NPR MUSIC: Ted Hearne On Exploring Gentrification Through The Music Of 'Place'
NPR MUSIC: Ted Hearne On Exploring Gentrification Through The Music Of ‘Place’
BY LEILA FADEL
“Composer Ted Hearne is known for tackling big social themes through his music. His modern classical works have put a spotlight on issues of race and justice, inequality, natural disasters and other social issues.
His latest work, a collaboration with the poet and musician Saul Williams, is called Place. It's 19 songs or movements combining jazz, indie rock, modern classical, electronica and spoken word — and it's described as a ‘rumination on gentrification.’“