constellation performance of Peter Kramer's piece “Three Gestures.”
Codex IG: @codextrio
New Music Chicago IG: @newmusicchicago
NMChicago Impromptu Fest website: newmusicchicago.org/impromptufest

Chicago-based quartet a Light Sleeper discuss their new album Equaeverpoise (out on Cuneiform Records), their writing process, and how improvisation informs that process.
The tune included at the end of this episode is “Trees and Flora,” from Equaeverpoise.
a Light Sleeper includes:
Maria Elena Hernandez - alto and tenor saxophones Traci Huff - viola Matthew Jung - drums, keyboard Dheeru Pennepalli - guitar
Listen to/purchase Equaeverpoise at: cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com
Check out a Light Sleeper's other music at: alightsleeper.bandcamp.com
IG: @alightsleepermusic
Upcoming shows:
August 6 - The Hideout - 1354 West Wabansia Ave, Chicago, IL 60642August 15 - ChiCityLive Que4 Radio - www.youtube.com/@q4radio/streams
August 28 - The Brass Rail - 1121 Broadway - Fort Wayne, IN www.brassrailfw.comAugust 29 - The Lodge - 231 6th Avenue - Dayton, KY www.thelodgeky.comAugust 30 - The Government Center - 715 East Street - Pittsburgh, PA www.thegovernmentcenter.comAugust 31 - The Crown - 1910 North Charles St - Baltimore, MD www.thecrownbaltimore.comSeptember 1 - Gallery 5 - 200 W Marshall St - Richmond, VA gallery5arts.orgSeptember 3 - ProgDay - Chapel Hill, NC progday.net

Albuquerque-based shoegaze guitarist David Castillo (aka SOMNILOQUIST) talks about their songwriting process, their relationship to visual aesthetics, and their upcoming split release with fellow ABQ act ōverwhelm. 
Song included in this episode is “Dead Willow”
SOMNILOQUIST IG: @somnillawafer 
somniloquist.bandcamp.com
ōverwhelm IG: @overwhelmnm
overwhelmnm.bandcamp.com

The pod returns! We're restarting AudPod with the Minneapolis-based Anita Velveeta, whose new genre-elusive album Western Amphibians came out in March 2023. 
Included song: “Put Me in My Place” (from Western Amphibians)
anitavelveeta.bandcamp.com
IG: @anita.velveeta

Jazz trumpet player and composer Emily Kuhn talks about the writing and recording process for her upcoming debut album, Sky Stories, and her collaboration with different musicians and ensembles in Chicago.

emilykuhntrumpet.com

IG: @emilykuhntrumpet