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Emeline Michel attended a press conference during the 2009 commemoration of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade at the United Nations on Ma (Michael Nagle/Getty Images)
Growing numbers of correctional facilities are using music to rehabilitate prisoners. Inmates perform plays, watch dancers, and even listen to opera. On today's show, what happens when the arts go behind bars. Plus: turntablist and producer extraordinaire DJ/rupture.
Blending Music with Rehabilitation
In prisons around the world, music is increasingly used as a rehabilitative tool. Carnegie Hall recently launched a program that would send musicians into facilities like Sing Sing and Riker's Island. Other programs including the nonprofit Rehabilitation through the Arts and the Scottish Arts Council are getting inmates to learn, ...
DJ/rupture
New York-based DJ, producer, and blogger Jace Clayton - a.k.a. DJ/rupture – creates a complex palette of sound using backbeats, samples and effects. DJ/rupture joins us to talk about his album with Matt Shadetek, "Solar Life Raft," which draws from electronica, world music, hip hop and more.
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