Adrian Anantawan joins host Raina Douris

At Berklee College of Music, the Music Inclusion Ensemble is empowering young musicians with disabilities. For World Cafe’s Sense of Place Boston series, hear a conversation with co-founder Adrian Anantawan, in which he talks about how the ensemble unites disabled and non-disabled musicians. Plus, the world-class violinist, born without a right hand, shares how his own experience has shaped his philosophy as a musician and an activist.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist
Kathleen Edwards “Asking For Flowers” Asking For Flowers
Adrian Anantawan “Yellow” WC Recording
Adrian Anantawan “Symphony” WC Recording
Adele “Make You Feel My Love” WC Recording Darlingside “White Horses” Birds Say
Aoife O’Donovan “Phoenix” Age of Apathy
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones “Lochs of Dread” Live Art
Ellis Paul “Paris In A Day” A Carnival of Voices
The J. Geils Band “Homework” The J. Geils Band
Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn “Over The Divide” WC Recording
Michigander “Giving Up” Michigander
Alt-J “Left Hand Free” This Is All Yours
Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Burning” Cool It Down
Sam Fender “People Watching” People Watching
The Flaming Lips “Do You Realize??” Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

Hour Two
The Clash “Brand New Cadillac” London Calling
Neil Young “Walk On” On The Beach
The Cure “A Fragile Thing” Songs of A Lost World
Paris Paloma “labour” Cacophony
Bonnie Raitt “Something To Talk About” Luck Of The Draw
David Gray “Plus & Minus” Dear Life
Waxahatchee “Never Been Wrong” WC Recording
Dawes “Someone Else’s Cafe / Doomscrollers Tries To Relax” WC Recording
The New Pornographers “My Rights Versus Yours” WC Recording
The New Pornographers “War On The East Coast” WC Recording
jasmine.4.t “You Are The Morning” You Are The Morning
R.E.M. “Nightswimming” Automatic For The People
Tunde Adebimpe “Magnetic” single
The Smiths “Bigmouth Strikes Again” The Queen Is Dead
Vampire Weekend “Classical” Only God Was Above Us