What can the behavior and life cycle of bands teach us about humankind? The social science project Bandthropology is finding out by surveying musicians in their native habitat. Also: Father and son team Jeffrey and Gabriel Kahane perform live in our studio.
Bandthropology
“Donate your band to science” is the catch phrase of scientist Dr. Sara Mednick and artist Lilah Freedland, who have traveled throughout the United States performing field research on hundreds of bands as part of Banthropology, their multi-disciplinary exploration “of the nature of the species Band”. They join us to ...
Jeffrey and Gabriel Kahane
Jeffrey Kahane is a globe-trotting concert pianist and conductor of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. His son, Gabriel Kahane, is a singer-songwriter whose music blends classical and rock traditions. The two exist in largely separate musical universes but this weekend at Lincoln Center, dad will ...
Bandthropology 101
On Wednesday we talked with a sociologist about the "community" of music listeners known as Deadheads. Traveling tribes of Grateful Dead fans really do form a community, Rebecca Adams of UNC-Greensboro told us, despite not having a single fixed place to live - which one would think would be a ...