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Songs & Symphonics: Celebrating Moondog at Big Ears

Podcast: Big Ears: Conversations About Music
Published: Oct 23, 2025
Duration seconds: 3349
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Summary

Journalist Piotr Orlov (of Dada Strain) speaks with Brian Carpenter of Ghost Train Orchestra and collaborator Joan Wasser (a.k.a. Joan As Police Woman) about interpreting the works of Moondog —the blind composer, poet, and New York street icon whose rhythmic inventions, unforgettable melodies, and striking persona (not to mention an iconic Viking costume) made him an underground legend of 20th-century music. Hear this exciting project at Big Ears 2026.