The Inline G Flute Podcast

Israel uses stolen classical music as a soft power to legitimise its existence as a state, and even the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra can’t hide that. This episode compares it with Japan’s use of soft power post WW2, and...

For a country of under 4 million people, Georgia is regularly producing some of the best musicians on earth. I look at how this is in fact in spite of its Soviet past, instead due primarily to its incredible folk music...

When it comes to art from the 2 main political traditions in the North of Ireland, one is significantly more culturally confident. Ulster Unionism has created awful art, by right wingers with lower cognitive ability and...

Are you dreading getting back to practice after a wee (or not wee) break? Having that feeling like when you leave someone on read and it’s too late to reply now? Riddled with guilt!? Don’t worry, today I give you my...

Voyager 1 and 2 have been flying through space for 49 years, with recordings of Bach, Mozart and Chuck Berry on them. Today I look at how this came to be, as well as the first flute to be played off planet. Grma x...

Fresh off hosting our first Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, I look at Belfast’s status as a UNESCO City of Music (since 2021) and the reasons why we might be the best city on Earth right now for music. I also drank 7 pints...

Germany is leading the world in classical music, with 129 state funded orchestras and recognised by UNESCO for its orchestral heritage. But, coming to study here and getting a slice of the piece can be daunting to...

Something lighter this week as I talk everything Irish folk music, it’s political background, what to listen to and how YOU can start playing it (well) now. Grma x Inline G Merch ⭐️ www.Inlineg.myshopify.com Inline G...

In 2018, public allegations of systemic sexual harassment were released against flute professor Bradley Garner by the University on Cincinnati. He was found guilty but retired before he could be fired. A subsequent...

In August 2018, Le Nouvel Obs published an article detailing a 16 year old students tale of violent seggsual abuse at the hands of a prominent French flute professor in 2012. Following criminal convictions and French...

Following Ep.155’s review of “Paris Blue: A Memoir of First Love,” the book’s author (and flutist) Julie Scolnik joins me from the south of France to correct all my mistakes. She also chats about her relationship with...

We got a new Mozart flute piece before GTA6, and this week I’m breaking down how that possibly happened. Tucked away in Paris’ Bibliothèque nationale de France, 7 short Mozart pieces for flute and harp were discovered...

Paris Blue: A Memoir of First Love is the debut novel from flutist Julie Scolnik, detailing her own experiences of music and love in the City of Lights in the 70s. I read the entire thing, and break it down here. This...

A recent study examines if the hyper focus people with ASD experience is similar to creative flow, and the results have been a huge vindication for autistic people. I look at the 2 phenomena, the results of the study...

The discourse in the modern flute world is often one of anger, dismissiveness and blind adherence to “objective” science. After a brief history of western patriarchal society, I look at how it’s remnants are the reason...