Street Brass Podcast

Brass and street band festivals are back for fall 2021! Hear about some confirmed and expected events and how you can attend and support the return of live street music.

This week we continue our exploration of the history and sounds of the Cimarrona brass bands of Costa Rica, with music from Cimarrona La Original Domingueña, Cimarrona Los Parranderos, Cimarrona Cimalokera Alajuela, Cimarrona Santo Domingo, Cimarrona Espiritu Tico, Cimarrona los Profesionales, Cimarrona Retana Alajueliteña, Banda Municipal Santa Cruz, and Cimarrona Banda Alegre Aserriceña.

This week we feature the brass bands of Costa Rica in the first of a two part series about the fascinating culture and long history of brass bands, called Cimarronas, and large puppet parades called Mascaradas. With the music of Cimarrona La Original - La Original Domingueña, Cimarrona Santo Domingo, Cimarrona Espiritu Tico, Banda Municipal Santa Cruz, Cimarrona La Favorita, Cimarrona Retana Alajueliteña, Cimarrona Banda Alegre Aserricena, Cimarrona Palmareña and Cimarrona Los Paperitos. Santa Bárbara de Heredia and mentions of Festival Honk Costa Rica and Museo Domingueño de la Cimarrona y la Mascarada

This week we cover the Bay Area radical marching band Brass Liberation Orchestra and play new music from Environmental Encroachment, Curious Rendition Orchestra and The Con Artists.

This week we speak to members of Unidos do Swing and talk about the Brazilian brass band scene, including HONK RiO, Festival HONK! SP, Fanfarra Clandestina, Damas de Ferro, Fanfarra Black Clube, Os Siderais, Calango Careta, Cosmobloco and Sagrada Profana.

This week we dedicate the show to those fighting for racial justice in response to the murder of George Floyd and ask radical brass bands to recommend organizations for the listeners to support and donate to. With Brass Messengers, Clamor and Lace Noise Brigade, Queens of HONK, Tin Horn Uprising, Mighty Souls Brass Band, Bread and Puppet, La Fanfare Invisible and Rude Mechanical Orchestra plus songs from Urban Science Brass Band and Funkrust Brass Band.

This week we cover the Canadian brass band scene including HONK ON, Big Smoke Brass Band, Sax Drive, The Van Hornies, Square Boys, SHOUT!, Urban Science Brass Band, Big Heist Brass Band, Bank Street Bonbons plus new socially distant music from Antimatter Horns and Banda di Quartiere as well as Honk Fest West and Black Sheep Brass Band. CORRECTION: In this episode, we identify the Urban Science Brass Band as being from the Toronto area, but they are in fact from Montreal, Quebec, where they lead the Montreal Hip-Hop parade.

Enlighten your Thursday with this week's episode, focusing on the community and activist street bands of England, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Austria and Switzerland, featuring music from Join The Din, Hackney Colliery Band, MusikarbeiterInnenkapelle, La Fanfare Invisible, Pink Puffers Brass Band, Titubanda, Ottoni a Scoppio, FiAti SpReCaTI, Les Canards des Cropettes, StreetNoise-Orchestra, Masala Brass Kollektiv, plus mentions of FONC, Le Pompier Poney Club, Buena Banda, HaydeTanz, BrazzBanditen, Big Red Band, The Stroud Red Band, Charanga Ventolín, Fanfare a Manif Engagee, Fanfare van de 1e Liefdesnacht, Bastet Brass Band, Tuba Libre, HaydeTanz, Dicke Luft, GRAZAMBA, the Skappa'nabanda Festival and many more; plus a new song from the mighty Hungry March Band.

In this episode we interview Christo Squier of the London based progressive brass ensemble Perhaps Contraption. We talk about their show Nearly Human, the genesis of some of their songs, movement and technology in the context of brass, David Byrne and brass in the age of COVID.

The Street Brass Podcast returns with an in-depth interview featuring four musicians from the brand new all-female, NYC-based band Brass Queens, along with live recordings from the band. Some explicit language.

This episode takes an inside look at the annual Zlatne Uste Golden Festival, with interviews from key members of ZU and the festival plus attendees and music from some of the many bands that played the 2018 festival.

In this episode, we interview Jonathan Goldman, bandleader, composer and trumpet player for the Boogaloo band Spanglish Fly. We play songs from and hear stories about their upcoming album, Ay Que Boogaloo, plus dive into the history of the art form.

Episode 14 is a compilation of sounds and music from the East European Folklife Center's 2017 Balkan Camp in upstate New York. Featuring music of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and Turkey from Demiran Cerimovic, Zlatne Uste, Cocek Nation and more.