Martian Gardens Episode 1261

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1261Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsMay 3, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYLukas Ligeti: Color Gradations NotebooksNew World Records/2026synthesizer: Ricardo Gallo; guitar: Tom McNally; violin: Adrianna Mateo; trombone: Rick Parker; recorded in Brooklyn, New York, 2017; composition year: 2015; time: 12:56 SET ONEJohn Cage: A FlowerThe […]

Martian Gardens Episode 1260

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1260Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsApril 23, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYMeredith Monk: Overture and Men’s ConclaveDolmen MusicECM New Series/1981voices: Meredith Monk, Andrea Goodman, Monica Solem, Julius Eastman, Robert Een, Paul Longland; cello: Robert Een; percussion: Julius Eastman; recorded at Hometown Studios, New York City, […]

Martian Gardens Episode 1259

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1259Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsApril 14, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYSean Noonan: The Drummer of Tedworth (selections)a. Féth Fiata (1:48)b. Drunken Landlady’s Lawsuit with an Unlicensed Vagrant (7:34)The Drummer of TedworthNeuma Records/2026percussion, voice: Sean Noonan; The London Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Jack Sheen; recorded January 18, […]

Martian Gardens Episode 1258

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1258Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsApril 3, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SET ONESean Noonan: The Drummer of Tedworth (selections)a. The Arachnids Go So Wild (3:26)b. Chewing Pith (5:56)The Drummer of TedworthNeuma Records/2026percussion, voice: Sean Noonan; The London Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Jack Sheen; recorded January 18, 2024 & […]

Martian Gardens Episode 1257

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1257Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsSometime in March, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYSean Noonan: The Drummer of Tedworth (selections)a. Not I Eating Makeup in a Pool of Ketchup (6:18)b. The Pterodactyls have Landed (6:20)The Drummer of Tedworth Neuma Records/2026percussion, voice: Sean Noonan; The London Symphony […]

Martian Gardens Episode 1256

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1256Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsMarch 4, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SET ONEMiguel Del Aguila: Pacific Serenade I. Cantando, sempliceII. Recitando, molto rubatoExchange — Latin America [various artists]CRI/2000Pacific Serenade Ensemble (clarinet: Gary Gray; violins: Miwako Watanabe, Connie Kupta; viola: Simon Oswell; viola: David Speltz); recorded at the […]

Martian Gardens Episode 1255

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1255Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsFebruary 11, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SET ONEJoseph Celli & Jin Hi Kim: Valentine AshesNo World (Trio) Improvisations O.O. Discs/1992violin: Malcolm Goldstein; komungo: Jin Hi Kim; oboe: Joseph Celli; time: 10:40 Elliott Carter: Finally a Valentine (Poems of Louis Zukofsky III)Elliott […]

Martian Gardens Episode 1254

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1254Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsFebruary 5, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYGerard Pape: Strange Emergence Le Purgatoire/Purgatory NEOS Music/2024 (for electric viola and ensemble of 8 electric violas); electric violas: Maurizio Barbetti; composition year: 2019; time: 18:02 SET ONEEnsemble Dal Niente: Flux* (G. Lewis)Portrait RE […]

MARTIAN GARDENS EPISODE 1253

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1253Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsJanuary 25, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SET ONEMusicians of Marrakesh: ʾĀda (trad.)The Music of Islām – Volume SixAl-Maghrib, Gnāwa Music, Marrakesh, MoroccoCelestial Harmonies/1997vocals and percussion: Marchane Abdelkbir Lechhab; Hamzaoui Ahmed; Kharmouss Mahdjoub; studio recording: Marrakesh, Morocco; time: 9:25 Richard Carrick: l’Algérie […]

MARTIAN GARDENS EPISODE 1252

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1252Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsJanuary 14, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SET ONEHarry Partch: The Letter A Depression Message from a Hobo FriendThe Wayward — Music of Harry Partch Vol. 4Bridge Records/2025intoning narrator: John Schneider; PARTCH Ensemble; recorded at Disney Hall/REDCAT, Los Angeles, June 18, 2023; […]