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"Get a dose of new, contemporary jazz on today’s episode of The Jazz Hole with Linus. Interesting jazz fusions of funk, pop and hip-hop with artists like Axon Radio (a duo founded by bassist Cory Carleton and drummer Travis Brant), vocalist Sonia Johnson, multi-instrumentalist Matty Stecks & Musical Tramps, harpist and vocalist Pia Salvia, guitarist and keyboardist Eric St-Laurent, and the North Carolina-based band DreamRoot. Axon Radio (featuring Matt Rhode) - Pea Pie & Sissy Album: Shadow Logic Cory Carleton (b, comp), Travis Brant (d, comp) and Matt Rhode (kbds) Axon Radio (featuring Oz Noy) - Stocking Shelves Album: Shadow Logic Cory Carleton (b, comp), Travis Brant (d, comp), Matt Rhode (kbds) and Oz Noy (g) ------- Sonia Johnson - “Prelude to Danger” & “Sleeping” Album: Chrysalis Sonia Johnson (voc, comp), Stephen Johnston (g), David Ryshpan (p, kbds), Mark Alan Haynes (e-b), Max Sansalone (d, perc), Jean-Pierre Zanella (fl), Samuel Blais (as, cl), Frank Lozano (ts, b-cl), Jean-Nicolas Trottier (tb), Rémi Cormier (tp, flh), Judith Little-Daudelin, Elie Haroun (voc) and Stanley Péan (co-comp “Prelude to Danger”) ------- Matty Stecks & Musical Tramps - “Heads or Tails” & “Somersault of the Earth” Album: Long Time Ago Rumble Matthew Steckler (saxes, fl, voc, EWI, electronics, kbds on “Heads or Tails”), Keith Price (g), Matt Kozicki (b), Eric Platz (d, perc), Leanne Zacharias (cello), Catherine Wood (cl), Megan Demarest, Hannah Fearn and Lena Wilks (voc) Pia Salvia - Dark Longing Album: Blissful Sigh Pia Salvia (harp, voc), Noam Israeli (d, perc), Dor Heled (wurlitzer, org) and Dana Protsenko (spoken word) Pia Salvia - 53 Album: Blissful Sigh Pia Salvia (harp, voc) and Noam Israeli (d, perc) ------- Eric St-Laurent - “Mustard Arizona” & “Green” Album: Bliss Station Eric St-Laurent (g, kbds), Jordan O'Connor (b), Michel DeQuevedo (perc) and Sebastian Studnitzky (tp, p) DreamRoot - “Stridin’” & “Caught In A Long Goodbye” Album: Phases Ittai Korman (b), Theous Terryel Jones (d), Joe MacPhail (kbds), Lynn Grissett (tp), Serena Wiley (ts, fl, poet) and Kerisha Roi (featured voc) 00:00 - The Jazz Hole with Linus 01:15 - Pea Pie & Sissy - Axon Radio, Matt Rhode 06:17 - Stocking Shelves - Axon Radio, Oz Noy 11:15 - Prelude to Danger - Sonia Johnson 15:01 - Sleeping - Sonia Johnson 19:38 - The Jazz Hole with Linus 21:57 - Heads or Tails - Matty Stecks & Musical Tramps 27:50 - Somersault of the Earth - Matty Stecks & Musical Tramps 34:42 - Dark Longing - Pia Salvia 38:06 - 53 - Pia Salvia 41:55 - The Jazz Hole with Linus 44:30 - Mustard Arizona - Eric St-Laurent 48:51 - Green - Eric St-Laurent 54:43 - Stridin’ - DreamRoot 58:49 - The Jazz Hole with Linus 60:50 - Caught In A Long Goodbye - DreamRoot 63:42 - Finish "

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In 2009 Linus Wyrsch joined the team of DJs at BTR and took over the bi-weekly jazz show,The Jazz Hole. Being a sought-after clarinetist and saxophonist, himself, in the Big Apple, Linus embraces a unique relationship with the jazz genre and its musicians, consequently providing the listeners with a backstage pass to the New York jazz scene. The hour-long show features the music of new talents from inside and outside of the New York circuit, and every once in a while, Linus is able to sneak in a major jazz artist, sometimes accompanied with a short interview. Over the years, he has interviewed John Clayton, Lew Tabackin, Fred Hersch, Sue Mingus, Steve Gadd, Jojo Mayer, Gerald Clayton, Javon Jackson, the President of Resonance Records George Klabin, Sofia Rei, Sharel Cassity, Mark Sherman, Harvie S, Jean-Michel Pilc, Dafnis Prieto, Randy Johnston, Helen Sung, Gregorio Uribe and many others. The Jazz Hole podcast comes out every other Sunday, featuring a perfect blend of tradition and innovation. Also check out The Jazz Hole Live, which features live recorded sets every second Thursday of the month.