Free Association with Brian Carpenter

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Steven Bernstein

Posted January 27, 2024 • 01:23:47

Steven Bernstein is a trumpeter/composer/arranger who founded the band Sex Mob in the mid 1990s. Steven joins Free Association to talk about his new...

Michael Gira

Posted September 9, 2023 • 01:07:44

Michael Gira speaks with Brian on the subject of the new Swans record The Beggar, and on the cusp of a worldwide tour. Gira formed Swans in 1982 in...

J.G. Thirlwell

Posted August 4, 2023 • 01:22:17

Composer J.G. Thirlwell is a man of many interests and talents, with wide-ranging projects including the decades-running Foetus, the large ensemble...

Stephen Ulrich

Posted July 15, 2023 • 00:49:39

NYC-based guitarist Stephen Ulrich is best known for his work with the "guitar-noir" trio Big Lazy. His new record Music for This American Life chronicles...

Brandon Seabrook

Posted June 17, 2023 • 00:52:38

Guitarist/composer Brandon Seabrook joins the show to talk about his new record brutalovechamp in a wide-ranging conversation with long-time...