Jedd Beaudoin
Strange Currency Host | Into Music Podcast HostJedd Beaudoin is host and producer of the syndicated music show Strange Currency, which he launched in 2008. In addition to that role, he serves as an arts reporter for the station, primarily covering music with occasional explorations of books and theatre. More recently, he launched the podcast Into Music, which examines musical mentorship and creative approaches to the composition, recording and performance of songs. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Wichita State University where he has also taught in the Department of English and College of Fine Arts. As a freelance writer, he spent years acquiring bylines in a variety of publications including No Depression, PopMatters, and Keyboard.
He enjoys heavy metal concerts and record hunting.
Jedd can be reached by email at beaudoin@kmuw.org.
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In this conversation, Nick Thorburn discusses discovering his own creativity, meeting his Unicorns bandmate Alden Penner, and what he thinks of his body of work to date. -
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Low Cut Connie's Adam Weiner cut his musical teeth playing in dive bars. It was there that he met many of the people who have informed his songs. He adds that fans sometimes tell him they identify with those characters and he couldn't be happier. -
In this conversation, James Baluyut discusses growing up in a musical household in the Detroit area, becoming an obsessive fan of music and how his longtime musical partner in Patrick Ramos was, in his words, cooler than him. -
Musicians Charles Rumback and David Lord both grew up in Kansas and have collaborated with some of the same musicians. But it's only recently that they've made music together. Rumback says that collaborating with Lord has been easy because they share a similar musical vision. -
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In this episode, Steve Wynn discusses writing I Wouldn’t Say It If It Wasn’t True, reflects on his time as a radio DJ and record store clerk as well as the laborious sessions for The Dream Syndicate’s sophomore album Medicine Show, which, he says, will be reissued in deluxe format next year. -
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Our guest on this episode is Evan Taylor. Taylor is former bandleader with the Bernie Worrell Orchestra. -
In this conversation, Shawn Magill discusses her classical training, learning to improvise, and how song hooks reveal themselves to her.
