conversations on improvisation, feel & feelings, what stirs the soul and stays in the heart; tracing the journey from where we began, to where we might someday go.
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Contact path
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Booking probability
36%
Guest openness
Selective
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SideBar is hosted by Charlie. The show has published 13 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Nduduzo Makhathini - episode 13" (13 May 2026, 74 minutes), "Alfred Rasho - episode 12" (2 March 2026, 36 minutes), and "Matthew Shipp Pt. II - SideBar episode 11" (17 January 2026, 25 minutes).
SideBar publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 42 minutes across 13 episodes.
Booking probability for SideBar is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. SideBar requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. SideBar's contact route on record: public web form.
The strongest fits for SideBar are Artists, Writers & Performers. SideBar has an arts audience.
Charlie hosts SideBar, an arts podcast with 13 episodes published.
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Episode #13
Nduduzo Makhathini is an exquisitely unique pianist, a prolific and gifted composer and transcendently deep thinker on the music. His body of work is wide and varied, as he works with a broad cross-section of gifted and...
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A man who wears many hats and has trodden far-away lands; most of which was done with some kind of camera in hand and a song in his heart. The owner/operator of Madison's North Street Cabaret, Al Rasho brings a unique...
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A dreamed-of jam with Jimi Hendrix, a life, almost( ! ) of Episcopalian priest-ing, or All-Star wrestling... who knew! And, a quest for worth as a sort of "linguist," so goes the second part of my conversation with...
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Matthew Shipp is most often associated with the Free, or Avant Garde Jazz scene of the early 90's in New York City. After gaining attention from his stint with William Parker in the David S. Ware Quartet, he embarked...
Episode #9
Nate Wooley is one of the most in-demand, first-call trumpet players in the East Coast jazz, improvisation and new music scenes. Hailing from the great Pacific Northwest and now residing in Brooklyn, Nate's playing...
Episode #8
Chicago based drummer, composer and producer Gustavo Costiñas is making his Art of today, today. His dynamic touch and facility behind the drum kit is matched by his skill as a composer. The music he writes and plays is...
Episode #7
Dan Cavanagh is the relatively new Director of the Mead Witter School of Music at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, where he is also Professor of Composition and Jazz Studies. He has won awards both Nationally and...
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Brooklyn-based guitarist, singer, composer, songwriter, Ava Mendoza speaks about her expressive, energetic, wide sonic ranged approach to the music she plays. Her impeccable technique, wizardry with the array of "stomp...
Episode #5
Oud player Wanees Zarour and guitar player Fareed Haque discuss the reformed Chicago Immigrant Orchestra, which represents a wide range of Chicago's immigrant community. The Orchestra feature musicians from the Far...
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Leader of both large and small ensembles, improvisation, groove, feel, latin rhythms with percussion, electronics for layers, DJ-ing dance tracks of R&B, electronic, house, trance, composer, highly sought out side man...
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From hardcore punk, to early-ish days of punk-funk, to the history-making realm of post-rock with Tortoise, Dan Bitney is no stranger to cool scenes, creative folks and improvisational music. Join this wide ranging...
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Guitarist Ben Monder spends some time with us before finishing up the recording of his latest solo project, and re-embarking on the continuation of an extensive world tour with The Bad Plus.
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jazz musician, researcher, educator
professor at the University of Chicago
University of Wisconsin - Madison
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