Rachel Eckroth and John Hadfield

MAR 2, 202562 MIN
Conversations with Musicians, with Leah Roseman

Rachel Eckroth and John Hadfield

MAR 2, 202562 MIN

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<p><strong>Rachel Eckroth </strong>and <strong>John Hadfield</strong> are wonderfully inventive musicians who have formed a duo. This podcast episode is shining a light on their recently released <strong>album “Speaking in Tongues”</strong>and you’ll hear some of this textured and dynamic music that really pushes the boundaries of a duo,  along with insights into their creative process and their varied career paths. </p><p>  John Hadfield  is a phenomenal<strong> percussionist, drummer, and composer, </strong>for many years based in New York and now based in Paris. He’s collaborated on over 100 recordings including Grammy-award winning albums. He talked to me about performing with Kenny Werner, with Yo-Yo Ma and the Silkroad Ensemble, as well as John’s Paris Quartet.</p><p> Rachel Eckroth was nominated for a GRAMMY for her album “The Garden” and she is very active as a keyboardist, vocalist, composer, producer and arranger. She tours currently with St. Vincent, and she talked to me about her keyboards, and some of her formative experiences. </p><p>Both Rachel and John love to explore new sound colours both acoustically and with electronic instruments and this album is a powerful, inventive and immersive listening experience. You’ll find this project linked in the show notes, and hopefully some of you can attend  their live shows on one of their tours. </p><p> Like all my episodes, you can watch this on my YouTube channel or listen to the podcast on all the podcast platforms, and I’ve also linked the transcript to my <a href="https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/rachel-eckroth-and-john-hadfield">website </a></p><p><a href="https://www.jhadfield.com/new-album-1">Speaking in Tongues album</a><a href="https://www.racheleckroth.com/">Rachel Eckroth website</a><a href="https://www.jhadfield.com/about">John Hadfield website</a></p><p><br />Can you buy this independent podcaster a <a href="https://ko-fi.com/leahroseman⁠">coffee</a>? ⁠Thanks! </p><p><a href="https://www.leahroseman.com/beautiful-shirts-and-more">Merch store </a></p><p><a href>Complete Catalog of Episodes </a></p><p><a href>Newsletter sign-up</a></p><p> I wanted to let you know about some other  episodes I’ve linked directly to this one, which I think may interest you, with: </p><p><a href="https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/ineke-vandoorn?rq=Ineke%20Vandoorn"> Ineke Vandoorn </a></p><p><a href="https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/naomi-moon-siegel?rq=Naomi%20">Naomi Moon Siegel  </a></p><p><a href="https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/chuck-copenace?rq=Chuck%20Copenace"> Chuck Copenace    </a></p><p><a href="https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/dewitt-fleming-jr?rq=DeWitt"> DeWitt Flemining Jr.   </a></p><p><a href="https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/lisapegher?rq=Lisa%20Pegher"> Lisa Pegher </a></p><p>Timestamps:</p><p>(00:00) Intro</p><p>(02:45) duo project, Speaking in Tongues album</p><p>(07:45) clip from Speaking in Tongues</p><p>(08:27) Gamelan strips, John’s Gamelan studies in Indonesia</p><p>(10:50) Phase and Libration Part 1 from album Speaking in Tongues</p><p>(14:18) formative experiences Rachel and John</p><p>(19:54) God Particle, creative process of the album</p><p>(22:13) clip from God Particle </p><p>(23:24) Rachel’s album One improvised piano music, her creative practice and challenges of touring</p><p>(26:35) Light Sleeper from Rachel Eckroth’s album One </p><p>(28:59) Paris, Dennis Rowland,  Rachel’s keyboards, John’s collaborations Sara Caswell</p><p>(34:17) other linked episodes you’ll like and ways to support this series</p><p>(35:06) John’s Drum of Stories album, Collin Walcott, John’s use of electronics with acoustic</p><p>(38:25) Rachel’s touring career</p><p>(41:20) Kenny Werner, different performance experiences</p><p>(44:10) Women’s March 2017, life-changing opportunities</p><p>(48:19) clip from Andromeda from Speaking in Tongues</p><p>(49:53) New York City early career</p><p>(52:34)Silkroad ensemble, Yo-Yo Ma</p><p>(55:35) projects toge