Music, Culture, Arts and Entertainment 8-22-2022

Mohsin Hamid [Exit West, The Reluctant Fundamentalist] tells us about his fable of race and humanity. It’s called The Last White Man.

Then Omar El Akkad [American War] talks about his novel What Strange Paradise. It’s about what happens when a Syrian refugee, a young boy, washes up on a Greek island.

Monday, August 22, 10 pm

9:00 PM, Daniel Ferreira, the music curator for the Newtown Arts Festival. The festival is Sept. 16-18 and features Amy Helm and others at the Edmond Town Hall, as well as artists selling their work. You can find out more about it here.

9:30 PM, an interview (taped) with jazz drummer Peter Kogan, who gave up a lucrative career playing percussion in orchestras to play the music he loves.

10:00 PM, a preview of the Lincoln Parkapalooza in Fairfield, with guests Dylan O’Connor and Jamie McCuskers of the Stratfield Village Association.

Tuesday evening, August 23.

Ada Calhoun discusses her latest book, “Also a Poet: Frank O’Hara, My Father, and Me,” with New York Times best-selling author Maureen Callahan.

Wednesday, August 24 at 6:30 AM (repeated at 8:00 PM) and archived.

The guest is Modern jazz composer and bassist Mark Wade. Like Keith Jarrett, Wynton Marsalis and Esperanza Spaulding, he’s not limited by genre. His fourth album shows the breadth of his musicality and inventive compositional style. Called ‘a living work of modern art’ by Downbeat Magazine, the original tracks found on his 2022 album True Stories were inspired by a wide range of influences, drawing on themes from composers such as Miles Davis, Charles Mingus and Igor Stravinsky. The result is a unique expression of jazz linking past to present.

Sunday, August 28 at 7:00 AM.