Colin Stetson joins host Raina Douris

Saxophonist Colin Stetson makes music that you could describe as “breath-taking”, not just because of its visceral beauty, but because of how he makes it, using a technique that involves circular breathing, meaning he is almost always creating sound. Colin Stetson joins me to talk about his latest album, The Love it Took to Leave You, and about his intense way of performing: how he does it – and why he does it, even though it’s physically demanding.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist
Mazzy Star “Fade Into You” So Tonight I Might See
Colin Stetson “The Six” The Love It Took To Leave You
Men At Work “Who Can It Be Now?” Business As Usual
Donald Sinta “Saxophone Sonata, Op. 19 I. With Vigor” American Music
Colin Stetson “The Righteous Wrath of an Honorable Man” New history Warfare Vol. 2 Judges
Colin Stetson “Spindrift” WC Recording
Kamasi Washington “The Space Travelers Lullaby” Heaven and Earth
Tom Waits “The Black Rider” The Black Rider
Colin Stetson “The Love It Took To Leave You” WC Recording
Kaia Kater “Rising Down” WC Recording
Lucius “Old Tape (feat. Adam Granduciel) Old Tape (single)
Psychedelic Furs “Love My Way” Forever Now
Brigitte Calls Me Baby “We Were Never Alive” The Future Is Our Way Out

Hour Two
Bob Dylan “Just Like a Woman” Blonde On Blonde
The Head and the Heart “Arrow” (single)
The Avett Brothers “Kick Drum Heart” I And Love And You
Vampire Weekend “Classical” Only God Was Above Us
R.E.M. “(Don’t Go Back To) Rockville” Reckoning
Jenny Lewis “Just One of the Guys” The Voyager
Feist “1234” WC Recording
Feist “How Come You Never Go There” WC Recording
Keane “This Is The Last Time” WC Recording
The Dare “All Night” What’s Wrong With New York?
LCD Soundsystem “Us V. Them” Sound of Silver
M83 “Midnight City” Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
MJ Lenderman “She’s Leaving You” Manning Fireworks
Angel Olsen “Shut Up Kiss Me” My Woman
Wilco “Falling Apart (Right Now)” Cruel Country