Wednesdays, 10-11 PM CST.
Featuring conversation with artists, writers, and musicians who strive to erase musical and cultural boundaries, coupled with a spectacular array of music.
Erasing Boundaries
Erasing Boundaries with Kendrick Lamar
How does one person’s story become universal? If the story tells of a young man’s growth as the world expands before him, the particulars can fall by the wayside and the narrative can break through and connect around the world. Kendrick Lamar broke through over the past year as his Good Kid, M.A.A.D City, which he …
Erasing Boundaries with Chance the Rapper
Moments like these can be difficult to capture while they are happening. When it seems every day marks a milestone, it takes a certain level-headed wisdom to be able to not only enjoy, but also strive to understand the rapidly changing landscape that burgeoning fame and notoriety can bring. Chicago’s Chance the Rapper is up …
Erasing Boundaries with Jonwayne
Nostalgia is a dangerous force in hip hop. No matter the discourse, there is always a strong voice bemoaning the lost “Golden Age of Hip Hop,” when artists were still first exploring all the possibilities of the new genre and the “industry” had not yet corrupted the art form. While indubitably there was incredible music …
Erasing Boundaries with The GTW
How and where do you find the freedom to explore? For Chicago artist The GTW, the space is in the overlaps between his worlds. Though “Chigeria,” the musical and aesthetic category he has created, is born out of his personal intersection between Chicago and his Nigerian parents’ influence, he emphasizes that there is space …
Erasing Boundaries with Genesis the Greykid
“The play of shine and shade on the trees as the supple boughs wag, The delight alone or in the rush of the streets, or along the fields and hill-sides, The feeling of heal, the full-noon trill, the song of me rising from bed and meeting the sun” …
Erasing Boundaries with Alex Fruchter
Erasing Boundaries has featured several Chicago artists who are playing active roles in one of the country’s most exciting new music scenes. Nico Segal, Thelonious Martin, and Kami de Chukwu are only three of the numerous distinct voices that are crafting high-quality hip-hop in the Windy City, and the rest of the U.S. is starting …
Erasing Boundaries with Charly & Margaux
Sitting in their apartment in Bedstuy, Brooklyn, Charly & Margaux are nothing if not composed. In the midst of musical instruments and splashes of colorful fabrics, it isn’t hard to imagine how these two women are able to take on the roles of composers, arrangers, and instrumentalists. The boldness to create with the focus and …
Erasing Boundaries with Nick Ward
The last few weeks of Erasing Boundaries have covered a wide geographical landscape, stretching from Chicago to Nashville to The Bronx. Yet even within the microcosm of Grinnell, there are artists who are striving to erase musical and cultural boundaries while simultaneously pursuing their studies. Hailing from Little Rock, Arkansas, hip-hop artist Nick Ward brings …
Erasing Boundaries with Slaughterhouse
Emcees of the highest regard can be notoriously tough to get in the same room together. From The Firm (Nas, Foxy Brown, Az, Cormega), to Center Edge Territory (Curren$y, Mos Def, Jay Electronica), to Child Rebel Soldier (Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, Pharrell), hip hop’s history is littered with “supergroups,” discarded in their infancy as artistic differences, …
Erasing Boundaries with L’Orange
How do you tell a story without using any of your own words? Master producer L’Orange’s narratives run throughout his comprehensive body of work, including features from some of the strongest underground voices in hip-hop. These voices, interwoven with Billie Holiday and strands of Film Noir, create stories that captivate while still remaining mysterious. …
Erasing Boundaries with Kami de Chukwu
In the second week of our mini-Savemoney takeover, young Chicago wordsmith Kami de Chukwu sits down with Erasing Boundaries. The voice behind the recently released project Light, which features last week’s guest Thelonious Martin, Kami shares the importance of varied influences, the shared darkness of growing up in Chicago, and ruminations on the importance of …
Erasing Boundaries with Thelonious Martin
The first of two young SAVEMONEY-affiliated Chicago artists featured this month on the show, Thelonious Martin sits down with Erasing Boundaries at Chi-town boutique Jugrnaut, where he discusses his collaborative priorities, musical visualization, and more.
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Erasing Boundaries with Pete Rock
The complex history of hip-hop features only a few game changers, genuine innovators who alter what it means to make music for all who follow. Pete Rock is one of these figures. In his twenty-plus years in the world of hip-hop, Pete has continually expanded and been an ambassador for the genre as a producer, …
Erasing Boundaries with Big K.R.I.T.
Patience is a virtue that is lost on much of the world of hip-hop. However, it drives the music and mentality of hip hop superstar Big K.R.I.T. He sits down with Erasing Boundaries to discuss his craft, timelessness, and artistic care. This last show of the year also features a wide range of music, including …
Erasing Boundaries with Red Baraat
Tonight’s show features a conversation with Sunny Jain, bandleader of energetic Bhangra-infused brass band Red Baraat. We discuss how a band with so many different influences came together, the idea of Indian-American music, and New York as a hotbed for musical creation.
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Erasing Boundaries with Lupe Fiasco
Erasing Boundaries is in Cedar Falls, Iowa to interview a very special guest tonight, who will be heard on the show over the next couple weeks. However, this means that there will be no live new show this week. Instead, check out a rebroadcast of the conversation with Lupe Fiasco, from all the way back …
Erasing Boundaries with Maxilla Blue
Tonight’s Erasing Boundaries features hip hop trio Maxilla Blue, made up of Iowa hip hop heads Asphate Woodhavet, Aeon Grey, and DJ TouchNice.The producer, dj, and MC combination share their processes, surprises in their collaboration, and thoughts about how music is continuing to develop in the city of Des Moines.[Audio clip: view full post to …
Erasing Boundaries with Dispatch
Tonight’s show features a band I have been listening to practically since I was studying my ABCs. Dispatch blends rock, folk, and musical elements and languages with their own stories, from a General sending his troops home to a century-old carousel in Massachussetts. They have played around the world, and sold out Madison Square Garden …
Erasing Boundaries with Nico Segal
Sometimes, jazz just shines through. Nico Segal, trumpet player for genre-bending ensemble extraordinaire Kids These Days, discusses finding his voice both melodically and lyrically, touring with the group, and his newly released Illasoul: Shades of Blue, which is available as a free download. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
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Erasing Boundaries with Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill
Tonight’s show features Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill. Coming from very different geographic and musical backgrounds, the fiddle and guitar duo puts their own spin on Irish music traditions, which creates an honestly authentic yet unique sound. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (Right click and Save Link As… to download)
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Erasing Boundaries with the Kominas
A self-described “bunch of Pakistani dudes playing music,” The Kominas are a central piece in the Taqwacore punk rock movement. They sat down with Erasing Boundaries to discuss how they came together, fighting the Man with fluidity, and more.
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Erasing Boundaries with Joshua Bennett
This week’s show features spoken word poet Joshua Bennett. This interview aired on Erasing Boundaries all the way back in October, but certainly deserves a revisiting. Joshua is a remarkable young poet, performer, and thinker, and is definitely one of Erasing Boundaries’ favorite interview subjects so far.
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Erasing Boundaries with Asher Roth
This week’s show features hip hop artist Asher Roth. Best known for his hit single “I Love College,” Asher has worked hard to backtrack and create a musical framework for what he is creating. His newest mixtape Pabst and Jazz illustrates this progression, as he collaborates with musicians across the board to make quality music. …
Erasing Boundaries with Guy Davis
Blues musician and performer Guy Davis shares the blues on this week’s show. We talk about the beautiful importance of the his art form, the importance of his parents Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, and Gingrich on the moon. Plus, as always, music that crosses genres, worlds, and traditions.
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Erasing Boundaries with Matthew Santos
This week’s show features Matthew Santos, a Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter who, among other work, collaborated with Lupe Fiasco on the song Superstar, as well as a few others. He stopped by the studio on Sunday and talked creative processes, picking a path, making weird music, and so much more.
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Erasing Boundaries with Blitz the Ambassador
This week’s show features hip hop artist Blitz the Ambassador, a worldwide musician both in creative style and acclaim. Blitz discusses traditions, creations, sharing a message through art, and so much more. Enjoy!
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Erasing Boundaries with Jonathan Batiste!
Jazz impresario and Stay Human Band founder Jonathan Batiste talks tradition, roots, and staying human on this week’s Erasing Boundaries, the first of the new semester. Enjoy! [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Here are the songs from this week’s show:
Taketron by Slavic Soul Party (Erasing Boundaries Theme Song)
U & Me & …
Erasing Boundaries with Big Sean!
I talk fame, collabs, and family with G.O.O.D. Music artist Big Sean after his show at the Blue Moose Tap House on Erasing Boundaries. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Here are the songs from this week’s show:
Taketron (Erasing Boundaries Theme) by Slavic Soul Party Here We Go Again by Ray Charles and Norah Jones
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Erasing Boundaries with Deer Tick
Deer Tick burps their way through Erasing Boundaries, discussing their growth as a band, relationship to Nirvana, and much more. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
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Bizness by Tuneyards Cheers by Nick Mr. Firstround Ward feat. MP the MVP Waist Deep …
Erasing Boundaries with They Might Be Giants
Annie Pigott, Dane Haiken and I talk with the remarkably wry rock band They Might Be Giants before the band’s performance at the Englert Theatre in Iowa City. We discuss songwriting, humor, nude clowns, and so much more.
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Erasing Boundaries with Lupe Fiasco
It’s not every day you get to interview your favorite artist of all time. rap superstar and personal favorite Lupe Fiasco talks with Erasing Boundaries about the re-release of Food & Liquor, how his style and sound have changed over the years, getting his message out, working with Trey Songz, Occupy Wall Street and more. Plus great …
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